Ever wonder what campuses interviews are really like on the academic job market? This was my year in review. Get ready for strip mall dining, scheduling errors, and yes, even a monkey.
Think you know House of Cards? Think again. I break down its deep structure, highlight its conventions from classic horror films, and explain its contribution to popular culture in the U.S.
March, 2019
A Contract with the Devil (and Other Monsters): The Inner Structures of House of Cards
Published in The Denver Post, this op-ed explains the punishing effects of the GOP's proposed tax changes in 2017 for graduate student communities inside and outside of Colorado.
November, 2017
The Backbreaking Price of Tax Reform on Colorado Graduate Students
"Battle of the Bastards" may have satisfied the age-old bloodlust for war; unfortunately, it did so through the more recent tradition of dramatizing, aestheticizing, and making war cool.
