Justin Grandinetti

Education: Ph.D. in Communication, Rhetoric & Digital Media, North Carolina State University
M.A. in Writing, Rhetoric & Technical Communication, James Madison University
B.S. in Writing, Rhetoric & Technical Communication, James Madison University

Courses Taught: DTSC 1301/1302, COMM 3120, COMM 3125, COMM 3050 

Biography:

Dr. Justin Grandinetti is an assistant professor in the Department of Communication Studies. He earned his Ph.D. in 2019 from North Carolina State University’s Communication, Rhetoric, and Digital Media program, and his M.A. in Writing, Rhetoric, and Technical Communication from James Madison University in 2015.

Justin is a critical media studies scholar whose research explores the relationship between culture and technology, with a specific focus on mobile media, streaming media, big data, and artificial intelligence. His work examines the diverse and evolving forms of mobile streaming media—from the apps and screen technologies used in everyday life to the infrastructural, algorithmic, and corporate forces that shape these practices. His dissertation combines a media archaeological approach with Deleuzian spatial materialism to investigate how mobile streaming media influence the production of space and subjectivity.

Professional Page: https://www.linkedin.com/in/justingrandinetti/