CIVILIAN INFORMATION DEFENSE / BIPARTISAN COALITIONS.
disinformation and political division
I started grad school on 9/11 to solve this crisis of code, culture, and Constitutional law.
The IDH is a 20 year gameplan to win an information war, re-unite citizens programmed to hate each other, and fix AI hallucinations (and the academic peer review crisis) in time to save reality.
ONE HOLISTIC METHOD FOR THE WHOLE MESS
- Used The Daily Show to predict 2026's reality crisis in 2005 (and get a Fortune 500 + Big 10 to build the 1st multi-campus disinfo fighting network)..
- Publications: J. of American Culture, Intima,, Comedy in Neoliberal Times., Pop Matters
Gemini AI's synthesis of 20 years:
Developed diagnostic taxonomy for identifying narrative volatility in all disinformation cases as well as in medical storytelling (Intima, Missouri Review) and curated international exhibitions (Contaminated, Sick Girl, All Bullets Shatter) to stress-test cross-cultural civic forums against active medical and scientific misinformation.
COMMONPLACE
The First "Manhattan Project" Build: Co-launched the first nationally- scalable, multi-campus disinfo and peer-review platform. Connecting students across the ideological divide a decade before the "filter bubble" became a household term.
INSTITUTE FOR AESTHETIC ADVOCACY
CO-FOUNDER / CREATIVE DIR
2017-PRESENT
MANHATTAN PROJECT #2
INSTITUTE FOR DIGITAL HUMANITY
CO-FOUNDER / EXECUTIVE DIR
2018-PRESENT
MANHATTAN PROJECT #3
EDUCATION: K-CEO
BIPARTISAN and MULTI-FAITH COALITIONS & COMMUNITIES
- Civil civic 3rd- rail policy forums (medical science → trauma) for bipartisan elected officials,.
- Bridged MAGA/Evangelical and BIPOC/Inner-City narrative streams via post-fact journalism networks, raised $27K for Little Earth Native HUD Community mutual aid.
- Runner-up, NPR Next Team Challenge.
CROSS-CULTURAL ART EXHIBITION ON TRAUMA AND THE PANDEMIC
"Contaminated.”
International Juried Art Exhibition and Civic Forum.
Minneapolis, MN and Online:
May 2020.
(HEIGHT OF THE PANDEMIC)
DISINFO FIGHTING NETWORKS (W/ JOURNALISTS) & MUTUAL AID
BIPARTISAN TOWN HALL ON COVID AND PRIVACY
BIPARTISAN TOWN HALL ON COVID AND PRIVACY
ARTS EXHIBITIONS (LOCAL, NATIONAL, INTERNATIONAL)
"Contaminated.”
International Juried Art Exhibition and Civic Forum.
Minneapolis, MN and Online:
May 2020.
(HEIGHT OF THE PANDEMIC)
ARTS INSTALLATIONS (JURIED)
"CELLULAR HOME INVASION"
Czong Institute for Contemporary Art (South Korea, juried solo show).
BOOKING: NEWS/PODS + Consulting + trainings + SPEAKING
I keep things simple. Just email or DM me
NEWS APPEARANCES:
Same day or remote is fine: Currently in Minneapolis.
SPEAKING
1st crowd of 1000s at 17. Should have been a game show host.
Speak "both sides" fluently.
CONSULTING:
Send me the gist. If I'm into it, the first meeting is free.
TRAININGS/WORKSHOPS:
Can get your team up to speed in an hour, on the same page in a day, and make 'em rockstars in a week.
Actionable deliverables.
RESILIENCE + CONFLICT RESOLUTION
My "off menu" specialties.
