Fostering innovative and open methods and tools in the classroom and beyond.
Expanding the scope and impact of traditional and digital humanities for the contemporary world.
Thinking critically about the role and design of technology, data and the social sciences in our lives and learning.
Promoting openness, access, and diversity in technology, and education in service of an equitable society.
Promoting change in schools, museums, libraries, and other organizations.
Advocating for new forms of scholarly communications, including blogging, multimedia, open publishing, and academic journals and presses.
I am a author, educator, filmmaker, and historian based in Orlando, Florida. My research interests are in Silent Era Cinema, Holocaust Memory, and Digital Storytelling. I hold a Ph.D. in Texts and Technology at the University of Central Florida, where I teach introductory level history courses.
I am a recipient of the 2016-17 Fulbright scholarship, where I conducted research on the activities of American distributors in Belgium during the interwar period as a visiting scholar at the Centre for Cinema and Media Studies (CIMS) at Ghent University. I also serve as the head archivist and curator for the UCF Home Movie Archive and the online exhibit Roadside Memories: A Digital Tour of Florida Roadside Attractions, 1945-1975. As well as the co-organizer and the program director for the Flickering Landscapes Conference Series (with Bruce Janz, Phillip Peters, and Barry Mauer), an initiative that seeks to explore place, space, and identity by examining regional film cultures and histories.
