About
Researcher
Digital Scholar
Musician
I am a qualitative researcher based in the Niagara Region of Ontario.
My work is grounded in feminist and anti-racist understandings of sport and health while being situated at the crossroads of multiple academic disciplines: cultural studies, the sociology of sport, science and technology studies, media studies, and health studies.
I have spent the past decade researching the sociocultural dimensions of the 'concussion crisis' both within and beyond sports.
I have also worked on qualitative research projects examining the use of painkilling drugs in professional sports, the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on elite sports cultures, masculinity and men’s health, and much more. My research focuses on exposing inequities in sports and health, and finding ways to address social injustices across these domains.
I've recently started specializing in forms of digital scholarship.
This has involved the creation of interactive websites, podcasts, and other digital research outputs. This new direction is intertwined with my interests in audio production, sound studies theories and methods, and the social and technological histories of popular music.
I'm also a longtime musician.
I’ve played guitar since I was 10-years-old and have played in various bands since I was a teenager. One of my musical passion projects is curating the Small Victory Songs playlist – an eclectic genre-defying collection of music that I update every few weeks.
Education
2016
Queen's University
Doctorate of Philosophy
School of Kinesiology and Health Studies
Sociocultural Studies of Sport, Health, and the Body
2009
Brock University
Master's of Arts
Department of Communication, Popular Culture, and Film
Popular Culture
2006
University of Toronto
Honours Bachelor's of Arts
Major: Semiotics and Communication Theory
Minor: Anthropology
Work Experience
2025 - Current
Brock University
Research Associate
Department of Kinesiology
2024 - Current
Western University
Research Associate (remote)
School of Kinesiology
2020 - Current
The Australian National University
Visiting Fellow (remote)
RegNet - The School of Regulation and Global Governance
2022 - 2025
Georgia Institute of Technology
Researcher (remote)
School of History and Sociology
Sports, Society, and Technology Research Collective
2022 - 2023
Queen's University
Postdoctoral Fellow (remote)
School of Kinesiology and Health Studies
2022
Georgia Institute of Technology
Lecturer (remote)
School of History and Sociology
Sports, Society, and Technology Program
2020 - 2021
University of Calgary
Postdoctoral Associate (remote)
Department of Communication, Media, and Film
2018 - 2020
University of Calgary
Postdoctoral Associate
Faculty of Kinesiology
Integrated Concussion Research Program
2016 - 2018
Georgia Institute of Technology
Postdoctoral Fellow
School of History and Sociology
Sports, Society, and Technology Program