Olenina specializes in Russian literature and visual culture, as well as media theory with an emphasis on performance and embodied spectatorship.

Thorn’s research spans interactive media, wearable music, audio products, augmented instruments, and relational ontologies. He also leads NSF projects supporting neurodivergent learners.

Doctoral candidate at the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication. Specialized in Dark Web research, illicit communities, and media ecology of dark web communication technologies.