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  Keith Aaron Spencer

Keith Aaron Spencer

Teaching Assistant

 

Humanities Division

Literature Department

Teaching Assistant
Graduate Student Instructor

Literature

Graduate

John R. Lewis College
College Nine

Social Sciences 2
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Mondays, 1:05-2:05pm

Literature Department

BA Oberlin College, Astrophysics/English

MA Carnegie Mellon University, Literary and Cultural Studies

Editor-in-Chief, The Bold Italic, 2016-2017

Senior Editor, Salon.com 2017-2023

Author, "A People's History of Silicon Valley," Squint Books, 2018

Freelance journalism clips include The Washington Post, SFGate, Salon, Jacobin, Dissent, UnHerd, The Bold Italic, Lookout.co

Recent stories: 

The superhero film genre is on a decline, and so is American empire - Al-Jazeera

Burning Man's gentrification was inevitable - Jacboin 

Hotel booking sites show higher prices to travelers from Bay Area - SFGate.com

Bay Area traveler says Uber gift cards boosted fare - SFGate.com

Recent Interviews: 

Doha Debates - Have Superheroes Become Our Moral Leaders? (Feb 2026)

CBC Radio - How Burning Man Got Stuck in the Mud (Sept 2023)

 

History of science, late 19th century/early 20th century science studies, cultural studies, media studies, tech and labor journalism, periodical studies

 

cultural studies, intellectual history, neoliberalism and culture, journalism, media studies, modernism, science and technology studies

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