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I finished my PhD in Geography* in 2021. I love research and writing, and I’m good at both**, but over the course of the PhD program I found myself frustrated with the slow pace of academic research.

Prior to graduate school I worked full time in the Portland Opera costume shop. I loved that creative, collaborative, often unpredictable environment!

My unique background has produced a strange hybrid creature: I am more flexible and creative than the average academic, and more data-driven and exacting than the average creative.

I am grateful to live and work on the traditional and unceded lands of the lək̓ʷəŋən speaking peoples, today known as the Esquimalt and Songhees Nations, Malahat, Pacheedaht, Scia’new, T’Sou-ke, W̱SÁNEĆ (Pauquachin, Tsartlip, Tsawout, Tseycum) peoples.

creativity • curiosity • collaboration • 

creativity • curiosity • collaboration • 

creativity • curiosity • collaboration • 

creativity • curiosity • collaboration • 

creativity • curiosity • collaboration • 

*My PhD is in Geography.

Most Americans associate “geography” with junior high social studies classes or Arrested Development’s bumbling Buster Bluth.

In the real world, at the university level, Human Geography is a social science that prioritizes situated, spatial analyses of social dynamics.

**grad school highlights

I’ve conducted original mixed-methods research including qualitative, quantitative, and archival research.

My doctorate was funded by the Deans Distinguished University Fellowship and my masters was funded by the prestigious Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowship.

In 2020 I was awarded the Alexander B. Murphy Dissertation Award – a national award in political geography. And in 2021 I was accepted to the competitive American Studies Association Conference as a junior scholar with a solo-authored paper from an outside discipline.

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These are a few of my favorite things:

Vintage fashion

Storytelling

Tea

Opera

Crosswords

Costume design

Queer community

My hearing aids

Topiary

Long bike rides

The good pens

Annie Boots

Libraries

Fiber arts

Black Mountain College

Skiing

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