He earned his PhD in Rhetoric and Communication at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, his MA in Communication from Northern Illinois University, and his BA in English Literature from the University of Illinois – Urbana/Champaign. He is the Graduate Director of DePaul’s Digital Communication and Media Arts degree, for which is oversees the student applications and enrollment, class and organizational structure, student assessment and thesis options, and advises students on the program. He teaches courses in both the DCMA program and the Media and Cinema Studies program, including Fandom and Active Audiences, New Media and Culture, Communication and Technology, Monsters in Popular Culture, Writing Television Criticism, and other courses in popular culture, fandom, and technology.