John Picker teaches courses in nineteenth-, twentieth-, and twenty-first century media and literature, with a focus on auditory culture and media history. He is the author of
Victorian Soundscapes and has written on sound, media, and culture in a range of books and journals. His essay
"Two National Anthems" appears in
A New Literary History of America. He is currently writing
His Monster’s Voice, which tells stories of the strange things we make speak for us, from books to telegrams to movies and AI.
