I am an Associate Professor at the University of Melbourne in English Literary Education and Cultural Studies. 

Current Projects:

I co-direct the Literary Education Lab, an international collective housed at the University of Melbourne that focuses on the role of literature and stories as sites of knowledge and interdisciplinary connection. Our (2024-2026) Australian Research Council Linkage Grant Reading Climate centres Indigenous climate fiction and climate justice education in secondary English classrooms, and interdisciplinary collaboration across the curriculum. My latest collaborative project (2026-2029) is an ARC Discovery Grant entitled 'Slow emergencies, policy change, and hopeful futures for young people.' This project will address youth voice in collaboration with policy makers across four Australian states. 

From 2022-2025, I held an Australian Research Council DECRA Fellowship: my project was called Speculative Futures. The project investigated speculative fiction stories as tools for thinking about the world on the themes of technology, sustainability, and social justice. Project participants included 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. 

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.