Bio

Dominic Pettman (PhD) is a writer, teacher and consultant, specializing in cultural theory and media applications. Over the past ten years, he has taught his own undergraduate and (post)graduate courses at the University of Amsterdam, the University of Geneva, the University of Melbourne, and the Polytechnic University, Brooklyn. He is currently an Associate Professor in Cultural and Media Studies at Eugene Lang College, New School, in Greenwich Village, New York City. In addition to academic work, Dominic writes and consults for animation studios and media companies, including Psyop and SelectNY.

His first book After the Orgy: Toward a Politics of Exhaustion was published by the State University of New York in 2002.

His second book, Avoiding the Subject: Media, Culture and the Object (co-written with Justin Clemens) was published by Amsterdam University Press in 2004.

His third book, Love and Other Technologies: Retrofitting Eros for the Information Age was published by Fordham University Press in 2006.

For the past ten years, Dominic has worked as a columnist and cultural critic for magazines and newspapers around the world, and has also published dozens of articles in noted professional journals in Australia, New Zealand, Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Canada, England, Taiwan, the Netherlands and the USA (please see CV for details). He has also been invited to lecture at conferences and workshops hosted by campuses and foundations based in Oxford, Boston, New York, Tokyo, Sydney, Melbourne, Taipei, Vienna, Geneva, Amsterdam, and Rotterdam.

While he has high-hopes for himself, his friends and family - plus the planet in general - a vital part of him wishes he never discovered Jacques Torres' spicy frozen hot chocolates.