Curriculum Vitae

My curriculum vitae lists my education, areas of interest, work history, and publications.

• For a descriptive summary of my research interests, go here.

Education

• State University of New York at Binghamton
  • Ph.D. Sociology, 2009
    • Dissertation: “Landscapes of Spanish-Colonial Revival: Visual Culture & Urban Development in Southern California”
  • M.A. Sociology, 2005
• University of California, Irvine
  • B.A. History, 2002
  • B.A. Sociology, 2002
  • Minor – Digital Arts

Areas of Interest

• Cultural Studies & Popular Culture
• Environmental Sociology
• Historical Sociology
• Global Cities
• Urban Studies
• Science & Technology

Positions

• Full-time positions
  • 2018 – Present: Professor of Sociology in the Department of Anthropology & Sociology @ Kutztown University (PA)
  • 2015 – 2018: Associate Professor @ Kutztown University (PA)
  • 2010 – 2015: Assistant Professor @ Kutztown University (PA)
  • 2009 – 2010: Visiting Assistant Professor @ Delaware County Community College (PA)
• Other positions
  • 2014: July: Visiting Lecturer @ University of Gondar (Gondar, Ethiopia)
  • 2013: June-July: Visiting Summer Asst. Professor @ Boğaziçi University (Istanbul, Turkey)
  • 2009: Spring: Adjunct / Part-Time Instructor @ Syracuse University (NY)
  • 2004 – 2008: Teaching Assistant / Adjunct instructor @ SUNY Binghamton (NY)

Publications (Additional links can be found on my Google Scholar page)

Books

• (2022) Risky Cities: The Physical and Fiscal Nature of Disaster Capitalism  https://www.rutgersuniversitypress.org/risky-cities/9781978820302

Journal Articles

• (2024) w/ Utku Balaban “Incineration, Urbanization, and Municipal Solid Waste in the World-System.” Journal of World-Systems Research. Vol. 30. No. 1. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5195/jwsr.2024.1183
• (2020) “Mediterranean Style Gated Communities Around the World: Architecture, Globalization and Transnational Elites” City and Community. Vol. 19 No. 2, pp. 421-442 DOI: 10.1111/cico.12447
• (2022) “Can buildings be racist? A critical sociology of architecture and the built environment” Sociological Inquiry. DOI: 10.1111/soin.12478
• (2018) w/ Jason Crockett, Joleen Greenwood, and Mauricia John. “Sociology Portfolio Assessment and Curricular Review” Teaching Sociology. Vol. 46. No 1. pp. 34-43. DOI: 10.1177/0092055X17726833
• (2017) w/ Martin J Murray. “Sentimentalizing Racial Reconciliation in the ‘New South Africa’: Invictus and the Cinematic Representation of the 1995 Rugby World Cup.” Black Camera Vol. 9. No. 1. pp. 22-46. DOI: 10.2979/blackcamera.9.1.02
• (2016) “Connecting Urban and Environmental Catastrophe: Linking Natural Disaster, the Built Environment, and Capitalism.” Environmental Sociology. Vol. 2. No 4. pp. 365-374. DOI: 10.1080/23251042.2016.1220891
• (2016) “Neoliberalism, logistics and the treadmill of production in metropolitan waste management: A case of Turkish firms.” Urban Studies. DOI: 0042098015586537.
• (2015) Fear of a Black Spider-Man: Racebending and the Colour-Line in Super Hero (Re)Casting.” Journal of Graphic Novels and Comics. Vol. 6. No. 3. pp. 267-283 DOI: 10.1080/21504857.2014.994647
• (2014) w/ Utku Balaban. “Politics of Urban Development and Wildfires in California and Turkey.” Environment & Planning A. Vol. 46. No 4. pp. 820-836. DOI: 10.1068/a46163
• (2014) w/ Martin J. Murray. “Glorified Fantasies and Masterpieces of Deception: Importing Las Vegas into the New South Africa.” International Journal of Urban and Regional Research. Vol. 38. No. 3. pp. 843-863.  DOI: 10.1111/1468-2427.12006
• (2013) “The Façade of Safety in California’s Shelter-In-Place Homes: History, Wildfire and Social Consequence.” Critical Sociology. Vol 39. No 6. pp. 833-849. DOI: 10.1177/0896920512455936
• (2012) “Materializing Spanish-Colonial Revival: The Historical Landscape and Cultural Production in Southern California.” Home Cultures. Vol. 9. No. 2. pp. 149-172. DOI: 10.2752/175174212X13325123562223
• (2011) “Contradictions in California’s Orientalist Landscape: Architecture, History & Spanish-Colonial Revival.” Cities. Vol. 28. No. 4. pp. 240-346. DOI: 10.1016/j.cities.2010.09.003
• (2007) w/ Martin J. Murray. “Cinema and the Edgy City: Johannesburg, Carjacking, and the Postmetropolis.” African Identities. Vol. 5. No. 2. pp. 279-289. DOI: 10.1080/14725840701403606