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I am an Assistant Professor of English in Arizona State's faculty of Interdisciplinary Humanities and Communication. My current research project focuses on the rhetoric of transhumanism, but I am broadly interested in the reshaping of rhetoric, discourse, and identity in the face of digital technologies. My research and pedagogical work touches on facets of digital rhetoric, digital humanities, emerging media, and technical communications.

Book In Progress

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Transhumanism

My current book project explores the rhetoric of the transhumanism movement with regards specifically to its Utopian content.

My goals in teaching classes in both rhetoric and literature are intimately connected with my research interests.

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Copyright and Canonicity

What role has copyright played in shaping the literary and scholarly reputation of American postmodernism?

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Fan Utopias and Self-Help Supermen

Drawn from my current book, this article suggests that superman fiction, often dismissed as fascist and naive, had certain interesting political ramifications during the late 1930s and early 1940s.

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The Possibilities of an End

Account of the rhetorical life cycle of a meme, specifically accounting the origins, history, and death of the idea of the 2012 Mayan Apocalypse.

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Currently Teaching

Classes Taught

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All My Classes

A list of all the classes I've taught (including graduate school) can be seen on my CV.

Currently Teaching

ENG 204: Introduction to Contemporary Literature

An online course allowing students to gain an introduction to recent publishing trends and artistic developments in the novel, primarily in America.

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Currently Teaching

ENG 394: H.P. Lovecraft: Style, Science, Myth

An online course exploring the life and work of American horror writer, H.P. Lovecraft. In addition to reading a large chunk of Lovecraft's fiction, we will consider Lovecraft in terms of his unique style, his interest in science, and his role as a myth-maker for the twentieth century.

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Classroom Resources

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Some resources I've used in past courses.

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Upcoming Presentation

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Emailing Files to Myself

Presentation for "Apps and Affect" at the University of Western Ontario that explores the dialectic tension between collectivity and radical individualism online that has been highlighted by the emergence of cloud computing.

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