Joe Amditis is the associate director of the Center for Cooperative Media at Montclair State University. He graduated from Rutgers University in 2013 and earned his B.A. with a double-major in political science and criminal justice. In 2016, he received an M.A. from the CUNY Graduate School of Journalism in New York City. He cofounded and served as the director of operations at Muckgers, a local, student-focused investigative publication serving the Rutgers-New Brunswick community. Joe served in the New Jersey Army National Guard from 2006-2013, and was deployed to Iraq from 2008-2009. Joe has also worked as an international relations researcher, and is currently an amateur graphic designer, audio and video editor (including 360° video), and a wannabe podcaster.