I write, teach, and produce media at the intersection of visual culture and knowledge production. I am currently an Assistant Professor of Media and Society at Hobart and William Smith Colleges, where I also direct the Technology in the Arts and Humanities Program.

My research focuses on the material and technological production of race through visual media, particularly photography and the material history of color.

I am also a documentary filmmaker and storyteller with a focus on plant life and climate change. My recent work includes the FLX Folks Community Documentary Project and courses such as “Listening to the Finger Lakes” and “Sounding Climate Change” in Freiburg, Germany, which engage students in using media to document and interrogate environmental and social change.

I have received awards and fellowships from the Mellon Foundation, the Social Science Research Council, the East-West Center, the Flaherty Film Seminar, Project Pericles, and the Association of Asian Studies