Publications
Spinelli, Robert and Kaylee Alexander. (Editors). Forthcoming. ‘Shelf Life: Libraries, Archives, and Collective Grief,’ Bristol University Press: United Kingdom.
Spinelli, Robert and Robyn S. Lacy. (Editors). Forthcoming. ‘Death, Commemoration & Cultural Meaning: Past & Present’ Berghahn Books: New York.
Spinelli, Robert. (Editor). Forthcoming, ‘The Lizard People Don’t Want You to Read This: Essays On Conspiracy Theory in Popular Culture,’ McFarland Books: New York.
Spinelli, Robert, Pridgen, Angel, McCroskey, Demetria, Robertson, Tashia & Terrence Chandler-Harrison. Forthcoming. ‘We don’t always Practice What We Preach: Exploring Religious Nationalism’ in DEIA in Faith-based Higher Education Galleries, Libraries, Archives, and Museums. Editors: V. Dozier and Martha A. Adkins, Litwin Books.
Spinelli, Robert & Stacey Graham. (Creators). Digital Archive. The African American Material Culture of Death in Middle Tennessee.
Presentations
Popular Culture Association Conference, Panel Conversation, Shelf Life: Libraries, Archives, and Collective Grief, April 2025. (Upcoming)
South Atlantic Modern Language Association Conference, Panel Conversation, National Narratives of the Far Right, November 2024.
Northeast Popular Culture Association Conference, Online Presentation, Popular Conspiracy: American Myths & Misinformation, October 2024.
Summer Virtual Symposium Mid-Atlantic Popular & American Culture Association Conference, Popular Conspiracy: American Myths & Misinformation, Online panel discussion, August 2024.
QAnon Research Conference, Academics Anti WWG1WGA, Online, March 2023
Northeast Modern Language Association Conference, Pop Goes the Conspiracist: How to Play Disinfo Wack a Troll, March 2023.
From the Black Death to COVID-19: Airborne Diseases in History, Literature, and Culture Conference, From Miasma to MMR: A Brief History of Pandemic Call and Response, November 2022.
Redesigning Deathcare Conference, Poster on The African American Material Culture of Death, October 2022.
Death and Culture IV Conference, The African American Material Culture of Death, September 2022.
Southwest Popular/American Culture Conference, Gnosticism and Conspirituality, February 2022.