He holds a Ph.D. and M.A. in American Studies and Ethnicity from the University of Southern California, and a B.A. in Ethnic Studies (Individually Designed Interdepartmental Major) from the University of Minnesota. Jeb’s work has been recognized by the Ford Foundation, the Harry S. Truman Foundation, the Council of Editors of Learned Journals, and ABC, NBC and MTV Networks. His academic writing is published by American Quarterly, Cultural Studies / Critical Methodologies, Qualitative Inquiry, Greenwood Press, and indexed by the MLA Bibliography. His first collection of science-fiction short stories will be published as The Murder Machine & Other Short Stories (2017). Jeb has presented at Yale University, the University of Minnesota, Kansas University, among other research universities.