Research, Publications, & Awards

I have done research on working with men since 2014 and have co-authored several studies:

• A survey for men: Exploring well-being, healthy relationships, and violence prevention. Journal of Men’s Studies. Findings from the Alberta Men’s Survey

• Transforming masculinities through cross-cultural collaboration: Reflections on building a community of practice framework. (2023). Journal of Participatory Research Methods.

• A Center For Men: An approach to engaging men in wellness and healthy relationships (under review) American Journal of Men’s Health.

• Engaging white men in allyship for structural change: A systematic review. (2023) Journal of Men’s Studies.

• Book review: Ben Almassi, Non-toxic: Masculinity, allyship, and feminist philosophy. (2023) Men and Masculinities.

• My doctoral dissertation examining white men’s allyship (2022).

• Interrogating White men’s allyship: Implications of performativity for qualitative methodologies. (2022). Qualitative Inquiry.

I have contributed to studies that examined how to DO anti-racism in the community and in the context of social work education and co-authored several studies:

• Student experiences of Anti-Black racism at the University of Calgary (forthcoming) Advances in Social Work.

• Decolonizing social work education and practice with students and community stakeholders: A case example from University of Calgary. Smith College Studies in Social Work

• White entitlement in anti-racism and anti-colonism (2020) In White benevolence: Racism and colonial violence in the helping professions

• Whose ethics? Implications for community-engaged research with immigrant and newcomer serving organizations. (Under Review) Engaged Scholar Journal: Community-Engaged Research, Teaching, and Learning.

I worked with the Alberta Network of Immigrant women, and the Newcomer Knowledge Hub where I examined racialized women’s experiences of discrimination and racism in hiring practices and the potential of allies to contribute to organizational change. At the Newcomer Knowledge Hub I lead the Southern Alberta Newcomer Research Network and an institutional ethnography that examined how neo-liberal policy eroded service delivery and advocacy for newcomers.

I worked as a research and evaluation manager with several feminist organizations supporting women experiencing domestic violence and sexual exploitation/ sex work. Building on this experience, I partnered with Mario Rolle to work with Indigenous and Black African Nova Scotian youth to adapt an trafficking prevention curriculum to be culturally relevant for the White Ribbon Campaign, a leader in engaging men in the prevention of violence against women in Canada. This work resulted in one brief report that critiqued the moral panic of youth risk and instead advocates for the promotion of healthy relationship skills:

• Where are minors initially contacted for sexual exploitation grooming in North America? Implications for prevention programming. (2024). Trauma, Violence, and Abuse

I have been very grateful to be recognized and supported through the following competitive awards:

Social Science & Humanities Research Council:

• Postdoctoral Fellow (2025-2027)

• Connections Grant (2024)

• Joseph Armand-Bombardier Canada Graduate Doctoral Scholarship (2019-2022)

Teaching Awards:

• Kelly Outstanding New Teacher Award, Royal Roads University