I am an interdisciplinary educator and scholar working at the intersections of media and technology studies, queer studies, and critical theory. My research examines how media texts and technologies shape human living through the formation of social ‘common sense,’ circulation of counter-hegemonic ideas, and integration of various kinds of ‘users’ into processes of capital accumulation. I am methodologically invested in a tactical rapprochement between historically materialist and post-structuralist thinking, particularly at the site of queer theory. My work has been recognized by a Dissertation Year Award from UCLA, a fellowship with the Center for Critical Internet Inquiry, and the Society for Cinema and Media Studies’ Caucus on Class Graduate Student and Precarious Scholar Writing Award. I also teach across media theory, film & television history, digital media/Internet studies, and gender & sexuality studies.

My current project investigates the relationship between utopian desires and queer computation during the 1990s and 2000s. I aim to show how utopian thinking about computation and digital networks animated activist, corporate, and scholarly activities during a period directly leading to the present moment. I also write about film, television, and other forms of digital media.

Prior to beginning my doctoral studies with an emphasis in gender studies at UCLA, I earned a B.A. in Creative Writing/English Literature and an M.A. in English Literature from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. I am currently working as a lecturer in the Department of Gender & Sexuality Studies at California State University Fullerton ahead of the expected completion of my Ph.D. in Spring 2026.

I also serve as a Co-Chair of the Society for Cinema and Media Studies’ Precarious Labor Organization.