Faculty

Profile

I'm the author of five nonfiction books in the media studies and cultural studies fields and author and editor of three more literary titles. Recurring themes and topics in my research, writing, and teaching include media and memory, media and social transformation, and youth-media making practices.

Degrees Held

PhD, York University 

MA, Simon Fraser University

BA, Trent University 

Recent Publications

Youth Culture and the Long History of Social Media (University of Chicago Press, forthcoming)

Content (MIT Press, forthcoming)

The End of Forgetting (Harvard University Press, 2019)

Adjusted Margin (The MIT Press, 2016)

The Archival Turn in Feminism (Temple University Press, 2013)

Selected essays and reviews can be found in publications such as Wired, The MIT Technology Review, Science, and The Times Higher Education Supplement.  

As editor, I serve on several boards and as Series Editor for Page and Screen--a book and media studies series published by the University of Massachusetts Press.