His research currently focuses on the work of Rudolphe Töpffer and Töpffer's place in the histories of rhetoric, writing, and media. Most recently, he has completed a translation of two essays by Töpffer on the invention of the graphic novel as a pedagogical exercise grounded in the histories of rhetorics (forthcoming from Parlor Press). He is currently working on a multi-volume translation of Töpffer's posthumously published monograph on the theoretical groundings of graphic novel—Reflexions D'un Pientre Genevois: Essais Sur le Beau Dans les Arts.