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

Irvine High School, 1998

Cultural Studies, Media Studies, Urban Studies, Global Cities, Historical Sociology, Space & Visuality

(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. Vol. 53. No 10. pp. 2099-2117. DOI: 10.1177/0042098015586537

(2015) “Fear of a Black Spider-Man: Racebending and the Color-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