Drexel University | Philadelphia, PA 2014
Ph.D. in Communication, Culture, and Media
Dissertation: Ontic Communities: Ontology, Speculative Fiction, and the Digital Design Community

Drexel University | Philadelphia, PA 2009
B.S./M.S. in Digital Media Design, magna cum laude; Minors: Anthropology; Philosophy

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | Troy, NY 2020-present
Games & Simulation Arts & Sciences Program - Associate Director

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | Troy, NY 2017-present
Department of Science & Technology Studies – Assistant Professor
Dual Appointment in the Games & Simulation Arts & Sciences Program

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | Troy, NY 2015 - 2017
Department of Science & Technology Studies - Lecturer

Drexel University | Philadelphia, PA 2009 - 2014
Department of Digital Media - Adjunct Professor
Department of Culture and Communication - Teaching Assistant and Adjunct Professor

Temple University | Philadelphia, PA 2014
Department of Media Studies and Production - Adjunct Professor

2018
ASEE Engineering Design Graphics Division (EDGD) Chair’s Award for top paper, “From Learning to CAD to CADing to Learn: Teaching the Command, Strategic, and Epistemic Dimensions of CAD Software,” with Dean Nieusma

2017
Top Paper Selection for Banks, J., Malazita, J., Bowman, N., and Walsh, E. “Other(ing) and Self in Serious Games: The Role of Player-Avatar Relations in State Empathy” at the National Communication Association (NCA) annual convention, November 16-19, Dallas TX

2012
Top Paper Selection for "Moral Argument in the Public Sphere: The Case of Bosnia" at the Eastern Communication Association, Boston, MA