I am an educator, curator, and audiovisual artist with a Ph.D. in Visual and Cultural Studies (University of Rochester). I was born in Vilnius, Lithuania and is now am based in Western New York where I serve as a faculty member in the Media and Society program at Hobart and William Smith Colleges. My work explores the relationships between transnational media history and sexuality studies. My audiovisual projects have been shown at Jerk Off Festival (France) and Nida Artist Colony (Lithuania).