Writer,
city planning researcher,
music and pop-culture critic.
I have a PhD in city and regional planning from Georgia Tech
(and have taught their Introduction to Urban and Regional Planning course twice).
My dissertation was on Latino entrepreneurship and metropolitan-level economic development.
More recently I wrote an essay series
on “idol pop” (think K-pop, but not just K-pop),
geopolitics, fans’ behavior, and personal myth-making,
with a focus on some attractive men from Kazakhstan.
You know. As you do.
So, yes. In the American tradition,
I contain multitudes.
I like talking about how people make (and then perceive) places,
and also pop music and its implications;
since 2013 I’ve been a reviewer for The Singles Jukebox.
You can browse my collected publications,
or pop on over to the more freewheeling blog.
Feel free to get in touch any time
(or you can sign up for my fortnightly mailing list).
Finally: above image courtesy of Joel Mann, copyright 2006.
Do check out what he has to say about it.