education

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) | York University, Cinema & Media Studies (2025—)

Master of Arts (MA) | University of Toronto, Cinema Studies Institute (2023-24)

  • MA Thesis: “Crisis of Configuration: Pubescence and Institutional Surveillance in Lucile Hadzihalilovic’s Innocence” (Supervised by Dr. Lauren Cramer)

Bachelor of Arts (BA) | University of Toronto, Cinema Studies & English (2018-22)

teaching assistantships

CMA-1400: Film Art: An Introduction | Department of Cinema & Media Arts, York University

CIN410H5: Creating Mobile Cinemas | Department of Visual Studies, University of Toronto

VCC290H5: Visualizing Public Shame | Department of Visual Studies, University of Toronto

VCC390H5: Immigration and Digitization | Department of Visual Studies, University of Toronto

CIN211H1: Science Fiction Film | Cinema Studies Institute, University of Toronto

CIN210H1: Horror Film | Cinema Studies Institute, University of Toronto

lectures + symposiums

YES, THIS IS A LANDMARK! An Affective Archive of Variety Photoplays | Queer & Trans Negativity Symposium, University of Toronto (May 2026)

Intermedial Art-Making in The Mystery of Picasso | AMPD-Sensorium Graduate Symposium, York University (Mar 2026)

CIN369HI Critical Writing on Film: “Criticism Shop Talk” | Cinema Studies Institute, University of Toronto (Nov 2025)

YES, THIS IS A LANDMARK! An Affective Archive of Variety Photoplays | Sex Salon, Mark S. Bonham Centre for Sexual Diversity Studies (Apr 2024)

The Critical Function w/ Jonathan Rosenbaum, Thomas Quist, Adam Nayman, Saffron Maeve, & Lawrence Garcia | Innis College (Apr 2024)

CINSSU Film Criticism Panel w/ Adam Nayman, Saffron Maeve, Alicia Fletcher, & Erika Balsom | Innis Town Hall (Mar 2024)

awards

Ontario Graduate Scholarship | York University (2026-27)

Franc & Mary Joubin Bursary Fund | York University (2026)

The Susan Crocker and John Hunkin Graduate Scholarship in the Fine Arts | York University (2025-26)

Samuel James Stubbs Fellowship | University College, University of Toronto (2021)

associateships

Centre for Feminist Research, York University (2025—)

Sensorium: Centre for Digital Arts and Technology, York University (2025—)

non-academy courses

A new science of the Word: the genius of Sylvia Wynter | The School of Making Thinking (2026)

Non-Conforming Criticisms Lab | Live Art Writers Network, performingborders (2025-26)