From January to April 2017 I was a part-time faculty for the course on Visual Communication and Culture (COMS 369) in the Department of Communication Studies at the Concordia University. It was not my first teaching experience. I had taught before…
Just completed my comprehensive examination
Below is my list of readings for my Comprehensive Examination in Communication Studies. The list was designed as an exemplary study of some of the key themes in the field. Arkette, S. (2004). Sounds Like City. Theory, Culture &…
CCA Conference Paper: Uber’s Dysfunctional Discourse of Technological Disruption
During the Canadian Communication Association (CCA) Conference 2016 (Calgary, Canada), I presented the paper “Accelerating Sharing Economy: Uber’s Dysfunctional Discourse of Technological Disruption”. Below you will find the abstract, my slides, and the link the completed version of this paper.…
To Build a Human-Machine Territory: The Refrain and Mobile technologies
The term “ritornello” means a recurring passage in baroque music for orchestra and chorus. It is a part of the music that returns periodically, like the chorus or refrain during the course of a song. The French term, “ritournelle,” used…
TA Communication Theory 2015-2016
From September 2015 to April 2016 I was a Teaching Assistant in the course on Communication Theory at the Department of Communication Studies at the Concordia University. More than just marking assignments and papers, I had the opportunity to run tutorial sessions…
Illusions of Visualization: What the Form is Hiding from You?
I have always experienced and pursued journalism beyond the written text that fills the newspaper’s columns. The text, the written language, that dominates the pages is only part of the story. The shape and form, empty spaces, size and hierarchical…