Gordon is the author of the blog Skeptophilia, now in its eighth year, which looks at media and science through a skeptical lens. He is also a writer of novels of speculative fiction (seven in print as of April 2018), and teacher of Critical Thinking, AP (Advanced Placement) Biology, Latin, Ancient Greek, and a neuroscience elective, "The Brain and Senses" at C.O. Dickerson High School, Trumansburg, New York.