Human geographer studying the intersections of information, media, and attention. he/him.
My work is motivated by a concern for the increasing pervasion of networked information technologies, critically examining the human-scale spatial relations which underpin and emerge from them.
My current research project studies U.S. advertising and media industries and their role in producing markets for attention. This research analyzes various avenues through which industry actors enroll media technologies to conceptualize, measure, and model attentive subjects and spaces of consumption. Prior work investigated experiences of digital well-being during the COVID-19 pandemic, asking how users approached their relationships to personal technologies and self-tracking metrics amidst a global pandemic.
I teach a variety of geographic topics to undergraduates, broadly specializing in (1) geographic information systems and geospatial technologies; (2) geographies of information and digital media; and (3) social scientific knowledge production. My teaching emphasizes the importance of technological fluency and data literacy, preparing students to encounter and work with diverse forms of information and modes of analysis. Courses I have taught as instructor of record include: