Dr Gordon earned a BA in English and Political Science from the University of Puget Sound, and an MA and PhD in English Language & Literature and Women’s Studies from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. From 2001-2006 he lectured at UCLA, and from 2007-2012 he served as Head of the Media & Communications Department and later as Associate Dean at Hult International Business School in London. He was SU London’s Academic Director from 2012-2014, when he became Director of the program. Throughout his academic career, Dr Gordon has taught courses in the media and world politics, genocide and reconciliation studies, and literature, film and gender studies.