. ▁and ▁M . A . ▁in ▁History ▁from ▁St . ▁John ' s ▁College , ▁Cambridge ▁and ▁Ph . D . ▁in ▁Cinema ▁Studies ▁at ▁U CLA ▁before ▁becoming ▁Professor ▁of ▁Crit ical ▁Theory ▁and ▁Integr ative ▁Studies ▁at ▁the ▁University ▁of ▁California , ▁Santa ▁Barbara , ▁where ▁he ▁teach es ▁in ▁the ▁Depart ments ▁of ▁Art , ▁Film ▁& ▁Media ▁Studies , ▁Compar ative ▁Liter ature , ▁and ▁the ▁History ▁of ▁Art ▁and ▁Architecture . ▁Most ▁recently ▁Dr . ▁Gard ner ▁has ▁expanded ▁his ▁research ▁into ▁the ▁area ▁of ▁Media ▁Geography ▁( he ▁is ▁currently ▁adj unct ▁fac ulty ▁in ▁Geography ▁at ▁San ▁Diego ▁State ▁University ). ▁He ▁also ▁taught ▁a ▁course ▁on ▁trans vers ality ▁and ▁popular ▁media ▁for ▁the ▁College ▁of ▁Creative ▁Studies ▁in ▁Fall ▁ 2 0 1 3 . ▁ ▁Publications ▁His ▁most ▁recent ▁mon ograph ▁is ▁Beck ett , ▁De le u ze ▁and ▁the ▁Tele visual ▁Event : ▁P ee ph ole ▁Art ▁( Pal gra ve ▁Mac mill an , ▁ 2 0 1 2 ), ▁a ▁critical ▁study ▁of ▁Samuel ▁Beck ett ’ s ▁experimental ▁work ▁for ▁film ▁and ▁television ▁and ▁its ▁connection ▁to ▁G illes ▁De le u ze ’ s ▁ont ology ▁of ▁the ▁image ▁in ▁Cinema ▁ 1 ▁and ▁Cinema ▁ 2 . ▁Ex cer pts ▁have ▁appeared ▁in ▁De le u ze ▁Studies ▁Journal ▁( 2 0 1 2 ) ▁and ▁Cont inu um ▁Books ’ ▁G illes ▁De le u ze : ▁Image ▁and ▁Text ▁( 2 0