Experience

Ajah

• Canada
• Business Consulting and Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Sr Manager, Data and Technology Consulting

  • Feb 2023 - Present

  Toronto, Ontario, Canada

• Manager, Knowledge Management

  • Sep 2022 - Feb 2023

  Montreal, Quebec, Canada



University of Toronto

• Canada
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Lecturer

  • Sep 2010 - Aug 2022

  Toronto, Ontario, Canada Since 2010 I have taught in a variety of units at the University of Toronto. Despite diverse topics, my dual pedagogical focus has been on the digital humanities and experiential education, especially in an outdoor setting. In all settings, my greatest satisfaction is in teaching students to do things they never imagined they would be capable of, whether that means coding, navigating river rapids, or hiking Himalayan trails. At present, most of my teaching takes place in the History… Show more Since 2010 I have taught in a variety of units at the University of Toronto. Despite diverse topics, my dual pedagogical focus has been on the digital humanities and experiential education, especially in an outdoor setting. In all settings, my greatest satisfaction is in teaching students to do things they never imagined they would be capable of, whether that means coding, navigating river rapids, or hiking Himalayan trails. At present, most of my teaching takes place in the History Department and in the Program in Digital humanities. Show less



Mercey Family

• Supermom

  • 2006 - Feb 2021

  Hang out the laundry, make breakfast, get the kids out the door, go shopping, get the kids to climbing/music/art class/skating/birthday parties/&c., bring in the laundry, bake muffins/cookies/cinnamon buns, make dinner, read to the li'l one, pass out.



Upcycle Community Computing

• Founder/Chief Instructor

  • Sep 2005 - Jul 2013

  I run a variety of computer education projects centred on computer recycling and Free Software. Among other things, I build computers from salvage with primary school kids and tenants of social housing, build computer centres for the same, teach basic computer skills to very low-income people from diverse backgrounds, and teach programming (mostly using Scratch or its derivatives) to kids.



University of Toronto

• Canada
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Assistant Professor

  • 2001 - 2007

  I was a professor: I taught classes, helped students, organized lectures, wrote about science and technology, their histories, and some philosophical problems they throw up.



Max Planck Institute for History of Science

• Postdoc

  • 1999 - 2001

  Moral Authority of Nature Project, and other rocket science



Cornell University STS Department

• Postdoctoral Fellow

  • Aug 1998 - Jul 1999



University of Cambridge

• United Kingdom
• Research Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Research Assistant

  • 1990 - 1991

  Research Assistant for Simon Schaffer and the Cambridge Physics History Group, did archival research and designed a simple prosopographical database.