MICRO-BIO

• I am a postdoctoral fellow at Trent University, Canada funded through the SSHRC Insight Grant, Digital Culture and Quantified Aging. My recent dissertation, 'Molecular imaginaries of aging and age intervention', examined the representational modes t...More

  I am a postdoctoral fellow at Trent University, Canada funded through the SSHRC Insight Grant, Digital Culture and Quantified Aging. My recent dissertation, 'Molecular imaginaries of aging and age intervention', examined the representational modes through which molecular understandings of aging and the body are popularized for mass consumption, looking specifically at the use of image and metaphor. Broadly, my research has interrogated the intersections of health, science and technology in popular culture. In my current role, I am exploring the conceptual, visual and technical mapping of 'smartness' in the home as it relates to 'aging-in-place.' My independent and collaborative work has appeared in the Journal of Aging Studies, the British Food Journal, the Journal of Media and Cultural Studies and the International Journal of Cultural Studies.

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EXPERIENCE

• Trent University

  • Postdoctoral Fellow
  • Sociology
  • March 2019 to Present

EDUCATION

• University of Calgary

  • PhD, Communication and Culture
  • September 2012 to June 2019

• York University

  • M.A., Communication and Culture
  • September 2008 to June 2011

• University of Toronto

  • B.A., Sociology
  • September 2004 to June 2008

Links

• Digital Culture and Quantified Aging