EDUCATION
2018-present Ph.D. Candidate | University of Washington
Department of Geography, Certificate in Housing Studies (completed 2020).
Committee: Dr. Sarah Elwood (chair), Dr. Kim England, Dr. Larry Knopp, Dr. Eugene McCann, Dr. Rebecca Walter.
2018 Master of Arts | Simon Fraser University
Department of Geography
Committee: Dr. Eugene McCann (chair), Dr. Tiffany Muller Myrdahl.
Thesis: ‘It’s yours’: Tenant experiences of home and care in women’s non-profit housing.
2016 Bachelor of Arts (with Distinction) | Simon Fraser University
History major, Geography minor, Certificate in Urban Studies.
2015 University of Nottingham: Study Abroad semester.
2012 Associate of Arts | Capilano University
Global Stewardship (International Studies).
AWARDS AND HONOURS
2020 Howard Martin Medal for Extraordinary Achievement in Scholarship, Teaching, and Service (Department of Geography, University of Washington).
2020-2023 Doctoral Fellowship (Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada).
2018 CWAG 2018 Graduate Student Paper Award (Canadian Women and Geography study group, CAG). Paper title: Affordable housing? A feminist interpretation of housing shortages and class crises.
2018 SFU Graduate Student Society Professional Development Grant (Simon Fraser University).
2018 Jennifer Fluri and Amy Trauger Student Essay Competition winner (with the Place + Space Collective). Paper title: Care-full friendships? Resisting the neoliberal university through solidarity collectives.
2017 Michael Geller Graduate Scholarship in Urban Development (Simon Fraser University).
2017 Department of Geography Graduate Fellowship (Simon Fraser University).
2017 Canada Graduate Scholarships-Master’s (Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada).
2015 BOMA Undergraduate Scholarship in Urban Studies (Simon Fraser University).
2015 International Mobility Award (Simon Fraser University).
TEACHING & PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2018-present Teaching Assistant, University of Washington
Courses:
Geography 230—Geographies of Global Inequality (Fall 2018)
Geography 280—Introduction to the Geographies of Health and Healthcare (Winter 2019).
Geography 277—Geography of Cities (Spring 2019).
Geography 315—Explanation and Understanding in Geography (Fall 2019 and Spring 2020).
Geography 335—Geographies of the Developing World (Winter 2020).
2016 Editorial Assistant, SAGE Publications.
2017 Research Assistant, Department of Geography, Simon Fraser University, with the Downtown Eastside SRO Collaborative. Under supervision of Dr. Eugene McCann.
2016-2018 Teaching Assistant, Simon Fraser University.
Courses:
Geography 327—Geographies of Tourism (Fall 2016.)
Geography 362—Urban Built Environments (Spring 2017.)
Geography 362—Urban Built Environments (Spring 2018.)
Geography 387—Geography and Gender (Summer 2018.)
2015 Researcher and producer, Vancouver Historical Tours: This City is Ours—A history of contentious space in Vancouver, Simon Fraser University. (See Projects for details).
2014 Research Assistant, Coalition of Progressive Electors.
2013 Co-organizer and curriculum development, Am I Canadian? Defining our Values public dialogue, Simon Fraser University. (See Projects for details).
ACADEMIC & UNIVERSITY SERVICE
2020-2021 Co-President, Geography Graduate Students’ Association, Department of Geography, University of Washington.
2020-present Engaging Care Project, Harry Bridges Center for Labor, University of Washington.
2019-2020 Colloquium Committee, Department of Geography, University of Washington.
2018-2019 Senator, Graduate and Professional Student Senate, University of Washington.
2017-2018 President, Geography Graduate Association, Simon Fraser University.
2016-present Co-founder and member, Place + Space Collective (interdisciplinary academic solidarity collective), Simon Fraser University.
2016-2017 Graduate Students Representative, Department of Geography, Simon Fraser University.
2016-2017 Secretary, Geography Graduate Association, Simon Fraser University.
CONFERENCES & PROGRAMS
Organizer
2019 Taking Care: a conference for engaging the politics, processes, and ethics of care work (with Kim England and Caitlin Alcorn), Harry Bridges Center for Labor Studies, UW, Seattle, U.S.
2018 Faculty of Environment Graduate Research Day, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, Canada.
2018 The Geography Graduate Association’s Graduate Workshop Series, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, Canada.
2017 Strategies for Solidarity: a mini-conference on forming collectives in the neoliberal academy (co-organizer with the Place + Space Collective). Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, Canada.
2017 Department of Geography’s Teaching Assistant Training Workshop (event organizer and workshop facilitator.) Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, Canada.
2016 Walking tour co-designer and facilitator, Your Future Home: Creating the New Vancouver, Museum of Vancouver, Vancouver, Canada.
Walking tour: This City is Ours: a history of contentious space in Vancouver (Adapted from Vancouver Historical Walks).
Presenter or Attendee
2018 Urban Studies 665: Urban Housing Policy (invited lecture). Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, Canada.
Lecture: Finding Home: tenant experiences of home and care in women’s non-profit housing.
2018 Geography 387: Gender and Geography (invited lecture). Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, Canada.
Lecture: Geographies of care.
2018 Faculty of Environment Graduate Research Day (presenter). Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, Canada.
Presentation: Care-full homes?: Producing home and care in non-profit housing for women.
2018 Annual Meeting of the American Association of Geographers (presenter). New Orleans, United States.
Presentation: More than shelter: Producing home and care in non-profit housing for women.
2018 Power at the Margins: Mobilizing Across Housing Injustice (presenter). University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, United States.
Presentation: More than shelter: producing home in Vancouver’s non-profit women’s housing.
2018 Department of Geography Graduate Research Day (presenter). Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, Canada. Presentation: More than shelter: producing home in Vancouver’s non-profit women’s housing.
2017 Critical Geographies mini-conference (presenter.) University of Northern British Columbia, Prince George, Canada.
Presentation: Whose Priorities, Whose Knowledge, Whose Projects? Navigating Community and Institutional Relationships within Activist-Oriented Research (presented with Magnus Nowell, and the Downtown Eastside SRO Collaborative Society).
2017 Feminism and anticapitalism graduate seminar (participant.) University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.
2017 Bridging Gaps: Making Connections Through Social Research–Interdisciplinary Graduate Student Conference (presenter.) University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.
Presentation: Processes for Forming Cross-Disciplinary Solidarity Collectives (presented with the Place + Space Collective).
2017 Doing Urban Studies Differently workshop (participant.) University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.
2016 Critical Geographies mini-conference (presenter.) University of Washington, Seattle, United States.
Presentation: Home-making?: a feminist analysis of the production of home and contemporary housing forms.
2015 Critical Geographies mini-conference (attendee.) Portland State University, Portland, United States.
2014 Critical Geographies mini-conference (attendee.) Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, Canada.
2013 Undergraduate Semester in Dialogue, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, Canada.
Topic: Conflict and Governance.
2010-2015 Canadian University Press National Conference (newspaper delegate.) Edmonton, Montreal, Victoria, Toronto, Canada.
2010 World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts Young Women’s World Forum on Millennium Development Goals (Canadian delegate.) Oxford, United Kingdom.
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT & MEMBERSHIPS
2017-present Member, American Association of Geographers.
2016 Instructional Skills Certificate, Simon Fraser University.
2016-present Member, Canadian Association of Geographers.
2016-2018 Member, Critical Geographies of Policy Reading Group, Simon Fraser University.
SELECTED WORK & VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE
2001-2018 Provincial liaison and unit guider, Girl Guides of Canada
2012-2016 Children and youth program instructor, Champlain Heights Community Association.
2013-2016 Executive editor, The Runner Newspaper, Kwantlen Polytechnic University.
2010-2013 Board of directors, citizenU (anti-racism and anti-discrimination program supporting youth), City of Vancouver.
2009-2013 Editor-in-chief and editor, The Capilano Courier, Capilano University.
2009-2012 Committee member, Capilano Students’ Union, Capilano University (Women’s Collective, Social Justice Committee).
2009-2011 Volunteer, B.C. Civil Liberties Association.
A full CV PDF is available via email request.
-updated July 2020-
