Academic

• PhD. Rhetoric & Language, University of Texas-Austin, 2014

• MA, Communication Studies, Arizona State University, 2008

• BA, Communication Studies, Cal State Long Beach, 2006

Topics/Interests: Rhetoric & Popular Culture, Sports Culture, Humor & Satire.

Dissertation: New Media Is A Joke: Tracing Irony, Satire, and Remediation in Online Discourse

Teaching

Professor, Los Angeles Valley College

Lecturer, California State University-Long Beach

Courses:

• Rhetoric & Popular Culture

• Communication & New Media

• Public Speaking

• Argumentation & Critical Thinking

Scholarly Publications

“How Long Will They Mourn Me: Tupac Shakur, Notorious B.I.G. and the Hauntology of Hip-Hop,” Howard Journal of Communications, May 2024

“Baseball Made ‘Whole’: Rhetorical Hierarchy and Post-Racial Discourse in Major League Baseball’s Inclusion of the Negro Leagues,” Communication & Sport, September 2022

“Public Journalism is a Joke: The case for Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert,” Journalism Theory & Practice, May 2013

“Twitter and New Forms of Publicity,” Educational Technology & Change, January 2012