PhD in Comm & STS

Journalist & critic

Teacher & mentor
Communication, media and science-and-technology scholar whose research explores how emerging technologies — particularly holograms, AR, and immersive media — reshape cultural memory, identity, and presence. Watch for my book titled Looking Through You: Digital Holograms and the New Technical Image.
Award-winning journalist, editor, and cultural critic with a focus on music history, cultural preservation, and forgotten narratives within the American landscape. My professional career includes two decades at the Tulsa World and Chicago Sun-Times, plus a year spent studying at the Woody Guthrie Archives.
Dedicated educator and professor of communication, whose blend of scholarly rigor and real-world experience bridges critical media studies and hands-on communication pedagogy. I'm an Assistant Professor of Communication at the University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma, teaching comm theory, media practice, research methods, and popular culture. 

The latest:

» » »  Award: Drink up! I'm a 2026 James Beard journalism finalist! (Read the piece in this spiffy mag)

» » »  Column: Considering the state of expertise and credentials through The Lowdown #truthstorian

» » »  Conference: We've had amazing response to our panel on "phantom media." See you in Toronto!

» » »  Publication: Watch for more on our haptic-holograms collaboration coming to this book series

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Prepping to become a digital hologram @ UCSD
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