Teaching

I currently teach at Fanshawe College and Western University as an adjunct lecturer. This means each term I’m doing something a little different! At Fanshawe, I started in SLLS teaching writing for incoming students, and now I teach intro film. At Western, I have taught in the Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies department and aim to continue to do so next year (2025).

Previously, I have taught workshops at various venues, but mostly in art contexts. I have also guest lectured in various departments, including but not especially: Printmedia, Painting and Drawing, Film, Video, New Media, and Animation (FVNMA), and more.

Check out my current CV here.

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From my Students:

‘Although this isn't the first film studies course I have taken, it is objectively the most focused on trying to achieve a sense of fair criticism. The difference in styles, as well as genres, was very enjoyable to study and explore on a deeper, more serious level while we could still watch films that maybe some of us hadn't watched beforehand. [...] I think I view films more critically now, as a whole.’

‘I am so much more interested in film! I originally took this course as an elective and I had no expectations. After engaging in the content I have a whole new appreciation for movies and film! I have enjoyed talking about this course with my classmates. I also feel like I have a lot of movie-watching ahead of me. I currently have a list of movies I want to watch and I want to continue to be engaged in film culture, even when this course is over.’

‘I've learned a great deal about the nuances of filmmaking through assignments, discussions, and practical experience, which has greatly increased my understanding and proficiency in this area. Furthermore, exchanging ideas with colleagues and getting criticism has improved my educational process and helped me hone my skills even more. All things considered, I can say with certainty that this course has not only assisted me in reaching my own objectives, but it has also created a greater enthusiasm for filmmaking in me.’

‘By the end of the semester, I could confidently say that my critical thinking skills had significantly evolved in the realm of films.’

‘This class not only taught me about cinema but also made my college experience more enjoyable and meaningful.’

‘Pretty much everything about the content of this course went above and beyond my expectations.’

Current Courses

Intro to Trans Studies (200-level)
Hollywood: The Viewer’s Perspective (100-level)

Previous Courses

Reason and Writing (99-level)

Dream Courses

Philosophy of Death
Postmodernism and Surrealism
Frank Herbert’s Dune

Workshops

-The Dippy Inker's Nib Petting Zoo (inking workshop)
-Comics For Print
-Introduction to InDesign
-Zine-Making
-Surrealist Writing Workshop

PUBLICATIONS

2025 Comics and Life: Illustration, Intersections, and Insights book chapter (accepted), “Expressing Crip Time: Disabled Temporalities in Graphic Memoir”

2025 Critical Studies in Improvisation / Études critiques en improvisation Special Issue (in review), “Keying Into Ambient Music: Attending to Soundscapes as Phenomenological Practice”

Dec 2024 Journal of Girlhood Studies Special Issue (in review), “Transmasculine ‘Girlhood’ in Graphic Memoir”