Publications: Academic, Public, and Industry
“I Want to Party With You Cowboy: Stephen Colbert and Campaign 2016’s Aesthetic Logic of Truthiness.” The Joke is On Us: Political Comedy in (Late) Neoliberal Times. In Julie Webber-Collins, Ed. With Thomas Lawson Lexington Press, 2019.
Free Speech in Post-Digital America. Cross-cultural Zine Exchange. Editor. Hennepin County Library: Permanent Collection. With The Institute for Digital Humanity and the Institute for Aesthetic Advocacy. September 2019.
Fear and Loathing in the New Media Era: How to Realign Our Rhetorical Judgments for the Post-Postmodern, Digital Media Age. Dissertation. Ohio State University, 2012.
“New Media, New English.” Reading and Writing New Media. Eds. Cheryl E. Ball and James Kalmbach. With Jason Palmeri, Cormac Slevin, and Scott Lloyd DeWitt. Hampton Press, 2009.
“Are We the Rockstars We’ve Been Waiting For?” PopMatters. 3 Nov. 2008.
“Huckabee’s Family Guy Values.” Alternet. 21 Jan. 2008.
“A Hypothetical Problem.” PopMatters. 17 Sept. 2006.
“Not Necessarily Not the News: Remediation, Gatekeeping, and The Daily Show.”Journal of American Culture 28.4 (Dec 2005): 415-430.
Art Exhibitions & Civic Forums:
“World Press Freedom Day: What Do You Have to Say?” Student Art Installation and Community Education Event. Hamline University. Saint Paul, MN. April 2017.
Press and Media Appearances:
“A Digital Civil War Threatens to Erupt Post-Election, Expert Warns, But Some Are Working To Keep Calm.” Television interview. CBS WCCO. Minneapolis, MN: November 4, 2024. Reposted at cbsnews.com.
“Why Isn’t There Social Media Forgiveness?” Television interview. Breaking the News. NBC KARE-11. Minneapolis, MN: September 13, 2018.
“Remembrance of Things Past Fuels Recent Run of Reboots, Relaunches, Remakes.” Interview. Pioneer Press. Saint Paul, MN: April 21, 2018.
“Post Emmys Cameo, Spicer Says He Regrets Battles Over Trump’s Inauguration Size.” Television Interview. Breaking the News. NBC. KARE-11. Minneapolis, MN: September 18, 2017.
Academic Presentations/Invited Talks
“What Norm MacDonald and Narrative Theory Can Teach Us About
Social Media Privacy Big Data Reasoning.” Hamline University. Saint Paul, MN. April 2017. Invited.
“The Pillowman and Free Speech: A Post-Performance Discussion.” Hamline University. Saint Paul, MN: 22 February 2016. Invited.
“Campaign Narrative, The End: A New Story for the Narrative Model of Rhetorical Agency,” Rhetoric Society of America. San Antonio, TX: May 2014.
“The New New Journalism: The Post-Postmodern Aesthetics of Narrative As Rhetoric.” The International Society for the Study of Narrative. Boston, MA: March 2014.
Rogue Publics. Competitive Workshop. Rhetoric Society of America Summer Institute. Lawrence, KS: June 2013.
21st Century Presidential Rhetoric.Competitive Workshop. Rhetoric Society of America Summer Institute. Lawrence, KS: June 2013.
“Audience 3.0: A New Rhetorical Ethics (and Aesthetics) for a Post-Remix Era.” Rhetoric Society of America. Philadelphia, PA: May 2012.
“The Gentle Art of Accepting Enemies: New Media and the Rhetorical Aesthetics of Audience Exclusion.” The International Society for the Study of Narrative. St. Louis, MO: April 2011.
“Playing Out Remix,” Conference on College Composition and Communication. Louisville, KY: March 2010.
“End the Gaffe (And How Narrative Theory Let’s Us Do It).” The
International Society for the Study of Narrative. Birmingham, UK: June 2009. Invited.
“2008: The Year We Re-Made Contact (or, Why Did Postmodernism End?)" Project Narrative Presents: Prophets in Their Own Century. Columbus,
OH: January 2009. Invited.
“I’m Not There Anymore: The Return of Identity in the Post-Remix Age.” Thomas R. Watson Conference on Rhetoric and Composition. Louisville, KY: October 2008.
“Ethos in a Remediated Age: Context, Character, and Community.” Rhetoric Society of America. Seattle, WA: May 2008.
“The Rhetoric of ‘Rhetoric’ in Rhetoric and Political Science.” Rhetoric Society of America. Memphis, TN: May 2006.
“New Media, New Curricula.” Conference on College Composition and Communication. Chicago, IL: April 2006.
“The ‘Dean Scream’ Didn’t Happen (And How it Did).” American Popular Culture Association. Atlanta, GA: April 2006.
“Narrative Temporality in News Stories.” The International Society for the Study of Narrative. Ottawa, Canada: April 2006.
“Is It Something or Nothing? Narratologically Situating the Music of John Zorn’s Naked City.” Edward F. Hayes Graduate Research Forum. Columbus, OH: April 2004.
“[Something about postmodernism, American media culture, and Chinese hegemony]” China Rising? US Naval Academy. Spring 1998. Nominated by University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s Dept. of Political Science.
Publications: Academic, Public, and Industry
“I Want to Party With You Cowboy: Stephen Colbert and Campaign 2016’s Aesthetic Logic of Truthiness.” The Joke is On Us: Political Comedy in (Late) Neoliberal Times. In Julie Webber-Collins, Ed. With Thomas Lawson Lexington Press, 2019.
Free Speech in Post-Digital America. Cross-cultural Zine Exchange. Editor. Hennepin County Library: Permanent Collection. With The Institute for Digital Humanity and the Institute for Aesthetic Advocacy. September 2019.
Fear and Loathing in the New Media Era: How to Realign Our Rhetorical Judgments for the Post-Postmodern, Digital Media Age. Dissertation. Ohio State University, 2012.
“New Media, New English.” Reading and Writing New Media. Eds. Cheryl E. Ball and James Kalmbach. With Jason Palmeri, Cormac Slevin, and Scott Lloyd DeWitt. Hampton Press, 2009.
“Are We the Rockstars We’ve Been Waiting For?” PopMatters. 3 Nov. 2008.
“Huckabee’s Family Guy Values.” Alternet. 21 Jan. 2008.
“A Hypothetical Problem.” PopMatters. 17 Sept. 2006.
“Not Necessarily Not the News: Remediation, Gatekeeping, and The Daily Show.”Journal of American Culture 28.4 (Dec 2005): 415-430.
Art Exhibitions & Civic Forums:
“World Press Freedom Day: What Do You Have to Say?” Student Art Installation and Community Education Event. Hamline University. Saint Paul, MN. April 2017.
Press and Media Appearances:
“A Digital Civil War Threatens to Erupt Post-Election, Expert Warns, But Some Are Working To Keep Calm.” Television interview. CBS WCCO. Minneapolis, MN: November 4, 2024. Reposted at cbsnews.com.
“Why Isn’t There Social Media Forgiveness?” Television interview. Breaking the News. NBC KARE-11. Minneapolis, MN: September 13, 2018.
“Remembrance of Things Past Fuels Recent Run of Reboots, Relaunches, Remakes.” Interview. Pioneer Press. Saint Paul, MN: April 21, 2018.
“Post Emmys Cameo, Spicer Says He Regrets Battles Over Trump’s Inauguration Size.” Television Interview. Breaking the News. NBC. KARE-11. Minneapolis, MN: September 18, 2017.
Academic Presentations/Invited Talks
“What Norm MacDonald and Narrative Theory Can Teach Us About
Social Media Privacy Big Data Reasoning.” Hamline University. Saint Paul, MN. April 2017. Invited.
“The Pillowman and Free Speech: A Post-Performance Discussion.” Hamline University. Saint Paul, MN: 22 February 2016. Invited.
“Campaign Narrative, The End: A New Story for the Narrative Model of Rhetorical Agency,” Rhetoric Society of America. San Antonio, TX: May 2014.
“The New New Journalism: The Post-Postmodern Aesthetics of Narrative As Rhetoric.” The International Society for the Study of Narrative. Boston, MA: March 2014.
Rogue Publics. Competitive Workshop. Rhetoric Society of America Summer Institute. Lawrence, KS: June 2013.
21st Century Presidential Rhetoric.Competitive Workshop. Rhetoric Society of America Summer Institute. Lawrence, KS: June 2013.
“Audience 3.0: A New Rhetorical Ethics (and Aesthetics) for a Post-Remix Era.” Rhetoric Society of America. Philadelphia, PA: May 2012.
“The Gentle Art of Accepting Enemies: New Media and the Rhetorical Aesthetics of Audience Exclusion.” The International Society for the Study of Narrative. St. Louis, MO: April 2011.
“Playing Out Remix,” Conference on College Composition and Communication. Louisville, KY: March 2010.
“End the Gaffe (And How Narrative Theory Let’s Us Do It).” The
International Society for the Study of Narrative. Birmingham, UK: June 2009. Invited.
“2008: The Year We Re-Made Contact (or, Why Did Postmodernism End?)" Project Narrative Presents: Prophets in Their Own Century. Columbus,
OH: January 2009. Invited.
“I’m Not There Anymore: The Return of Identity in the Post-Remix Age.” Thomas R. Watson Conference on Rhetoric and Composition. Louisville, KY: October 2008.
“Ethos in a Remediated Age: Context, Character, and Community.” Rhetoric Society of America. Seattle, WA: May 2008.
“The Rhetoric of ‘Rhetoric’ in Rhetoric and Political Science.” Rhetoric Society of America. Memphis, TN: May 2006.
“New Media, New Curricula.” Conference on College Composition and Communication. Chicago, IL: April 2006.
“The ‘Dean Scream’ Didn’t Happen (And How it Did).” American Popular Culture Association. Atlanta, GA: April 2006.
“Narrative Temporality in News Stories.” The International Society for the Study of Narrative. Ottawa, Canada: April 2006.
“Is It Something or Nothing? Narratologically Situating the Music of John Zorn’s Naked City.” Edward F. Hayes Graduate Research Forum. Columbus, OH: April 2004.
“[Something about postmodernism, American media culture, and Chinese hegemony]” China Rising? US Naval Academy. Spring 1998. Nominated by University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s Dept. of Political Science.