● Signal acquired // Implants online // File 0001

Communications // Messiah University

EDU Associate Degree in Communications, Union College of Union County, New Jersey (May 2026) → B.A. Communications, Messiah University (in progress)

~/joe $ cat bio.txt SIGNAL ▮▮▮▮▯

At eighteen months, Joseph was diagnosed as profoundly deaf. He went to Summit Speech School and doesn’t use sign language. He has bilateral cochlear implants, which makes him a cyborg, and he’s been pulling signal out of noise ever since.

Joe has an associates degree in Communication from UCNJ Community College, Cranford, NJ. He’s now working on a B.A. in Communications at Messiah University.

He aims to help people get a better understanding of how the interconnecting relationships between media, culture, and power function.

subject_01.jpg
Fig. 01 — cyborg // CI ×2
STATUS.SYS00:00 / ∞
IMPLANTS: ONLINE (L+R) /// HARDWARE: COCHLEAR IMPLANTS /// SIGN LANGUAGE: N/A /// ALUMNUS: SUMMIT SPEECH SCHOOL /// ALUMNUS: UNION CATHOLIC REGIONAL HIGH SCHOOL /// STATUS: ENROLLED @ MESSIAH UNIVERSITY /// PREV: UCNJ COMMUNITY COLLEGE — MAY 2026
IMPLANTS
ONLINE (L+R)
HARDWARE
COCHLEAR IMPLANTS
SIGN LANGUAGE
N/A
ALUMNUS
SUMMIT SPEECH SCHOOL
ALUMNUS
UNION CATHOLIC REGIONAL HIGH SCHOOL
STATUS
ENROLLED @ MESSIAH UNIVERSITY
PREV
UCNJ COMMUNITY COLLEGE — MAY 2026
GOALS.TXT01/05
[01] // Goals

Mission Parameters

Where I’m headed and what I care about. Worth a read before you reach out.

My goal is to help people get a better understanding of how the interconnecting relationships between media, culture, and power function.

Under construction

The mission log is still being written. Goals land here once they’re final.

[02] // Work

Transmissions

A selection of my writing, PR, media and social work. Not everything, just the pieces I’d show you first.

EP01

An Awakening

2025
Storytelling for Digital Media
DOSSIERS.ZIP03/05
[03] // Dossiers

Incoming Transmissions

Letters and testimonials from professors, supervisors and people I’ve worked with, in their own words.

Under construction

Incoming transmissions are still in transit. Letters and testimonials land here once they arrive.

ACHIEVEMENTS.DAT04/05
[04] // Awards

Achievements

Honors and recognition I’ve received.

  • UNLOCKED // May 2026

    Communications Award for Academic Excellence

    Union College of Union County, New Jersey (UCNJ)

    Presented to me by UCNJ for academic excellence in Communications, the same May I finished my associate's degree.

[05] // Contact

Contact

The channel is open. Send a message here and I’ll write back.

~/channel $ ./transmit --to=joe

I reply from my own inbox to the address you give.

▲