Dr Mike Kent is a cultural studies' academic based in Perth, Western Australia.

His articles have appeared in Fast Capitalism, Nebula, Online Opinion and AQ – Australian Quarterly.

Dr Kent's most recent journal article, 'iTunes is pretty (useless) when you’re blind', written with Dr Katie Ellis, appeared in M/C Journal (Media Culture).

He is currently writing a book on disability and new media with Dr Ellis, the author of Disabling Diversity (VDM 2008).

Dr Kent has taught media studies, cultural studies and e-commerce at universities in Australia and the UK. He worked at Curtin University and Murdoch University in Perth, taught online units for Open Universities Australia, taught media studies at the University of Brighton in the UK, and ran study abroad programs for The Institute for Study Abroad at Butler University in North America.