Academic interests
Children's media and digital participation; media and cultural studies; practice theory and mediatization research; posthumanism and feminism studies; multimodal analysis and semiotics
Background
My past work has been informed by asking how and why young people engage with media, and how culturally-rooted ideas surrounding digital technology and social media influence attitudes towards children's media education, access, and participation. I am also very interested in shifting social perceptions of young people, as well as how young people themselves understand their agency and selfhoods within an increasingly connected communicative landscape.
My current project aims to frame these concerns within the broader field of mediatization through the close analysis of young people's media practices on and around TikTok, the app.
Education
International Master of Arts (Children's Literature, Media and Culture), University of Glasgow (Scotland), Aarhus University (Denmark), University of Wrocław (Poland), 2021
Bachelor of Arts (Communication Studies, English Literature, Intermedia Arts), Concordia University, Montreal (Canada), 2014
Awards
Awarded Erasmus Mundus Joint Masters Degree Scholarship, 2019
Projects
- Queer Me (or The Queer Games Library) ; co-founder ; digital archive of games which offer queer perspectives for young people ; Home | Queer Me - The Queer Games Library
- CLMC Alumni Association ; founding member ; CLMC Alumni Association
- Hans Christian Andersen Award Spotlight ; shadow researcher ; Angele Delaunois: Optimism and Hope for Children Young and Old
Positions Held
Copy Editor and Writer, Mint Creative Marketing, Glasgow, 2022
Musical Theatre Teacher, Pauline Quark Academy for the Performing Arts, Glasgow, 2018-2022
Academic Editor, MDPI International, 2020-2021
Client Liaison Officer, FCAS ltd, Glasgow, 2018-2019
Special Education Needs and Development Consultant, British International School of Kuala Lumpur, 2015-2017
Program Coordinator, Montreal Children's Library, 2013-2015