Appointments:
University of Madison Wisconsin (Sept. 2012 – )
Assistant Professor, Media and Cultural Studies, Department of Communication Arts
Research Interests: New Media and Digital Culture, Digitization of the Media Industries
University of Ottawa (Sept. 2010 – Aug. 2012)
Post-doctoral Fellow, Faculty of Law, Supervisor: Dr. Michael Geist
Project: “You Can Patent That? Technology and the Business of Patents”
Education:
Ph.D., McGill University, Montreal, Dept. of Art History and Communication Studies
(2010). Dissertation: Understanding the Digital Music Commodity. Supervisor: Dr. Jonathan Sterne
M.A., Ryerson/York University, Toronto, Dept. of Communication and Culture (2005)
Thesis: Making the Brand: Examining the Role of Branding in the Popular Music Industry.
Supervisor: Dr. Catherine Middleton.
B.Sc., Queen’s University, Kingston, Dept. of Biology (1998)
Courses:
University of Wisconsin Madison
CA 346 - Critical Internet Studies
CA 459 - New Media and Society
McGill
COMS 330 - Media in Cultural Life
Ryerson
ACS 205: Writing as a Cultural Act (teaching assistant)
Other Research/Professional Experience:
Research Assistant for Dr. Michael Geist for a project on video game industry subsidies in Canada.
Research Assistant for Dr. Jonathan Sterne on various sound and culture projects.
Research Assistant for Dr. Catherine Middleton’s project on the social impact of
broadband use in Canada.
Account Supervisor at Leo Burnett Advertising on major national TV, Print, Radio
and Web campaigns
Writing/Web/Music
Music Editor/Editor in Chief for Montreal local culture website midnightpoutine.ca
Podcast host/producer for Midnight Poutine and the Montreal Gazette’s Habs Inside/Out
Member of the 2009 -2011 Polaris Prize Jury. The award offers $30,000 to the best
Canadian album, regardless of genre, sales, or professional affiliation.
