Specifically, he studies how institutional, social, technological, and normative forces both shape and reflect the design of the online press and a public right to hear. He is also an Affiliated Faculty with USC's Science, Technology and Society research cluster, and a past Faculty Associate with Harvard's Berkman Center for Internet & Society. He holds a PhD from Stanford University's Department of Communication (advised by Theodore L. Glasser), a Masters from the MIT Media Laboratory (advised by Justine Cassell and Hiroshi Ishii), and a Bachelors from the University of Toronto (double major in Computer Science and Human Biology, advised by Ronald Baecker).