THE INSTITUTE FOR AESTHETIC ADVOCACY

NORTH CENTRAL UNIVERSITY + HAMLINE UNIVERSITY

THE INSTITUTE FOR AESTHETIC ADVOCACY

CO-FOUNDER / CREATIVE DIRECTOR
2017-PRESENT

The IAA is a thriving Twin-Cities free speech art collective that catalyzes and curates allegely "impossible" cross-cultural conversations on technology, misinformation, identity politics, and public/mental health via award-winning and internationally-recognized art exhibitions and installations.

OSTROM WORKSHOP: INDIANA UNIVERSITY

NORTH CENTRAL UNIVERSITY + HAMLINE UNIVERSITY

THE INSTITUTE FOR AESTHETIC ADVOCACY

VISITING SCHOLAR
2019-PRESENT

ANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE
CONSULTANT
2019-2021

NORTH CENTRAL UNIVERSITY + HAMLINE UNIVERSITY

COMMONPLACE: A CITIZEN'S GUIDE TO PERSUASION FOR AN AGE THAT DESPAREATELY NEEDS ONE

DIRECTOR / ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
SCHOOL OF ENGLISH, COMMUNICATIONS, AND DIGITAL MEDIA
2018-2023

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR / CO-FOUNDER
DIVISION OF RHETORIC AND DIGITAL MEDIA
2011-2017

COMMONPLACE: A CITIZEN'S GUIDE TO PERSUASION FOR AN AGE THAT DESPAREATELY NEEDS ONE

MCGRAW-HILL + OHIO STATE
CO-FOUNDER / DESIGNER
2007-2012

The Commonplace Project networked approximately 15,00 students across 5 campuses, and 100s of classrooms, generating $750k in revenue.

THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY

COMMONPLACE: A CITIZEN'S GUIDE TO PERSUASION FOR AN AGE THAT DESPAREATELY NEEDS ONE

NEBRASKA APPLESEED CENTER FOR LAW IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST

SPEECHWRITER
OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT
2007-2009

GRADUATE FELLOW + INSTRUCTOR + WRITING PROGRAM ASSOC. + ASST EDITOR (NARRATIVE) + PROGRAM ASSOC (DIGITAL MEDIA PROJECT)
2001-2010

NEBRASKA APPLESEED CENTER FOR LAW IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST

COMMONPLACE: A CITIZEN'S GUIDE TO PERSUASION FOR AN AGE THAT DESPAREATELY NEEDS ONE

NEBRASKA APPLESEED CENTER FOR LAW IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST

PROGRAM ASSOCIATE: 1998-2001

NEBRASKANS FOR PEACE PAC
COORDINATOR: 1998

ACLU NEBRASKA (INTERN): 1998

HOMER'S RECORDS
GEN X DREAM JOB
1997-1999

PROF + EXEC DIR + COLLEGE DIR + CREATIVE DIR + GEN X =

For 20 years, I've been leading teams of top experts + hundreds of students, lawyers, citizens, and artists on a...

...bipartisan + multi-industry "Manhattan Project" to align AI, disinfo, privacy, & free speech (and stop civil war) in time.

THE INSTITUTE FOR DIGITAL HUMANITY IS BUILD #3.

They got the receipts -- research awards, partnerships, and legislative victories

(in hostile field conditions) -- America needs.

Then our city blew up. Twice.

see my story/receipts here