ACADEMIA
Doctor of Education in Communication and Education, Teachers College, Columbia University (in pursuit)

Master of Arts in Communication and Education, Teachers College, Columbia University (Graduation: October 2007)

Guest Lecturer on Audio Mastering for Freshman Sound Image Course at New York University (April 2006)

Research Interests
Media Education (also known as media literacy) is the defined as the ability to access, analyze, evaluate and communicate messages, which come in many different forms. The term “media Literacy” has been used by scholars and educators to talk about the process of learning to critically analyze and create media messages, encompassing media from traditional print in books to film, video, television, sound, and newer types of multimedia.

Co-founder of the “Media Education Group at Teachers College (MEATCo)
The organization serves as a network between the Columbia University community and experts in the media field, fostering dialogue, and encouraging projects and active participation with and in the media.

Academic Paper: “Sound & Multimodality Theory” (forthcoming)

All auditory communication is oftentimes lumped together as one mode of communication. In my research thesis I espouse looking at the different aspects of sound – speech, music, and soundscape noises - as distinct modes of communication instead of one mode: sound.