Critical Space Theorist and Educator.
CV
Professional Summary
Educator • Strategic Advisor • Interdisciplinarian
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Award winning Interdisciplinary Educator with 8+ years of experience in public speaking, instruction, and facilitation in a university environment.
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Postdoctoral Researcher with expertise in decolonial practices and space exploration. Experienced in communications, project planning and execution. Focused and adept at analysis, forecasting, and consulting.
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Consultant within international partners and networks.
Skills
Teaching Facilitation Interdisciplinary theory and methods
Project Coordination Space Policy Analysis
Conflict Resolution Collaboration Creativity Critical Thinking
Problem Solving Public Speaking
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Work Experience
Open University
Milton Keynes, UK Sept 2022 – Current
• Postdoctoral Researcher
Delaware State University
Dover, DE Jan 2022 – May 2022
• Contract Professor
Introduction to Interdisciplinary Theory and Methods
The University of Western Ontario
London, ON Sept 2014 – May 2020
• Graduate Instructor
Introduction to Women’s Studies
Introduction to Social Theory
Communications for Engineers
Introduction to Globalization and Global Politics
Religious Studies and Film PSAC Local 610, London, ON February 2018 – August 2020
2018-2019
Program Manager -Western University
Wellness Education Centre
Promoted to the role of coordinator to supervise the wellness space on campus during organizational restructuring with the objective of creating a swift and easy transition plan. Managed and mentored 25+ staff members during their intensive training while overseeing various wellness projects across campus. This role required strategic vision and a varied organizational skill set. From event planning, such as Bell Let’s Talk, to coordinating wellness initiatives across campus, the portfolio involved community and university stakeholders and relations, campus-wide engagement, and student education programing.
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Managed a diverse group of student volunteers, training them to facilitate wellness discussion and education.
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Increased social media engagement by 80% from the previous year while producing social media content on a daily and weekly basis.
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Coordinated seven successful educational campaigns over course of the academic year while increasing student engagement through workshops, events, and workgroups.
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Collaborated with 10+ campus and community groups to promote wellness through lectures, workshops, and events, such as group counseling, therapy dogs, and student groups.
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Developed five distinct wellness education collections while maintaining seven other collections totaling over twenty thousand resources available to students and the community.
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Developed and implemented the yearly strategic plan making sure that it fit with both the new Western Experience strategic plan and the transition plan for the Centre itself.
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As this position was phased out under the new strategic plan, I took the opportunity to finish my PhD.
Education
2014-2020
Western University
2012-2014
DePaul University
Chicago, Illinois, USA
MA—Social and Political Thought
Feminist and Marxist Theories
Areas of Teaching and Research Expertise
Social Theory; Decolonial Theory; Political Theory; Gender Studies; Sociology; American Space History; Political Economy; International Relations​; Space Futures; Decolonial Futures;
Space Policy; Problem-Solving; Critical Thinking; Creative Thinking
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Decoloniality; Space Futures; Marxism; Ecofeminism; Cosmism; American Cosmological Orders; Architecture; Design; Governance; Community; Space Policy; Committee for the Future.
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London, Ontario, Canada
PhD—Theory and Criticism
Decolonial Theory and Space exploration