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Associate Professor
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English
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Associate Professor of Media Culture and Communication (Steinhardt) Ph.D. 1991 (English), M.A. 1985 (English), Columbia University; A.B. 1983 (English), University of Chicago
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Areas of Research/Interest: Media history; American print culture; new media in historical context; techniques of inscription
Select Publications:
Always Already New: Media, History and the Data of Culture. Cambridge: MIT Press, 2006.
New Media, 1740-1915, co-ed. Cambridge: MIT Press, 2003.
Scripts, Grooves, and Writing Machines: Representing Technology in the Edison Era. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 1999.
Affiliations: Executive Committee, Literature and Media Discussion Group of the Modern Language Association, 2007-2011; Editorial Board member: Iowa Review Web, Postscripts: A Journal of Sacred Texts and Contemporary Worlds, Journal of E-Media Studies
Fellowships/Honors: Jay and Deborah Last Fellowship for research, American Antiquarian Society; Senior scholar in residence, Center for Cultural Analysis, Rutgers University, 2005-2006; Leslie Center Humanities Institute Fellow, Dartmouth College; NEH Research Grant for University Teachers; Fellow, University of Iowa Obermann Center for Advanced Study; American Antiquarian Society Seminar in the History of the Book; NEH Summer Seminar, University of Chicago
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