Welcome!

I’m a researcher, innovator, and community builder with expertise in digital scholarship, digital research infrastructure, and literary & cultural studies.

Currently, I work as a Research Officer for the Digital Research Alliance of Canada. Previously, I was Assistant Director and Digital Humanities Research Lead in the Electronic Textual Cultures Lab at the University of Victoria. To learn more about me and my work, please see my bio or read about my teaching, research, and DH projects.

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Research

My award-winning research draws on formal academic training in English literature (PhD, MA, BA) and digital humanities (Certificate). Areas of research expertise include:

Digital Humanities (digital publishing, exhibits, and archives; digital research infrastructures; digital repositories; research data management; community engagement; knowledge diversity and equity; and more)
Modern literatures in Canada
Literary modernism, including ’late’ and ‘global’ forms
Literature and religion
Modern poetry and poetics

Teaching and Facilitation

Teaching, mentoring, and facilitating—whether in the classroom, online, in a lab setting, or at academic events—is one of the most rewarding parts of my work. I have over a decade of experience teaching in higher education as well as a Certificate in University Teaching and Learning. I have taught, mentored, and acted as a facilitator in various roles, including:

University course designer and instructor
Undergraduate and graduate lecturer and guest speaker
In-lab supervisor for students and programmers from all over the world
Organizer and leader of conferences, workshops, talks, demos, and community-building sessions in Canada, the USA, Australia, England, the UAE, Poland, the Netherlands, and beyond
Focus group moderator for 40+ sessions featuring researchers, librarians, administrators, and tech experts
Employer—as Principal Investigator (academia) and Executive Director (industry)
Mentor for undergraduate and graduate students in English through working groups and academic societies
Research assistant and tutorial leader

DH Projects

I have been involved in digital scholarschip / digital humanities (DH) projects for over a decade in various research, leadership, teaching, and development/designer/UX roles. This work builds on my experience as the former Executive Director of a web design company (2001-2011). Some of the DH projects I’ve led or worked on include: