Research

Publications, Conference Papers and Presentations  

Peer-Reviewed Publications

C. Alexander, “‘It Feels So Reel’ : Animating Historical Portraits with Artificial Intelligence.”Digital Culture and Education. In review.

C. Alexander, “Review of Exploring Past Images in a Digital Age: Reinventing the Archive edited by Nezih Erdogan and Ebru Kayaalp.” Synoptique: An Online Journal of Film and Moving Image Studies 11, no. 1. (2025): https://www.synoptique.ca/issue-11-1. 

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C. Alexander and C. Intson, “Bimbos and Bombs: The Barbenheimer Phenomenon,” Imaginations: Journal of Cross-Cultural Image Studies, March 11, 2024. https://doi.org/10.17742/IMAGE29701 

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Invited Talks

C. Alexander. “The Biases of YouTube Context Panels: Digging Through the Internet Archive and Deconstructing Black Boxes.” Archive/Counter-Archive Working Paper Series, Nov. 28, 2024, https://counterarchive.ca/working-papers-series-cate-alexander-zoom-nov-28.

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C. Alexander, T. Barnett, E. Fitzgerald, O. O’Neil, T. Sherratt. “ARDC Forum: What digital tools do we need for historical research.” Australian Historians’ Association Conference, July 2024, Sydney, Australia.

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Peer-Reviewed Abstracts for Conferences – Sole Authorship

C. Alexander. “Spectacular Histories: Rupturous AI Animations.” Association of Internet Researchers, October 2025, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

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C. Alexander. “Platforms and Public History: Interviews with Digital History Content Creators.” Canadian Communications Association, June 2025, Toronto, Canada.

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C. Alexander. “Amplifying Bias: YouTube’s Historical Context Panels and the Shaping of Cultural Memory." Canadian Historical Association, June 2025, Toronto, Canada.

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C. Alexander. “Content, Context, and Conspiracies: (Mis)representations of Public History on YouTube.” Australian Historians’ Association Conference, July 2024, Sydney, Australia.

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C. Alexander. “Bringing History to Life”: Animating Historical Portraits through AI.” Digital Humanities and Artificial Intelligence Conference, June 2024, Reading, England.

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C. Alexander. “Palimpsestuous: Affective Mediation/Remediation Practices in Digital History Content Creation.” Association of Internet Researchers Doctoral Colloquium, October 2022, Dublin, Ireland.

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C. Alexander. “The Ethics of Neutrality in Digital Archives: A Case Study of the Federal Writers’ Project Slave Narratives.” Critical Digital Humanities Initiative Conference, October 2021, Virtual.

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C. Alexander. “Enabling Access to the Federal Writers’ Project Slave Narratives: Intersectionality in Digital Archive Design.” Western Association of Women Historians Conference, April 2020, Costa Mesa, CA. Postponed due to COVID-19.

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C. Alexander. “Enabling Access to the Federal Writers' Project Slave Narratives: A Case Study of Intersectionality in Digital Archive Design.” ACCESS, October 2019, Edmonton, AB.

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C. Alexander. “Rachel Bross, A Canadian Slave, and Judicial Emancipation in 1790s Nova Scotia: The Court Cases of R. v. Hecht and Hecht v. Moody.” History and Classics Department Lunch Lectures, April 2018, Edmonton, AB.

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C. Alexander. “Designing a Database: Enabling Access to Slave Narratives from the Federal Writers Project.” University of Alberta Humanities Computing Conference, March 2018, Edmonton, AB.

Peer-Reviewed Abstracts for Conferences – Member of Research Team

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C. Alexander, L. Knight. “Hearing Heritage: Imaginary and Immersive Soundscapes.” Society for Social Studies of Science (4S), September 2025, Seattle, United States.

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C. Alexander, L. Knight. “Hearing Heritage: Imaginary and Immersive Soundscapes.” Digital Humanities 2025, July 2025, Lisbon, Portugal.

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C. Alexander, A. Hartman. “Video Games and Museums: Linking Academic and Public Discourse in Museum Spaces.” Console-ing Passions, June 2025, Atlanta, United States.

C. Alexander, A. Hartman. “Ludic Public History in Museum Spaces: A Canadian/Australian Partnership.” Canadian Games Studies Association, June 2025, Montreal, Canada.

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C. Alexander, Y. Chen, K. Gordon, S. Gouglas, Z. Liu, A. Owino, L. Salvador Dias, “The State of Video Game Education: Canadian, American, and Californian Post- Secondary Programs.” Refiguring Innovation in Games, October 2019, Toronto, Canada.

C. Alexander, A. Borynec, Y. Chen, J. Elmergreen, K. Gordon, S. Gouglas, E. Kuznetsov, Z. Liu, A. Owino, A. Phelps, L. Salvador Dias. “The Work of Play: A survey of graduates from higher education programs in video games.” Canadian Game Studies Association, June 2019, Vancouver, Canada.

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C. Alexander, A. Borynec, Y. Chen, K. Gordon, E. Kuznetsov, A. Owino, L. Salvador Dias, S. Gouglas, “Formal Education Update: So much data, so little time.” Refiguring Innovation in Games, October 2018, Vancouver, Canada.

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C. Alexander, A. Borynec, A. Budac, Y. Chen, K. Gordon, S. Gouglas, E. Kuznetsov, A. Owino, L. Salvador Dias, “Maybe 3 more menu bars will solve the problem: Methodological challenges in data collection from post-secondary websites.” Refiguring Innovation in Games Conference, October 2018, Vancouver, Canada.

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C. Alexander, J. Beyer, A. Borynec, A. Budac, Y. Chen, L. Salvador Dias, K. Gordon, S. Gouglas, Z. Kane, E. Kuznetsov, A. Owino, “California Gamin’: The State of Californian Formal Education in Video Games.” Canadian Game Studies Association, May 2018, Regina, Canada.​

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Open Access Databases and Resources

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Luka, ME, C. Alexander, R. Barber-Pin, Katy Ilona-Harris, Caroline Klimek, Samarth Singania, Jacqueline Wallace, Madison Zinger. Graphic design by J.P. King. Web design and database management by Jermaine Williams. (2023 [2020]). Creative Hubs and Networks Database and Dashboard Dictionary. https://criticaldigitalmethods.ca/creative-hubs-and-networks-database/. 

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Public Facing Publications ​

C. Alexander, “CLCF Researcher Profile: Introducing Dr. Cate Alexander.” Creative Labour and Critical Futures Blog, Oct. 31, 2025, https://creativelabourcriticalfutures.ca/blog/introducing-dr-cate-alexander/.

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C. Alexander, L. Knight. “Experimenting with AI Soundscapes and/in Museums.” Creative Labour and Critical Futures Blog, Sept. 5, 2025, https://creativelabourcriticalfutures.ca/blog/experimenting-with-ai-soundscapes-and-in-museums/.

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C. Alexander, D. Idiz, L. Knight, J. Parke, H. Wright, A. Zara. “Learn about CLCF’s RA Mapping Projects.” Creative Labour and Critical Futures Blog, Aug. 22, 2025, https://creativelabourcriticalfutures.ca/blog/learn-about-clcfs-ra-mapping-projects/.

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C. Alexander, S. Mazinani. “Protecting Creativity: Photography & AI.” Creative Labour and Critical Futures Blog, Jul. 4, 2025. https://creativelabourcriticalfutures.ca/blog/protecting-creativity-photography-and-ai/.

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GLAM Incubator. “A GLAM Makeover for the Archives of Ontario.” YouTube, Apr. 3, 2025, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ZtTppHhyN0.

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C. Alexander, “‘Bringing History to Life’: Animating Historical Portraits with Artificial Intelligence.” University of Reading Digital Humanities and Artificial Intelligence Blog Series, September 20, 2024, https://research.reading.ac.uk/digitalhumanities/bringing-history-to-life-animating-historical-portraits- with-artificial-intelligence/. 

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C. Alexander, “Too soon? Titan or Titanic, people always make weird jokes about rich people’s tragedies.” The Conversation, June 16, 2024, https://theconversation.com/too-soon-titan-or-titanic-people-always- make-weird-jokes-about-rich-peoples-tragedies-227521.

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Ellen Schoeck, Taking Charge: A History of the SU and GSA, 1908–2021. University of Alberta Press: 2021. Editorial Assistant and Contributing Writer.

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Ellen Schoeck, Taking Care: Alumni Stories about Life in the Original Residences and Lister Hall, 1911-2020. University of Alberta Press: 2020. Editorial Assistant and Contributing Writer.

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HEVGA, “2019 Survey of Program Graduates”, Report for the Higher Education Video Game Alliance (HEVGA), May 2019. Editorial Assistant and Contributing Researcher.

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Ellen Schoeck, Born to Build: Peoples’ History of the Faculty of Engineering, 1906-2018. University of Alberta Press: 2018. Editorial Assistant and Contributing Writer.