I am currently a doctoral student in the Art History Department at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York, studying architectural history. This winter I am teaching a class called "Critical Media Practice and the Production of Everyday Spaces" at the University of Washington in the Comparative History of Ideas Department (CHID).
I earned my MA in Media, Culture and Communication from New York University, and my Bachelor's degree in Art History and the Comparative History of Ideas from the University of Washington.
My academic interests lie in the areas of urbanism, visuality and the social, and in using media-ethnographic techniques to capture and express people's experience of the everyday. I am fascinated by the ways that we perceive our environment, and in how the urban landscape shapes our perception of ourselves as individuals and as members of communities. Though I think of myself mainly as a historian, my background as a video editor and producer, as well as my studies in media theory, have led me to value visual and ethnographic methodologies, and I strive to utilize media in my work.
Professionally, I am committed to becoming an educator in addition to a scholar. I have worked as an instructor of art and architectural history at the City College of New York (see my CV), and I have also taught high school- and elementary-aged students in various environments.
I am currently based in Seattle, Washington.
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