My research focuses on contemporary visual culture, graphic art of Latin America, social protest aesthetics, moving image installation, ethics, continental philosophy, poststructuralism, and visual semiotics.
"Paradoxes of Trace and Erasure: Reading Derrida Through Kentridge," Semiotics Society of America, 39th Annual Meeting, Paradoxes of Life, October 2-5, 2014
Commissioned Public Lecture, "Nikki S. Lee in Your Pocket," March 11, 2014, University of California, Santa Cruz
Guest Lecture, "SWOON: Printmedia and Social Change," Fall 2013, HAVC 46, Introduction to U.S. Art and Visual Culture, University of California, Santa Cruz
Guest Lecture, "Who is Nikki S. Lee?," Spring 2013, HAVC 141C Modern Art Pop to Present, University of California, Santa Cruz
Guest Lecture, "Who is Nikki S. Lee?," Winter 2013, HAVC 45 Photography Now, University of California, Santa Cruz
Modern and Contemporary Visual Culture
Visual Semiotics
Poststructuralism and Continental Philosophy
Latin-American Visual Culture
Graphic Art and Protest Politics
Contemporary American Literature
Porter College Research Travel Grant, UCSC (2014)
Arts Dean Fund for Excellence (equipment sponsorship), UCSC (2014)
Teaching Assistant of the Year Award, UCSC (2013)
Arts Dean & Porter College Research Travel Grant, UCSC (2013)
Chancellor's Fellowship, UCSC (2012)
College of Humanities Hood Scholar Distinguished Award for Academic Excellence, SFSU (2011)
Edward B. Kaufmann Humanities Scholarship, SFSU (2009 & 2010)
Travel Grant, SAIC (1999)