ABOUT

I am an Associate Professor at the University of Melbourne in English literary education, cultural studies, and arts methods.

From 2022-2025, I hold an Australian Research Council DECRA Fellowship: my project is called Speculative Futures. The project investigates speculative fiction stories as tools for thinking about the world on the themes of technology, sustainability, and social justice. Project participants include high school English students and teachers in Australia, Canada, and the United Kingdom, and transdisciplinary scholars who engage with speculative fictions in their own research.

Additionally, I co-direct the Literary Education Lab. Our diverse projects intersect around the significance of literary texts in English secondary education, the place of literature in qualitative research methodologies, and the relationship between literary education and racial and social justice. Our (2024-2026) Australian Research Council Linkage Grant Reading Climate focuses on Indigenous climate fiction and climate justice education in secondary English classrooms, and interdisciplinary collaboration across the curriculum.

My other past/current collaborations include:

Oblique Curiosities: an electronic glitch folk duo.

WalkingLab: a SSHRC-funded international network of artists and researchers interested in walking as a critical research methodology and research-creation.

Hamilton Perambulatory Unit: artists and writers who orchestrate participatory events to explore walking in conjunction with artistic practices.

I can be reached through social media and at my University of Melbourne email.