A friend recently summed me up nicely: “In a single conversation you might be talking about the latest Java widget but turn around and explain it with some philosopher like Foucault.” That is what you get when you blend professional and academic work across social sciences, cultural studies, marketing, technology, and the arts. In this way my academic and professional work draw from each other. Theory becomes grounded with the demands of applicability, and practice remains forward thinking. That said, my interests typical revolve the various ways in which people intersect with each other, and the various ways in which interpersonal connections become complicated (especially in relationship with technology). My blog and current projects are the best way to get a sense of the way I currently see the world. The rest of the background information here includes things about which I am particularly proud.

Current Appointments Current Interests Current Projects Education Technical Knowledge Academic Experience Work Experience Publications, Presentations, & Conferences

Current Appointments

M.A. Candidate
Communication, Culture & Technology
Georgetown University

Senior Systems Developer
Association of American Medical Colleges (MCAT)

New Media Editor
gnovis Journal

Teaching Assistant
CCTP 752: Communication Theories & Frameworks (taught by Dr. Jeanine Turner)

Current Interests

Theoretical/Research	Applied
Identity and Anonymity	User-behavior, Web-analytics, and Front-end Design
Ubiquitous Computing	Information systems and analytics
Internet culture, memes	Componetization of front-ends via AJAX and SOA
Information Architecture	Institutional learning

Current Projects

craigslist Missed Connections: Practices of anonymity and identification in digital and non-digital spaces

• I am currently working on a chapter for the forthcoming book “New Technologies of the Self.”

Medical College Admission Test

• We are currently in the process of redesigning this registration component of the MCAT. Lawyers make more money than I do, so I will leave it at that until we are done. Then I can talk about this cool project.

Education

B.S., Psychology
May 2004
University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
Summa Cum Laude

Thesis: “Coming Out with Stories: Effects of narrative socialization in micro-social context”
Senior Project: “Electronic Research Application (ERA): Improving observational research methodology through the use of online multimedia integration.”

A.S., Psychology
Honors
A.A., Dance, Theatre, Music
Honors, Distinction in Dance
A.F.A., Musical Theatre
Honors, Distinction
Western Wyoming College, Rock Springs, WY
May 2001

H.S. Diploma
Olympus High School, Salt Lake City, UT
June 1999

Technical Knowledge

I have worked in technical capacities for over a decade. During this time I have learned many programming languages and skills, the best of which are typically indicated by some funny acronym. Here are some of my favorites:

Java, Spring Framework, JSP

PHP 4-5, Zend Framework, Zend Platform, Smarty

Flash 6-9, Actionscript 1-3, Flash Remoting Server

JavaScript/DHTML, AJAX, YUI, ExtJS, GMaps2, and the obligatory HTML suite (i.e., X/HTML, XML, CSS, etc.)

Apache 1.3-2.x, MySQL 4-5, Oracle 9i-10g