Publications
(2019) “How Tinder and Other Dating Apps Are Making You More Racist,” written with Jin Li. Published in The Post Feminist Post.
(2018, January 23). GreenFlux : Communicating Sustainability Through Photovoice [R]. doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.14288/1.0374185
Master of Arts in Arts Politics
NEW YORK UNIVERSITY, DEPARTMENT OF ART AND PUBLIC POLICY
Mastery of understanding a transnational world that must contend with issues around race, class, gender, sexuality, dis/ability, and religion. Courses examined histories of political frameworks in the arts, as well as contemporary advocacy strategies and tactics for change. Together we asked, “How do we make the world anew?” Critical Theoretical Queer, Gender, Race & other Social Justice frameworks of understanding the uses of Art and Public Policy for transformation.
Lectures delivered: Visionary Social Media Organizing at Cinevolution Media Arts Digital Carnival (2021), Goggle Images and Trans-ing the Internet at Capilano University (2021)
Bachelor of Media Studies, Minor in Political Science
UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA
Developed foundational understanding in the relationships of power, oppression and media through inter-disciplinary uses of critical theory, semiology, political theory, and culture studies. Topics explored included: surveillance capitalism, algorithmic oppression, ethics of data, misrepresentations within information systems.
Lectures delivered: (mis)Representations of TV NewsBroadcasts perpetuating Rape Culture at the Liu Institute (2020), Goggle Images and Digital Justice at TEDxUBC (2020)
Select Academic Awards
Katherine Brearley Arts Scholarship
Wesbrook Scholarship & Premier Undergraduate: Martha C. Piper Arts Award in Global Citizenship
TD Scholarship for Community Leadership
TSOA NYU Graduate Scholarship