His research interests are digital media, globalization, and media production. His dissertation was an ethnographic study of community media organizations in Nairobi’s slums. His other work has looked at political and cultural engagement on social media in the U.S. and Africa, the changes in contemporary American journalism, and global-local tensions in Kenya’s music video industry. He has published articles in a variety of journals, including New Media & Society, Critical Studies in Media Communication, Ecquid Novi: African Journalism Studies, and Information, Communication & Society. His teaching and research are informed by a professional background in information technology and documentary video.