I recently earned by PhD from the London School of Economics, where I also worked as a research officer. My doctoral thesis examines the persistence and disruption of structural power in the wake of reforms to gendered violence laws. A summary can be read here. I am an incoming Visiting Fellow at the LSE.

Since March of 2024 I’ve been working part-time as a tech reporter at the Bureau of Investigative Journalism and spend the rest of my time on my academic research, freelance, and creative work. I am still available for research consulting at this time.

Prior to joining the LSE, I completed my BA at McGill University and my MA at the University of Toronto. I have worked on gender, inequality, and criminal-legal research projects in Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom, Nigeria, South Africa, Pakistan, and Ethiopia. I am comfortable working in both English and French, and am at a B1 level in Spanish.

I am primarily an ethnographer but I am also competent in quantitative research and analysis. I have a working knowledge of Python (programming language) and OSINT methodologies.

As a journalist, I write about justice systems, gender, and information environments/influence operations. My photos often appear alongside my written work.

My creative practice includes essays, fiction, and visual art. I am slowly building a portfolio here.

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