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Research

Dissertation

WorldPerfect 6.0: The History of the Virtual Computer Ideal. PhD dissertation, Dept. Political Science, McGill University. Read more.

Current Research Project

Evaluating Learning Outcomes for Virtual Communities in the Undergraduate College Classroom. Funded by 1998 Petro-Canada Innovation in Research Award. Read more.

Papers

Nietzsche on Suffering as an Inlet into Political Philosophy Article written in Spring 1994. Read more

The Computer Prince: A Peroration for Realism in Economics. Paper for graduate course in sociology taught by John Hall, McGill University. December 1993. Read more

What the ear caught was the breath of God: Music Aesthetics and the Philosophy of Language in the 18th and 19th Centuries. Paper for graduate course in philosophy taught by Charles Taylor, McGill University. April 1993. Read more.

Moved by the Moving: The Use and Misuse of Narrative in Philosophy and the Social Sciences. Paper for graduate course in political science taught by Hudson Meadwell, McGill University. May 1993. Read more.

General Research Interests

Social Consequences of Networked Communications

  • Virtual Communities
  • History of Computer Optimism
  • Hypertextuality and Postmodernism

Design and Evaluation of Electronic Courseware

  • Teaching Art History using New Media Technologies
  • History of Ideas using Hypermedia

User-Interface Design Web and Multimedia Design

History of Ideas

  • American Civic Republicanism
  • Nietzsche

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