PhD candidate, Art and Media History, Theory and Criticism, Visual Arts Department, UC San Diego

Researcher, Software Studies Initiative @ Calit2 and the Center for Research in Computing in the Arts @ UC San Diego

Adjunct Faculty, University of Southern California, School of Cinematic Arts, Interactive Media Division

Associate Instructor, UC San Diego Communication Department

Co-editor, The 5th Wall Review

Dissertation research: studying concepts of authorship in the large-scale production of videogames and related software-based work.

Interests: videogame development practices, software-based cultural forms, software engineering as group practice, database aesthetics, polymorphic content, Japan / global media flows, political theory, semiotics, game design and development in Latin America and the Middle East.