Kirk L. Kroeker "Technology, too, obeys the law of responding, of answering a call at whose origin we are encountering so much static." -- Avital Ronell

 
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Welcome to my server. Not much to see here other than a few writing samples and print projects. Connect with me on LinkedIn.

I'm a communications professional with more than 25 years of experience in news, publishing, peacekeeping, and political work. I've occupied several senior-level positions in the private sector and also while working for the United Nations in various conflict zones. Prior to my career in communications, I taught writing at the university level while doing doctoral work.

Ahead of joining the UN, where I worked for 10 years, I was an editor for 16 years, starting at eMedia in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Following eMedia, I worked for Computer magazine in the Los Alamitos, California editorial offices. I've worked for many other publishers, both in-house and on a contract basis, and I've occupied several senior-level positions in the media, including managing editor at ECT News in Los Angeles and managing editor at NewsFactor Network, also in Los Angeles.

I received a BA in Philosophy from Wheaton College (Illinois) in 1990 and an MA in English from California State University, Northridge, in 1992. My Master's thesis, titled "The Position Beyond Reproach," considered academic rhetoric through the lens of postmodern epistemologies. I did PhD work in English at Northeastern University (Massachusetts), where I was awarded a fellowship and taught undergraduate writing before leaving academia (ABD) to pursue a career in publishing.

My dissertation remains incomplete. It was titled "History's Modernisms / Modernism's Histories: Dystopian Fiction from 1900 to 1950." The ideas from this project might one day inform a different study, something like a multidisciplinary approach to the cultural impact of emerging technologies on developing nations, which remains an ongoing interest.

I've bylined several hundred articles, columns and news pieces about the impact of emerging technologies; see, for example, "Engineering the Web's Third Decade," "Mainstreaming Augmented Reality," or "Weighing Watson's Impact." I've posted a few other similar articles I've written here. My byline has appeared in peer-reviewed and commercial publications, including Computer, CACM, eMedia, NewsFactor, Sci-Tech Today, E-Commerce Times, Linux Insider, and in several other publications.
 


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