I’m happy to announce that this spring, I’ll become a Visiting Assistant Professor of Communication, Culture, and Technology at Georgetown University. I’ll be offering the following two graduate courses:

Exploring Synthetic Worlds

Synthetic worlds — persistent, networked 3D spaces that mimic certain aspects of reality — are increasingly popular sites for work and play. This course investigates the social, cultural, scientific, and political implications of virtual worlds and persistent massively multiplayer environments.

Hacking Critical Theory

This course will examine the practice of critical theory in the 20th and 21st centuries, especially as it relates to technology. We will consider a broad swath of Western thought, ranging from Marx and Nietzsche to Avital Ronell and Slavoj Zizek. Drawing on their individual interests in contemporary digital technologies and associated cultural practices, students will engage the praxis of critique by reverse-engineering critical theories of their own.