Exploring how communication creates meaning—and bringing that understanding to the classroom, the field, and the communities we serve.
Clear ideas make a difference when they meet the real world.
A guiding philosophyI am a communication scholar, educator, emergency medical technician, and member of the New York Guard. My work spans higher education, emergency response, and technology leadership—fields that share a fundamental need for clear thinking, effective communication, and service to others.
For more than two decades, I have taught students to analyze messages, use technology with purpose, and connect what they learn to professional practice. My doctoral research examines how popular cinema shapes cultural ideas about power, identity, and firearms.
The stories we tell shape the meanings we share.
My 2026 doctoral dissertation at Liberty University examines how mainstream films communicate meanings about firearms through character, narrative, symbolism, and genre. The study explores recurring themes of power, heroism, conflict resolution, and identity.
Academic inquiry and hands-on service inform each other. Across every role, I focus on understanding people, solving problems, and making complex work clearer.
Adjunct teaching in communication, digital media, and professional disciplines at St. John’s University and Kingsborough Community College. Helping students apply ideas in the world beyond the classroom.
National Registry EMT with EMT credentials in New York, Florida, and Pennsylvania, serving within New York City’s 911 response system. Field experience reinforces the importance of listening, judgment, teamwork, and concise communication.
Service in the New York Guard, alongside experience in information technology, logistics, and organizational support. A practical commitment to readiness, accountability, and community.
Serving Brooklyn and learning to lead through Scouting are enduring parts of my commitment to helping others.
Since 2020, I have served the Brooklyn community through Bravo Volunteer Ambulance Corps as an EMT, dispatcher, Director of Information Technology, and member of the Board of Directors.
My volunteer work connects hands-on emergency care with the technology, communications, and coordination that help a community ambulance service operate.
I earned the rank of Eagle Scout on February 3, 1997. Scouting helped shape my commitment to leadership, preparedness, teamwork, and service.
Nationally registered EMT with state EMT credentials in three states.
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Liberty University · Doctoral research in cinema, symbolic meaning, and social construction.
New York Institute of Technology.
Adjunct Associate Professor · Communication.
Adjunct Lecturer · Tourism and hospitality education.
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