Matt Locke
Matt Locke taught Visual Culture when I started my first year at Huddersfield University. A few years back, as Director of Test Digital Media Research Facilities, he was doing some very interesting sms related projects. As far as I know, he is now working as a Creative Director at one of the BBC's Visual Research and Development Departments.
On his recommended book list : "Art in Theory" *believe it* or not has provided a suitable historical and theoretical background for my study and given me fairly decent indicators about which areas I should be looking at.