Nick Coffman is a doctoral candidate in the Communication, Culture and Media program at Drexel University in Philadelphia. His research centers on consumer culture and representations of social status, community, identity, resistance, and capitalism. His dissertation research is an ethnographic project exploring the online boutique guitar effects pedal community. In his free time, he enjoys cooking, listening to records, and playing guitar. He lives in Brooklyn, NY.
Education
Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis
B.A.
Drexel University
M.S.
Research
Research Interests:
- Consumer Culture
- Social Theory
- Digital Ethnography
- Internet Culture
- Social Media
- Cultural Studies
- Critical Theory
- Music Subcultures