Jordan Frith
Pearce Professor of Professional Communication
Contact
Department of English
Office: Strode 602
Website: https://www.jordanfrith.com/
Email: jfrith@clemson.edu
Education
PhD Communication, Rhetoric, and Digital Media, North Carolina State University (2012); M.S., Technical Communication, James Madison University (2008); B.A., English, James Madison University (2005)
Courses
Technical Communication, Composition, Mobile media and Infrastructure, Histories of Technology
Research Interests
Infrastructure studies, writing studies, mobile media and communication,
Jordan Frith is the Pearce Professor of Professional Communication at Clemson University. His primary research focuses on mobile media and communication infrastructure. He is the author of 5 books and more than 40 journal articles in a variety of disciplines, including communication studies, technical communication, media studies, and geography. He has also published in public venues like Salon, Slate, and The Conversation and edited multiple journal special issues. He is now the editor of the X-Series on Parlor Press and the editor-in-chief of the ACM publication Communication Design Quarterly.
Awards
Multiple article of the year awards from multiple disciplinary organizations
Selected Professional Works
Books (Published)
Evans, L., Frith, J., & Saker, M. (2022) From Microverse to Metaverse. Emerald Publishing.
Frith, J. & Saker, M. (Eds.) (2022). The Changing Face of VR: Pushing the Boundaries of Experience across Multiple Industries. Vernon Press
Frith, J. (2019). A Billion Little Pieces: RFID and Infrastructures of Identification. Cambridge: MIT Press.
Frith, J. (2015). Smartphones as Locative Media. London: Polity Press.
de Souza e Silva, A. & Frith, J. (2012). Mobile Interfaces in Public Spaces: Locational Privacy, Control, and Urban Sociability. New York: Routledge.
de Souza e Silva, A. & Frith, J. (2012). Mobile Interfaces in Public Spaces: Locational Privacy, Control, and Urban Sociability. New York: Routledge.
Books (In Production or Under Contract)
Frith, J. Barcodes. Object Lesson Series, Bloomsbury Academic. (manuscript due January 2023).
