- Ph.D. in English; University of Florida, 2008
- Focus: Digital Media/Visual Rhetoric, Video Game Studies
- Dissertation: “The Videogame Text: Typography and Textuality.”
- Directors: Dr. Donald Ault and Dr. Terry Harpold.
- M.A. in English; University of Florida, 2004
- Focus: Digital Media Studies
- Thesis: “Play Along: Video Game Music as Metaphor and Metonymy.”
- Directors: Dr. J. Yellowlees Douglas, Dr. Donald Ault.
- B.A. in Philosophy, English, minor in Music; Carson-Newman College, 2002
- Honors Thesis: “TheorySpace v2.03 : Applications of Critical Theory in Hypertext Literature”
- Directors: Dr. Ernest Lee and Dr. D. Brian Austin.