I am a communications professional, cultural programmer, and writer based in Sacramento, California. I am currently Communications and Outreach Editor in the division of Continuing and Professional Education at UC Davis where I support outreach and engagement efforts for the California Title IV-E Education Program. I have previously served as Assistant Director of the Carsey-Wolf Center at UC Santa Barbara, Director of Marketing and Communications at the Rotary Centre for the Arts, and Communications Coordinator for the City of Kelowna.

I hold a PhD in Film & Media Studies from UC Santa Barbara, and I am a former Doctoral Fellow of the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada. I also hold a BA in Communication from Simon Fraser University in Vancouver and an MA in Media Studies from Concordia University in Montreal.

In 2021, I completed a dissertation project entitled Colonial Recursion and Decolonial Maneuver in the Cybernetic Diaspora. In this project, I explore the points of contact that took shape between the mercurial science of cybernetics and the cultural politics of settler liberalism in Canada and the United States in the years following World War Two. While completing this project, I taught extensively at the undergraduate level, providing instructional support and leadership for a range of courses in media studies, cultural studies, and film history, theory, and aesthetics.

In the years since, I have worked to facilitate transformative encounters with diverse forms of creative practice for audiences and learners of all backgrounds. Through compelling storytelling and thoughtful public programming, I work to foster meaningful connections around an eclectic range of art-making practices. I have a particular love for the moving image and theatrical moviegoing, and am passionate about finding new ways of engaging diverse audiences in the aesthetic and intellectual possibilities of cinema. Some of my work in this area can be found here.

Prior to graduate study, I worked extensively in the social mission sector, developing public programs, education initiatives, and national campaigns focused on issues of media democratization and information governance in Canada. Outside of office hours, I maintain a songwriting and performance practice under the name CHAPS and work as a freelance arts and culture writer for various publications. Other, more important interests include pie and vermouth.