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.
Post-Secondary Courses Developed & Significantly Redesigned
Research Methods for the Creative Arts, Transnational Perspectives on the Arts, Creative Practice in Canada—Bachelor of Creative Arts Program, Liberal Arts Department, Toronto Film School/ Yorkville University. Communication & Culture, OCADU.
Postdoctoral Fellowship
2020-23 MITACS Accelerate Postdoctoral Fellowship in Cinema and Media Arts at York University.
Funding Awarded
2024 SSAF Funding, Toronto Film School/Yorkville University.
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.
Service and Community 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.