☆ Researcher, writer, musician, audio engineer, and designer based in Irvine, California.
☆ Ph.D. candidate in Film & Media Studies at UC — Irvine researching contemporary leftism online.
☆ Research interests: internet cultures, political media & communication, internet broad/pod-casting, online community, broadcast & digital histories, internet memes, queer studies, game studies.
☆ Journal article out soon in Democratic Communiqué: “‘Money for Jobs and Education, Not for War and Occupation’: The 2024 UAW 4811 Strike, Organizing for Palestine, and the Political Potential of Mass Unionism” (co-authored with Mark Gradoni & Jo Sweetnam).
☆ Journal article out soon in Protest: "'No Matter How Valid': Historicizing the 2024 UAW 4811–University of California Strike" (co-authored with Mark Gradoni). [DOI]
☆ Journal article out soon in Media Theory: “Becoming-anthropomorphic: Furry, Fursonae, and Subjectivity.”
☆ Book reviews out now in The Communication Review [DOI] and soon in SubStance.
☆ Journal article out now in The Velvet Light Trap: "How 'Cracker' Became 'Hate Speech': Content Moderation Logics and Right-wing Mass-flagging on Twitch." [DOI]
☆ Journal article out now in Spectator: "'Do you remember:' Gay Loneliness, Loss, and Survivance in Robot Dreams" [ProQuest] [pdf].