Curriculum Vitae

Education

PhD in Communication and Culture, Joint York and Toronto Metropolitan Universities. MA in Art History and Visual Culture, York University. BA (Hons), University of Guelph.  

Postdoctoral Fellowship

2020-23 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.

2019-20        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).

2017-18        HSBC Ontario Graduate Scholarship.

2016-17        Ontario Graduate Scholarship.

2014            Anne Simone International Conference Award, to present in Nicosia, Cyprus.

Contract Academic Teaching

2024                         Research Methods in the Creative Arts, Bachelor of Creative Arts program, Topics in Power & Society, Professional Communication,                                       Liberal Arts, Toronto Film School / Yorkville University.

2024                         Culture & Communication, OCAD University, Faculty of Arts & Science. Winter term.

2023                         Culture & Communication, OCAD University, Faculty of Arts & Science. Summer and Fall terms.

2022                         19th century Western Art, York University, Department of Visual Art and Art History. Fall term.

2022                         Culture & Communication, OCAD University, Faculty of Arts & Sciences. Summer term.

2019-20                    Television As Culture, York University, Department of Communication Studies. Winter term.

2015-16                    Exhibition Project, University of Toronto, Faculty of Information, Master of Museum Studies Program. Co-taught with Matthew Brower.                                   Full-year.

Sessional Instructional Teaching

2022-24                    York University, School of Arts, Media, Performance and Design. Courses: Skills for Success in the Arts, Dance, Film & Culture. 

2023-24                   University of Toronto Mississauga, Institute for Communication, Culture and Information Technology. Courses: Rhetoric &                                                     Media, Foundations of Media & Technology, Department of Visual Studies. Course: Introduction to Visual Culture.          

2022                        University of Toronto Mississauga, Institute for Communication, Culture and Information Technology. Courses: Rhetoric & Media, Digital                                 Innovation and Cultural Transformation, Communication Research Methods. 

2014- 20                  York University, Department of Communication Studies. Courses: Experiential Field Experience in CommunicationIntroduction 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

2022-                   Collaborator, SSHRC Partnership Development Grant: Canadian Identity | L’identité canadienne—une interrogation.                                                             Principal Investigator: Anne MacLennan.

2021-24               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, School of the Arts, Media, Performance and Design. York University.