Gardiner, New York, United States
My substack, "Politics, Technology, and Language" is at http://gunksny.substack.com. Former staff editor at IEEE Spectrum in a series of roles — features journalist, section editor, blog czar, and podcast host. Various awards, including contributor to NMA-winning issues and special reports and podcast series. Past Director of TTI/Vanguard, “a unique forum for senior-level executives that links strategic technology planning to business success. In private conferences that are part classroom, part think-tank, and part laboratory, its members—corporate and government leaders, entrepreneurs, researchers, and academics—explore emerging and potentially disruptive technologies.” Taught creative writing and journalism from 2008 to 2024, first at The College of New Rochelle, then NYU, and then at the University of Pittsburgh. Still teach film and writing at the OSHER (adult-ed) programs attached to Pitt and CMU. 20+ years of experience as a technology journalist and editor, at the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), and the Institute for Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE). Certified single-pitch instructor (AMGA) rock climbing guide.
Seminar in Composition is a course devoted to "creative critical writing." I taught two sections each semester, introducing students to the fundamentals of storytelling, and then apply them in writing profiles, memoir, fiction, and a podcast. Students read, watch, and listen to a diverse assortment of writers, movies, song, podcasts, and speeches.