I am a graduate of the Bachelor of Arts with a Major in Liberal Studies program at Capilano University. In my undergraduate academic career, I focused my coursework in the fields of Women’s and Gender Studies, Anthropology, and English. My passion, however, was in feminist scholarship. To date, I have investigated and/or written research papers on: emergent masculinities, cross-cultural perspectives on fatherhood, the male initiation rites of the Sambia of Papua New Guinea, black masculinity in the film Moonlight (incorporating queer theory), masculinity in the Canadian workplace, queer masculinity, machismo in the film Y Tu Mamá También, representations of masculinity in contemporary Western art, and “traditional” and contemporary gender roles among First Nations and/or Indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest Coast. 

In Spring 2020, I completed my Graduating Project entitled Gender(ed) Experiences at Capilano University. This qualitative research project explores how Capilano University students’ experiences are influenced by their gender identities and expressions, and other intersecting categories like race, class, or ability.