Published Works

"Biopower to the People: Fitness Trackers Are Redefining What it Means to Be a Human Subject." Bitch Media, Issue 76: Facts (Fall 2017).

"Raw Materials: Will Teched-Up Clothing Change Fashion's Gendered Image?" Bitch Media, August 31, 2017.

"More Than Our Machines: Aesthetics and Prosthetics in Sci-Fi Film." Bitch Media, August 24, 2017.

"Human Subjects: Should We Rely on Technology for Transcendence?" Bitch Media, August 1, 2017.

"Body Conscious: Who Gets to Be a Cyborg?" Bitch Media, July 18, 2017.

"There's a Hack for That: Breaking Down the Epistemology of a Technocult." Bitch Media, June 22, 2017.

"Better, Fitter, Feminist: Can the Optimized Body Be Intersectional Too?" Bitch Media, June 15, 2017.

"Fan Mail: Lionel Cruet." Daily Serving, May 11, 2017.

"Off Belay: Beyond Conquest." Alpinist, Issue 57 (Spring 2017).

"Fan Mail: Molly Dierks." Daily Serving, April 27, 2017.

"5 Women Changing Climbing Culture Today." Touchstone Climbing Blog, March 31, 2016.

"Fan Mail: Patricia Smith." Daily Serving, March 23, 2017.

"Finding the Right Climbing Shoe for You." Touchstone Climbing Blog, March 23, 2017.

"Fan Mail: Brian Cooper." Daily Serving, March 16, 2017.

"Fan Mail: Fei Li." Daily Serving, February 23, 2017.

"Fan Mail: Ludovic Duchâteau." Daily Serving, February 9, 2017.

"Fan Mail: Kyle J. Bauer." Daily Serving, January 26, 2017.

"Fan Mail: Marcus James." Daily Serving, January 12, 2017.

"Fan Mail: Rachel Wolfson Smith." Daily Serving, December 1, 2016.

"Fan Mail: Ewa Doroszenko." Daily Serving, November 10, 2016.

"Fan Mail: Meeson Pae Yang." Daily Serving, October 26, 2016.

"Fan Mail: Sarah Beth Woods." Daily Serving, October 13, 2016.

"Reel Rock Fest at Mission Cliffs." Touchstone Climbing Blog, October 7, 2016.

"Fan Mail: Matt Lee." Daily Serving, September 29, 2016.

"Fan Mail: Suchitra Mattai." Daily Serving, September 15, 2016.

"Want Some Beta? How to Build a Climbing Community." Touchstone Climbing Blog, September 15, 2016.

"The Distance at Capital Gallery." Art Practical, November 29, 2015.

Selected Conferences & Talks

2018 Mechanized Wellness Culture

CODAME Art + Tech Festival #ARTOBOTS, San Francisco, CA

2017     Beyond the Cyborg: Prosthesis, Semiosis, and Survival

                       College Art Association Symposium, New York, NY

2017         The Optimized Body: Pop Culture and Wearable Technology

                       Living Room Light Exchange, Oakland, CA

2016         Beyond the Cyborg: Prosthesis, Semiosis, and Survival

                       Visual and Critical Studies Spring Symposium, San Francisco, CA

2015         Prosthetic Semiosis: Thinking Beyond the Prosthetic Metaphor

                        AICAD Exploring Science in the Studio Symposium, San Francisco, CA

2015        Decolonizing the Future: The Black Cyborg in Art & Culture

                        Science Fiction Research Association Symposium, Stony Brook, NY

Honors and Awards

2017         Bitch Media Writing Fellow—Technology

2015         CCA All College Honors Award for Nonfiction Writing

Research Interests

prosthetics; materiality; wearable technologies; bioaesthetics; ritual adornment; fashion; body modification; skin; medical aesthetics; visual studies; cultural studies; science and technology studies; feminist theory; new materialism; science fiction; mountain literature; nature; landscape; contemporary art

Professional Affiliations

International Association for Visual Culture

College Association of Arts