In 2024 I earned by PhD from the London School of Economics, where I am now a visiting fellow in the Gender Studies Department and the Firoz Lalji Institute. 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.

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.

For updates, you can follow me on Instagram and Bluesky.

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