Research Interests
My doctoral research was an investigation into the processes, refusals, and limitations of political recognition via official apologies and commemorations for past injustices and community grievances in a settler state. My postdoctoral research builds upon this work and methodology to examine the legibility of grief in public history co-hosted by Concordia University’s Thinking Through the Museum and the School for Community and Public Affairs. Since 2022, I have been the Project Manager for The Disaster Lab, a historical research project that explores the history of disasters and interrogates the role of migration and citizenship in how state and civil society actors have responded in times of strife.
Keywords: Public History, Memory Studies, Visual Studies, Critical Race Studies, Settler Colonial Studies, Environmental History, and Political Economy.
Education
Doctor of Philosophy in Canadian Studies, Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Supervisor: Laura Madokoro.
Master of Arts, English and Film Studies, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Supervisor: Heather Zwicker.
Bachelor of Arts, English, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
Select Awards & Recognition
- Bora Laskin National Fellowship in Human Rights Research
- Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada Postdoctoral Fellowship
- School of Indigenous and Canadian Studies Teaching Assistant Excellence Award
- Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada Joseph-Armand Bombardier Canada Graduate scholarship
- Carleton University | Departmental Scholarship
- Canada Council for the Arts | Sector Innovation
- Canada Council for the Arts | New Chapter
- Deveron Arts | Artist in Residence
- Canada Council for the Arts/Alberta Creative Development Initiative | Individual Award
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