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I am a sociologist based at The City University of New York (CUNY), where my research focuses on “creative resistance,” looking at workers who reclaim time from the labor process in order to pursue their own intellectual and artistic projects.

I recently obtained my Ph.D. in sociology from CUNY Graduate Center, writing a dissertation entitled Hiding Out: Creative Resistance Among Anonymous Workbloggers. I also have a Master’s degree in engineering and economics from Oxford University and professional experience working in industry/academia with a focus on organizational development and information technology.

My work is broadly inspired by my experience as a dot.com era web designer in the long-hours culture of the US, and my concern that the UK -- where I was born -- is heading toward a similar culture of self-exploitation, at great social and ecological cost. As a member of NYC's activist-educator community, I am fascinated by the intersection between ethnography, new media and social change, and this is strongly reflected in my research and teaching.

Currently, I am an Assistant Professor of Sociology at LaGuardia Community College (CUNY), where I teach multimedia enhanced courses that incorporate ethnographic methodology and writing-intensive pedagogy.

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