I’m a researcher, photographer, cultural worker, and writer, working in the (broad) field of decolonial cultural studies. More specifically, I’m a PhD candidate, currently writing a dissertation on how the concept of “the frontier” is negotiated and subverted in popular (primarily “Canadian”) media and anticolonial creative production. This project is rooted in postcolonial theory, literature, film, and art, and explores the work of artists such as Kent Monkman and Sonny Assu, TV shows like Yellowjackets (2021) and The Wilds (2020), and writers such as Leanne Simpson, Susanna Moodie, and Jordan Abel. Prior to this, I completed an M.A. in Cultural Studies at McMaster University, where I wrote a thesis on spoken word sampling, via an exploration of Blood Orange’s 2016 album Freetown Sound. These projects, while outwardly different, represent an ongoing interest in the role of art in facilitating decolonial consciousness, more just worlds, and empathetic publics.
Currently, I am the co-founder, co-editor, and web designer of Refractions: A Journal of Postcolonial Criticism. This work brings me into regular dialogue with artists, scholars, and writers from around the world of shared anticolonial vision. Recently, I have also worked as a Lead Programmer at the Gender Equity in Media Society, as researcher at the UPenn Cultural Heritage Center, as a researcher at Latincouver, a writer and communications officer at the Espace de la diversité - Diversity district, SpokenWeb, the Society, Politics, Animals, Materiality Research Group, and a consultant at the the production company Rotating Planet,.
My (not necessarily up to date) resume/CV can be downloaded here.