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As a researcher in film studies, I am heavily invested in the queer, the taboo, and the culturally maligned. Intellectually, I am drawn to so-called ‘trash’ cinema, bottom-of-barrel, straight-to-video genre works derided as sleaze or exploitation (and certainly never labelled, “Art”). I enjoy rescuing a good ‘bad object’ from academic obscurity, especially when tied to histories of queer, trans, and women’s artmaking and/or representation. Complimentary to these pursuits, I am also invested in the concept of death positivity and how cinema as a form may help us grapple with our own impermanence. 

Academic Training:

Postdoctoral Fellowship, Carleton University (SSHRC funded)

Ph.D, ���ϳԹ���Դ (Vanier CGS and OGS Funded)

Additional Training:

Death Doula (Alua Arthur, Going with Grace)

Academic Interests and Hobbies:

Visual and popular cultures; genre cinemas; horror films & monster movies; death and dying studies; feminist-queer-trans histories of Classical Hollywood; women’s cinema; fan-based reading ; superhero comic books (DC); histories of Eugenic medicine and criminality in the West; curricular design and pedagogical strategies; collaborative research.

Selection of Past and Current Courses:

FILM 217: Film Theory and History

FILM 362: Pornography on Screen

FILM 406: Writing for Funding and Applications

FILM 435: Special Topic in Culture and Representation: Meditations on Death and Dying

Recent and Ongoing Projects:

. Rutgers University Press, 2026.

With de Szegheo Lang, Tamara. “Dreamers of the Day: Uncovering the Lost Lesbian History of 1990’s Canada.” SSHRC Insight Grant. 2026.

With Macdonald, Danielle. “Understanding how the arts cultivate empathy in emerging and early career health care providers.” SSHRC Knowledge Synthesis Grant. 2026.

Past Projects:

The Witch Institute: A Virtual Gathering (���ϳԹ���Դ). Co-organized with Emily Pelstring and Dr. Tamara de Szegheo Lang. August 16-22, 2021.  (SSHRC - Funded)

Selection of Published Work:

With de Szegheo Lang, Tamara and Prerna Subramanian. “Curating Community Networks: Dreamers of the Day (1990) and the Living Archive of 1990’s Lesbian Cinema in Canada.” Feminist Media Histories, vol. 10, no. 2-3, 2024, 283-294.

With de Szegheo Lang, Tamara and Emily Pelstring, eds.  “,” PUBLIC Journal. Issue #69. 2024.

“Dressed to Kill.” . Edited by David Evans Frantz, Christina Linden, and Chris E. Vargas. 2024.

With Courchesne, Jade. “.” In Media Res. 2 Mar 2023. Online, open access.

With Sarah Woodstock. “.” Over*Flow, Flow. 27 Jan 2023. Online, open access.

&�Բ�����;“.” Monstrum – Special Issue: Short-Form Horror: History, Pedagogy, Practice, vol. 5, no. 2, 2023, pp.180-184. Online, open access.

With Nael Bhanji, eds. “.” Journal of Cinema and Media Studies, vol. 61, no. 7, 2022. Online, open access.

With Sarah Woodstock. “Born Queer, Made Evil? Examining ‘Discovery’ and ‘Construction’ as Competing Methodologies of True Crime.” Crime Fiction Studies, vol. 3, no. 1, 2022, pp.42-58.

With Islay Burgess. "The New Border War? An Intergenerational Exchange on Bad Trans Horror Objects." In-Focus Section edited by Laura Horak and Cael Keegan. Journal of Cinema and Media Studies, vol.61, no.2, 2022, pp.188-193.

With Robin McDonald. ".” Graduate Journal for Social Studies, vol.14, no.2, 2018. Online, open access.

".” Transformative Works and Cultures, vol.25, 2017. Online, open access.

University and Community Involvement: Guest panelist for ���ϳԹ���Դ School of Medicine on queer-trans health care practices; frequent collaborator with Dr. Caroline Pukall (Department of Psychology); invited guest speaker at St. Lawrence College by Rachel Dutcher; hospice volunteer; death positivity advocate and educator.