Experience

Graduate School of Social Sciences, University of Amsterdam

• Netherlands
• Higher Education
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Academic Director

  • Nov 2022 - Present

  Academic director for the pre-University program on ‘Politics and Identity’. Academic director for the pre-University program on ‘Politics and Identity’.



University of Amsterdam

• Netherlands
• Research Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Lecturer

  • Aug 2021 - Present

  Media Department

• Researcher

  • Jan 2022 - Jan 2023

• Academic Writing Centre Tutor

  • Oct 2019 - Jan 2023

  Advising and tutoring Bachelors and Masters students in all disciplines. Co-organizing and running “thesis week” intensive advising sessions for groups of 20 students. Co-designed "academic writing basics" course for Art History department.

• Teaching Assistant

  • Aug 2020 - Jun 2021

  1) Digital Practices (2020/2021) - Bachelors; September - February; 146 students (all under shared supervision with one other TA). 2) Digital Methods and Information (2020) - Bachelors; December; 144 students (all under supervision) for co-designed citation workshop. 3) Philosophy of the Humanities (2021) - Bachelors; February - April; 421 students (37 under supervision). 4) Research Seminar and Bachelor's Thesis Media and Information (2021) - Bachelors; February - June; 12 students (all under supervision). 5) Digital Activism (2021) - Masters; April - June; 20 students (all under supervision). Show less



Transatlantic Literary Agency Inc.

• Book and Periodical Publishing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Author

  • Sep 2018 - Present

  Author represented by Transatlantic Literary Agency Inc. Previous book publications: "Can Your Smartphone Change the World?" (Fall 2017); "Can Your Outfit Change the World?" (Fall 2018); "Can Your Conversations Change the World?" (Spring 2018). Author represented by Transatlantic Literary Agency Inc. Previous book publications: "Can Your Smartphone Change the World?" (Fall 2017); "Can Your Outfit Change the World?" (Fall 2018); "Can Your Conversations Change the World?" (Spring 2018).



Centre for Digital Media

• Canada
• Higher Education
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Research Assistant

  • May 2019 - Jan 2020

  Supervised by Dr. Richard Smith; Edited, researched, and co-wrote sections of the third edition of New Media: An Introduction with Professor Richard Smith for Oxford University Press. Supervised by Dr. Richard Smith; Edited, researched, and co-wrote sections of the third edition of New Media: An Introduction with Professor Richard Smith for Oxford University Press.



Faculty of Information, University of Toronto

• Canada
• Higher Education
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Research Assistant

  • May 2019 - Aug 2019

  Supervised by Dr. Leslie Shade and supported by SHHRC Grant: Opening the Door on Digital Privacy: Practices, Policies, & Pedagogies; Wrote non-fiction book on women’s rights and digital privacy/security. Supervised by Dr. Leslie Shade and supported by SHHRC Grant: Opening the Door on Digital Privacy: Practices, Policies, & Pedagogies; Wrote non-fiction book on women’s rights and digital privacy/security.



Mosaic Institute

• Canada
• Non-profit Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Research Fellow

  • Sep 2018 - May 2019

  Co-designed tools and social experiments to track student's ability to identify their own implicit racial bias. This research will be used to support on-going funding and project support for The Mosaic Institute's UMosaic and Next Generation initiative. Co-designed tools and social experiments to track student's ability to identify their own implicit racial bias. This research will be used to support on-going funding and project support for The Mosaic Institute's UMosaic and Next Generation initiative.



Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner for British Columbia

• Canada
• Government Administration
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Communication Coordinator

  • May 2018 - Sep 2018

  Reviewing and editing policy and guidance documents under PIPA, FIPPA, PIPEDA, and GDPR for publication in provincial legislative archives and for current policy consideration. Co-author of podcast and video series on PIPA regulations for private bodies within British Columbia, to be distributed provincially and available at a national level. Reviewing and editing policy and guidance documents under PIPA, FIPPA, PIPEDA, and GDPR for publication in provincial legislative archives and for current policy consideration. Co-author of podcast and video series on PIPA regulations for private bodies within British Columbia, to be distributed provincially and available at a national level.



Level Justice Canada

• Toronto, Canada Area

• Human Rights Research Fellow

  • Feb 2018 - Apr 2018

  Co-produced 25-page research report on how legal resources can effectively assist Indigenous communities during environmental conflicts. Through this work, practiced contextualizing social change within Canadian legal system. Co-produced 25-page research report on how legal resources can effectively assist Indigenous communities during environmental conflicts. Through this work, practiced contextualizing social change within Canadian legal system.



MTV/Much Music

• Entertainment
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Television Content Creator

  • Oct 2017 - Dec 2017

  Produced weekly video clips in response to topic prompts. Through this work, engaged broad audiences in productive debates about current political issues through a combination of traditional and social media to engage broad audiences. Produced weekly video clips in response to topic prompts. Through this work, engaged broad audiences in productive debates about current political issues through a combination of traditional and social media to engage broad audiences.



She's the First

• United States
• Non-profit Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Summer Intern

  • Jun 2017 - Aug 2017

  Selected as one of six annual summer interns, from across North America, through a competitive interview process. Identified barriers for women’s global education and ways to mitigate these barriers. Specific tasks included co-creating annual funder impact packages and co-organizing corporate sponsorship for annual STF Global Summit. Selected as one of six annual summer interns, from across North America, through a competitive interview process. Identified barriers for women’s global education and ways to mitigate these barriers. Specific tasks included co-creating annual funder impact packages and co-organizing corporate sponsorship for annual STF Global Summit.