I remember when I first opened a copy of Euclid's Elements in 2012. It suddenly dawned on me that almost every English-speaking writer from the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries had to study this book. Ever since, my research has focused on 18th- and 19th-century British literature and mathematics. I examine how this relationship complicated rather than essentialized human being, and thereby requires a re-evaluation of the "realism of the subject." This project is ongoing.
More recently, I have also been focusing on digital colonialism and what I call "the global ecodigital divide." This interdisciplinary study examines literary and other artistic representations of the historical and present-day connections between technology, systemic racism, and ecological destruction, from the transatlantic slave trade to mining cobalt in the DRC.
I teach at Highline College, in Des Moines, WA, just south of Seattle. I teach courses in literature, rhetoric and composition (with a focus on digital culture), research writing (with a focus on "decolonizing digital technology"), and the history of media. I am a big fan of Learning Communities (integrated learning), and for the last few years I have been teaming up with faculty in the mathematics department to help students draw connections across disciplinary boundaries. I have also taught technical writing for the UW Contiuum College, and I taught in the department of Digital Technology and Cultures at Seattle University (2019–2021).
Outside the classroom, I chair the planning committee for Highline College's annual National Poetry Month series (2022–present). I also serve on the Two-Year College Association's PNW Regional Executive Committee (2024-present).