PhD Candidate, Media, Culture & Communication
EDUCATION
New York University, PhD, Media, Culture & Communicaiton, 2008-Present.
New York University, MA, Cinema Studies, 2008.
University of Puget Sound, BA, Spanish Language and Literature, 2005.
DISTINCTIONS
Dissertation Proposal Development Fellow, SSRC Summer 2010.
Editorial Fellow, Rhizome.org Feb. 2010-Present.
Teaching Assistantship in Media, Culture and Communication, NYU 2008-2009.
Research Assistantship
in Moving Image Archiving and Preservation, NYU 2006-2007.
RA Departmental Representative to Cinema Studies, NYU
2006-2007.
Phi Beta Kappa, UPS 2005.
Coolidge Otis Chapman Scholar, UPS 2005.
Charles and Bertha Robins Scholar, UPS 2004.
PRESENTATIONS
"Gay for Pay: Internet Pornography and Affective Networks". Art, Cinema and Industry. University of
Pittsburgh. Feb 26-28, 2010.
"Network Topology and Cambodian ICT". Viral Ports, Virtual Currents. University of California,
Riverside. October 2-4, 2009. (Accepted).
"Virtual Geographies and Where 2.0". Media in Transition 6. Massachussetts Institute of Technology.
April 24-26, 2009.
"Passing as Fantasy in Gay Pornography". Unseen Cinema: NYU Media & Cinema Studies Conference
2009. New York University. February 20-21, 2009.
"Obscenity and the Post-Human Body". Obscenity: An Interdisciplinary Discussion. University of Iowa.
March 1-4, 2007.
"Roleplaying in the Virtual: Warcraft as New Media".
NYU Media & Cinema Studies Conference.New York
University
. February 16-17, 2007.
"Essentially Queer: Homosexual Commodification in Queer as Folk". Northwest Communication Conference.
Coeur D'Alene, Idaho. April 7-9th, 2005.
"The Reel Queer: The Co-Optation of the Queer Aesthetic in American Media Culture". Honors Thesis
Presentation. University of Puget Sound. March 22nd, 2005.
LANGUAGES
English, Native.
Spanish, Highly Proficient.
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