Currently I am an Assistant Professor in the Department of Communication & Media Studies at York University.

Through a variety of approaches and methods, I have built a robust program of research investigating where and why disengagement occurs, a conversation largely missing from the digital cultures literature. In much of my research I focus on my attention to the events leading up to and immediately following the act of quitting, departing, or disengaging from a particular activity because this moment of rupture provides a brief window into social relationships that otherwise remain obscured from view. While on the surface it makes sense to assume that the choice of whether or not to play a particular game rests largely on personal interest, my research has demonstrated that a confluence of gender-based stereotypes, structural constraints, and interpersonal barriers will prevent equal access to this leisure activity.

Before returning to university to begin graduate school I worked at an art gallery in the Lower Mainland (British Columbia).  My time at the gallery involved a lot of graphic design and herding of cats.  My artistic practice involved abstract experimental video art, and temporary painting installations.  For my BFA graduation project I spent a month sanding down the walls of the university studio space to reveal a floor to ceiling drawing that had been painted over years ago.  If any pictures of this piece exist out there on an old harddrive, I’d love to receive a copy.