biography
I like hats, wear a few. Cultural theorist, educator, writer, editor by training, I am also a publisher, photographer, musician, and book designer by passion.
I hold a full-time academic position at Emily Carr University of Art + Design, where I am the Assistant Dean, Critical Studies and Community Engagement. As an Assistant Dean, I help administer Critical Studies curriculum, the Social Practice and Community Engagement degree minor, and Emily Carr’s external Bachelor of Fine Arts program at North Island College in Comox, BC. I teach courses in English and Cultural Theory (faculty page).
My research looks at new contexts for critical and cultural productions, and involves collaborations between artists and academics. Increasingly, my energies are focused on different forms of collaboration that combine aspects of critical and creative practice—team-teaching, co-authorship, editorial work, and artistic engagement. For the past four years, I have been a lead artist-researcher on the Maraya project, a media project connecting urban waterfronts in Vancouver and Dubai.
This practice-based research has lead me to an exploration of new media platforms and the creative potential of social media.