Presentation
My research explores the possibilities of digital media practices for prefiguring just and democratic climate futures. My professional experiences span academic research, film production, interactive media art, and teaching/course design. I am a filmmaker, researcher, activist, teacher, and digital artist, and I have founded the arts collectives Burgundy Dragon and Eukaryote. I hold a Master’s degree (MA) in Communication and Cultural Studies from York University and Toronto Metropolitan University in Toronto, Canada, and a Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) in Film Studies from York University. I have presented at conferences across northern North America and look forward to sharing my work more widely.
In the coming years, I will pursue my doctorate, partnering with youth in Canada and Sweden to collaboratively produce activist media. My research examines how storytelling, imagination, radical hope, and media-making practices function as political acts. Rooted in research-creation and participatory methods, my study asks: what kinds of futures become possible when climate-frontline youth are not only represented, but also engaged as prefigurative digital media subjects?
If you are interested in collaborating on an article, chapter, or proposal, please feel free to reach out.
Key Research Areas: Media and Communication Studies, Speculative Digital Futures, Youth Climate Media Storytelling, Documentary Research-Creation, Prefigurative Politics/Pedagogy, Environmental Humanities, Interdisciplinary Methods
