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
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.
London, Ontario, Canada
PhD—Theory and Criticism
Decolonial Theory and Space exploration