Since 2005, I have been teaching courses in popular and visual culture, arts and media, globalization and culture, cybercultures / digital cultures, and contemporary and interactive literature. My research interests include virtual, visual & digital culture, digital ethnography, gender/sexuality and postgenderism, transhumanism, and digital and cyborg embodiment & performance. I hold a B.A. in English Literature from Smith College, an MFA in Creative Writing from Columbia College Chicago, and an A.M. in Interdisciplinary Studies from the University of Chicago. I am currently a cultural studies doctoral student at George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia.

I am also collaborating with Robert Gehl on the Digital Research Blog, an online forum dedicated to digital research and pedagogy. Our blog focuses on examining the research methods required to critique the aesthetics, economics, discourses, structure, and cultures of the Internet and Web; discovering and developing Web and digital tools for teaching college students; and exploring the potential for digital ethnography in network-mediated cultures.