Darren Wershler is Professor at Concordia University and Associate Director of the Milieux Institute. He is the former Concordia University Research Chair in Media and Contemporary Literature, and is the cofounder of the Media History Research Centre and director of the Residual Media Depot. Other than The Lab Book, Darren is the author of another dozen books, including Guy Maddin’s My Winnipeg and The Iron Whim: A Fragmented History of Typewriting, and has edited over 35 more.
Dr. Wershler specializes in media history and media archaeology, with a particular interest in the material culture of analog and early digital technologies.