Miranda Butler, Ph.D. Outreach

Municipal Liaison, Riverside County, CA region. Event planner, volunteer, online calendar coordinator and web forum moderator. National Novel Writing Month, November 2018.

It’s Alive: How Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein Changed the World. Invited guest speaker in a panel discussion with David J. Skal (scholar), and Sara Jane Karloff (daughter of actress Boris Karloff). Moderated by Kenneth Turan of the LA Times. California 51st International Antiquarian Book Fair, Pasadena, CA. February 2018.

Speaking about the literary history of Mary Shelley’s famous work.

(Yes, this is me and my mom.)

Sitting on the panel with Sara Jane Karloff, daughter of actor Boris Karloff.

Answering audience questions about Mary Shelley, Percy Shelley, and Lord Byron.

I got to print my own title page of Frankenstein thanks to the generous archivists at the Antiquarian Book Festival!

Public television interview with Out and About hosts.

The audience was fully packed — standing room only as we gathered to discuss the legacy of Frankenstein!

I was interviewed by Barbara Miller Beem for a special issue of Antique Week Magazine that featured Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein and the Antiquarian Book fair. Click this image to read Beem’s article as a PDF.

Reading Buddy for the Dickens Project Dorrit Lab. Educational outreach partnership between the UCSC Dickens Project, USC, and Foshay High School in South-Central Los Angeles. September 2017.

Public Lecturer, Riverside Dickens Festival. “A Tale of Two Frankensteins / Mary Shelley,” in honor of the novel’s 200th anniversary. Downtown Riverside, February 2018.

Nonprofit Fundraiser, The Night of Writing Dangerously in San Francisco, CA. Office of Letters & Light / Young Writers Program / National Novel Writing Month. November 2016.

Campaign Volunteer, Jess Phoenix for Congress. Marching, Phone Banking, Neighborhood Canvassing, Event Setup, Social Media & Debate Blogging. California 25th District (Newhall/Santa Clarita area). January through June 2018.