THOMAS CONNER
communication PhD . culture journalist

THE LATEST
» » » Thrilled to announce: I will be a Visiting Assistant Professor of Media Studies at the University of Tulsa in ‘23-‘24! Very excited and honored to join this vibrant department. C’mon, Golden Hurricane!
» » » Thankful to have joined the inaugural cohort of fellows at UCSD's Suraj Israni Center for Cinematic Arts (SICCA), which will help fund the next phase of my media analysis — a new study currently in development, stay tuned!
» » » Submissions are open for our open panel — "Manifesting and Mediating Cyborg Ecologies," with co-organizer Jason Archer — at the 4S conference this fall ... in Honolulu!
Aligned with the conference theme of "sea, sky & land," our panel seeks projects "that engage with the natural world in ways that de-center human experience and logocentric perspectives, afford nonhuman agencies, and offer ways of thinking and being guided by wisdom. What constitutes land in VR? How is oceanic communication represented and mediated? We seek to report on the status of digital engagement with these infinite networks and the positioning of human technological creation within the world's cyborg ecology."
» » » Thrilled to announce: I will be a Visiting Assistant Professor of Media Studies at the University of Tulsa in ‘23-‘24! Very excited and honored to join this vibrant department. C’mon, Golden Hurricane!
» » » Thankful to have joined the inaugural cohort of fellows at UCSD's Suraj Israni Center for Cinematic Arts (SICCA), which will help fund the next phase of my media analysis — a new study currently in development, stay tuned!
» » » Submissions are open for our open panel — "Manifesting and Mediating Cyborg Ecologies," with co-organizer Jason Archer — at the 4S conference this fall ... in Honolulu!
Aligned with the conference theme of "sea, sky & land," our panel seeks projects "that engage with the natural world in ways that de-center human experience and logocentric perspectives, afford nonhuman agencies, and offer ways of thinking and being guided by wisdom. What constitutes land in VR? How is oceanic communication represented and mediated? We seek to report on the status of digital engagement with these infinite networks and the positioning of human technological creation within the world's cyborg ecology."
Journalism
20 years as a music critic & newspaper editor |
Research
Analyzing cultural histories & media effects of holograms & AR |
Teaching
Two decades teaching comm theory & writing skills |
Cover star (above): Princess Leia dematerializes