His work, both structuralist and conceptual, centers on an exploration of digital materiality, the audio-visual image as socio-historical text and the activation of experimental audio-visual constructions as instruments of cultural supersession.
Informed by his academic background in sociology & film theory in concert with a breadth of experience working in the television industry, Whitaker-Morrow investigates the physical, technological, aesthetic, social, and political dimensions of audio-visual encounters with a particular focus on Black identity formation and experience.
He holds an MFA with a concentration in Film, Video, and New Media from The School of The Art Institute of Chicago and a dual BA in Film and Media Studies and Sociology from Amherst College. He is currently teaching as part time faculty at Rhode Island School of Design in the Sound and Film + Video departments.