Welcome to my site! I am an Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology at St. Lawrence University, where I teach and research on issues relating to media, culture, technology, and social change.
I earned my Ph.D. in Sociology at the University of Missouri in Columbia, where I also spent a year as a Postdoctoral Fellow with the Mizzou Advantage Media of the Future initiative, conducting research and teaching courses in Journalism, Peace Studies, and Sociology. After that, I spent the 2013-2014 academic year as a Lecturer and Postdoctoral Fellow in the Media, Film & Journalism Studies Department at the University of Denver. As a scholar, I focus primarily on issues related to media, culture, and journalism studies. I work on the frontier of digital sociology, an emerging field with an emphasis on studying the digital world and using digital tools to facilitate scholarly analysis and communication. My first book, Citizens at the Gates: Twitter, Networked Publics, and the Transformation of American Journalism (Palgrave Macmillan, 2018) examines changes in the field of journalism due to the convergence of professionals, citizens, and activists on Twitter. My work has also appeared in publications such as New Media & Society, Journalism: Theory, Practice and Criticism, Studies in Media and Communications, Cultural Studies <=> Critical Methodologies. and Hybrid Pedagogy. (Keep reading to learn more about my research.) |