My path to educational development has been an enrichening, circuitous route. The one constant has been my interest in higher education pedagogy, which began with my consulting work at the Queen’s University Writing Centre and persisted throughout my PhD as I taught courses, pursued professional development in teaching, and assumed educational leadership roles. After working as a postdoctoral fellow at the Queen's University Centre for Teaching and Learning, I became a Faculty Development Consultant at the Academic Development Centre at Mount Royal University in July, 2018.

 

This career decision was part of a longer history of academic eclecticism: my graduate work spanned English Literature, Health Promotion, and Socio-Cultural Studies of Health, Sport, and the Body. Through my multidisciplinary training, I have developed a deep respect for, and keen interest in, the array of pedagogies that animate higher education and the importance of students experiencing a liberal education that equips them with a variety of ways of thinking about, and acting in, our complex world.

 

My practice is informed by my dedication to social justice in education. My dissertation, Incorporated: Student Mental Health Discourse and Higher Education in Canada, investigates how the ongoing student mental health movement perpetuates privilege. More broadly, my teaching and scholarship explore inequities rooted in social categories such as class, gender, and race.