My current and past projects across education, writing and media.
Education
I am currently exploring options for an advanced degree in the sociology of education. In 2020 and 2021 I attended classes at Indianapolis University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) focusing on education research methodology and non-profit evaluation. You can read some of of my work online on Academia.edu.
In 2018 I completed an MA in Media Studies at Queens College CUNY in New York. My thesis, The Knowledge Brokers: Old Media’s Influence on New Education, focused on how legacy media companies and their business structure impact the for-profit education media industry. You can view my thesis presentation on Vimeo:
Writing
I write on Medium.com mostly focusing on education, media, the intersection of the two, and (during the the Fall of 2019) the national uprising and constitutional crisis in Chile. You can see more on my Writing page and the link below.
My writing has also appeared in Global Voices, a volunteer and citizen journalism publication dedicated to giving an audience to overlooked and underreported stories around the world. In the Spring of 2020 I spoke with a educators in Santiago, Chile teaching during the first phase the global COVID-19 pandemic:
Media
The Five Star Manifesto Podcast
Mike Bass and I discuss, question, and judge the commandments, mission statements and aspirational words people live by – one five-star rating at a time. Join us to learn more about manifestos both old and new as we determine what works, what’s useful and what belongs in the dust-bin of history. You can find this short run series on Apple, Spotify, or wherever you listen to podcasts.
Continue the Tradition
In this mixed media project for my MA at Queens College’s Media Studies Department I created a hypothetical online university test prep solution designed for India’s rising middle class families. I explore meaning making in education marketing, the pull of culture and labor expectations for the economically mobile, and how education technology firms craft a narrative that sells.
The Voyage of the Mimi Project
In this media archeology project I explore the production archive for the educational video and curriculum series The Voyage of the Mimi. The archive is housed in the Bank Street College of Education in New York. I took an experimental approach to the project by documenting the archive grounds, reviewing some of the archive’s more esoteric material (permission slips from Ben Affleck’s parents) and interviewed the archivist responsible for the collection’s preservation.
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