Education
Ph.D. Communication and Culture. York & Toronto Metropolitan Universities. M.A., Art History & Visual Culture, York University. B.A., University of Guelph.
Postdoctoral Fellowship
MITACS Accelerate Postdoctoral Fellowship in Cinema and Media Arts at York University
Awards
2022 Commercialization Fellowship, Innovation York, Office of the Vice-President Research & Innovation
2019-2020 Economic & Social Research Council funding through the Centre for the Understanding of Sustainable Prosperity, Arts & Culture theme, University of Surrey, Guilford, UK.
2019 SFRA Executive Committee Travel Grant (declined)
2017-2018 HSBC Ontario Graduate Scholarship
2016-2017 Ontario Graduate Scholarship
2014 Anne Simone International Conference Award, to present in Nicosia, Cyprus.
Contract Academic Teaching
2022 Course Director, 19th century Western Art, York University, Department of Visual Art and Art History. Enrolment: 60, 1 TA.
2022 Course Director, Communication & Culture, OCAD University, Faculty of Arts & Sciences. Enrolment: 120, 1 TA.
2019-20 Course Director, Television As Culture, York University, Department of Communication Studies. Enrolment: 120, 3 TAs.
2015-16 Course Director, Exhibition Project, University of Toronto, Faculty of Information, Master of Museum Studies Program. Co-taught with Matthew Brower. Enrolment: 40, 1 TA.
Teaching Assistance
2022 University of Toronto Mississauga, Institute for Communication, Culture and Information Technology. Courses: Rhetoric & Media, Digital Innovation and Cultural Transformation, Communication Research Methods.
2014- 2020 York University, Department of Communication Studies. Courses: Experiential Field Experience in Communication, Introduction to Communication Studies. Media, Culture and Society, Information and Technology.
York University, Department of Visual Art & Art History. Courses: History of Photography, Modern Art 1750-Present.
OCAD University, Faculty of Liberal Arts & Sciences and School of Interdisciplinary Studies. Course: Introduction to Film.
Related
2021-22 Working Group Member, University of Toronto, Jackman Humanities Institute, Visual Cultures of the Circumpolar North.
2018-20 Research Assistant, Digital Animalities: Media Representations of Non-human life in the Age of Risk. PI: Jody Berland. Department of Humanities, Faculty of Liberal Arts and Professional Studies. York University.
2017-18 Working Group Member, University of Toronto, Jackman Humanities Institute, Toronto’s Urban Imaginaries.
2014-18 Director, Board of Directors, YYZ Artists Outlet and YYZ Books.
2014-17 Caucus Member, Sensorium: Centre for Digital Arts & Technology.