Education
Ph.D. Cultural Analysis & Theory Stony Brook University, NY (2024) M.A. Philosophy, Concentration in Psychoanalytic Theory & Phenomenology The New School for Social Research, NYC (2014) B.S. Psychology & Philosophy, Minor Fine Art Northeastern University, MA (2011) Artist Residency & Studio Coursework The Burren College of Art, Ireland (2007, 2010) Publications as Author Co-editor & contributing author of (forthcoming) scholarly volume, "Tech and A Living World: Media, Innovation, and Sustainable Futures" Contributing author and editor of “Best Practices” in Tech and Democracy Report, (2023), All Tech Is Human (Link) Review of Fetishism, Psychoanalysis, and Philosophy: The Iridescent Thing by Alan Bass (Routledge, 2018) in the Graduate Faculty Philosophy Journal (40:1 2019) (Link) Review of Heidegger on Being Uncanny by Katherine Withy (Harvard University Press, 2015) in Gatherings: The Heidegger Circle Annual (Vol.8 2018) (Link) Publications as Managing Contributor (Link) 2022 “Rewired: How Digital Technologies Shape Cognition and Democracy.” Author: Leah Walker, Digital Cognition and Democracy Initiative (DCDI) Report, Institute for Security and Technology 2022 “Memory: How Digital Technologies Influence Cognitive Information Storage.” Author: Stephanie Rodriguez, Digital Cognition and Democracy Initiative (DCDI) Report, Institute for Security and Technology 2022 “Attention: How Digital Technologies Influence What We Notice, What We Focus On, and How We Learn.” Author: Stephanie Rodriguez, Digital Cognition and Democracy Initiative (DCDI) Report, Institute for Security and Technology 2022 “Reasoning: How Digital Technologies Influence Decision Making and Judgment” Author: Stephanie Rodriguez, Digital Cognition and Democracy Initiative (DCDI) Report, Institute for Security and Technology 2022 “Shortcutting Critical Thinking” Authors: Leah Walker and Zoë Brammer, Digital Cognition and Democracy Initiative (DCDI) Report, Institute for Security and Technology 2022 “Modulating Trust” Authors: Leah Walker and Zoë Brammer, Digital Cognition and Democracy Initiative (DCDI) Report, Institute for Security and Technology 2022 “Exploiting Emotions” Authors: Leah Walker and Zoë Brammer, Digital Cognition and Democracy Initiative (DCDI) Report, Institute for Security and Technology Presentations, Lectures, & Discussions 2022 “Implications of The Digital Cognition and Democracy Initiative 2022 reports from the Institute for Security and Democracy” (invited) All Tech Is Human, Responsible Tech Mixer, The Delancey, NYC 2021 “Technology, Climate, and Public Humanities” Media Studies Masters Colloquium, Queens College, virtual 2021 “Technoindustrial Fetishism in the Anthropocene”, History Graduate Student Association Annual Interdisciplinary Graduate Conference, Stony Brook University, virtual 2021 “Vital Thought with Founder, Emily Gillcrist” on the Digital Void Podcast, www.digitalvoid.media, virtual 2016 “Film & Social Critique: Analyzing Snowpiercer (film, 2014)”, Guest lecture in Introduction to Cinema and Cultural Studies (CCS 101), Stony Brook University, NY 2016 “Intro to Psychoanalysis & Analyzing Fight Club (film, 1999)”, Guest lecture in Theorizing Cinema and Cultural Studies (CCS 300), Stony Brook University, NY 2014 “The Fate of Sublimation: A Phenomenological Interpretation of Sublimation”, Thesis Presentation, New York Phenomenology Research Group, The New School for Social Research, NYC 2012 “Being, Time, and Pedagogy”, New York Phenomenology Research Group Inaugural Conference, The New School for Social Research, NYC |
Academic Teaching
Intermediate Writing: Responding to the Climate Crisis Stony Brook University, NY (Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Winter 2021, Summer 2021, Fall 2021) Critical Approaches to Cinema: Production: Reality vs. Appearance Stony Brook University, NY (Summer 2020) Cinema History: Cinema in Context Stony Brook University, NY (Winter 2020) Intermediate Writing: The Materiality of Technology Stony Brook University, NY (Fall 2018, 2019, 2020, Spring 2019) Critical Writing Seminar: Special Topics: Responding to the Climate Crisis Stony Brook University, NY (Winter 2020) Cinema & Cultural Studies: Production of Reality vs. Appearance Stony Brook University, NY (Fall 2017, Spring 2018, Summer 2018, 2019, Winter 2019, 2020) Media History Stony Brook University, NY (Spring 2017) Cinema History Stony Brook University, NY (Fall 2016) Theorizing Cinema & Cultural Studies Stony Brook University, NY (Fall 2016) Existentialism Northeastern University, MA (Spring 2011) Memberships Trust and Safety Professionals Association Cultural Studies Association International Association for Environmental Philosophy Publications : Visual Art 2021 “Culminus”, in Humana Obscura, Issue 2, nature-focused literary magazine. www.humanaobscura.com. 2021 “Earthling”, in Humana Obscura, Issue 2, nature-focused literary magazine. www.humanaobscura.com. 2021 “Rain” in Humana Obscura, Issue 2, nature-focused literary magazine. www.humanaobscura.com. 2020 “Gust” in Humana Obscura, Issue 1, nature-focused literary magazine. www.humanaobscura.com, p. 61 and 85. 2020 “Poles” in Humana Obscura, Issue 1, nature-focused literary magazine. www.humanaobscura.com, p. 61 and 85. 2020 “Gust” and “Castle in the Sand” with Julian Santiago “I Never Saw the Father”, in Evocations Review, online literary and art review, evocationsreview.com/new- blog/fiction-i-never-saw-the-father. Group Art Exhibitions 2020 Signs of the Times, Ceres Gallery, NYC (juried by Joanne Mattera) 2020 100 Days, Antraniq Gallery, online Artsy Exclusive 2020 18th Street Women an Online Art Show, Brooklyn, NY (curated by Liz Langer) 2020 Fe*Mail* Art Postcard Show, A.I.R. Gallery, Brooklyn, NY 2019 Green, Site: Brooklyn, Brooklyn, NY (juried by Eva Diaz, curated by Denise Amis) 2019 Gowanus Open Studios, Trestle Art Space, Brooklyn, NY 2019 Dumbo Open Studios, Distill Creative, Brooklyn, NY 2015 Winter Member Salon, Trestle Gallery, Brooklyn, NY 2014 Annual Gowanus Art Studio Tour (AGAST), Brooklyn Art Space, NY 2011 Annual Gowanus Art Studio Tour (AGAST), 295 Douglass, Brooklyn, NY 2011 Northeastern Art + Design Student Exhibition, 360 Gallery Boston, MA 2010 Melrose Window Art Walk, Public Group Exhibition, Melrose, MA 2010 Night Series, Open Studio, The Burren College of Art, Ireland 2009 Art Movement, Group Public Exhibition, Metro Boston, MA 2007 Out in the Burren, Group Exhibition, 360 Gallery, Boston, MA 2007 Out in the Burren, Group Exhibition, The Burren College of Art, Ireland |