Subject Areas:
- Advocacy, Justice, and Conflict
- Media, Production, and Representation
His current research project, Policing the Post-Racial, traces how the rhetorical dynamics of visual, surveillant, and digital media are impacting contemporary public conversations about racism in the criminal justice system. Looking at visual media texts such as memes, body-mounted police camera videos, and photoshopped Black Lives Matter protest signs, Policing the Post-Racial traces the contested communicative landscape of race and policing in the United States.
I am especially interested in questions of visual rhetoric, racial inequality, policing, and surveillance. My current research projects revolve around how police have used visual and social media in order to respond to public crises that challenge the authority of police in the United States.
