About
I am a PhD candidate at the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Information, where I use computational and statistical methods to study how technology is affecting political communication and the relationship between political actors and the public.
My Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC)-funded doctoral research examines online harassment faced by Canadian politicians as one dimension of these changing political relationships, investigating its forms, impacts, and gendered dimensions. I bring more than a decade of experience working in federal Canadian politics to this research, alongside previous experience as a Researcher at the Pol Comm Tech Lab at the University of Ottawa.
My research has been published in journals such as Social Media + Society, the Canadian Journal of Political Science, and Computational Communication Research. My work and commentary have also been featured in media outlets including The Guardian, Canada’s National Observer, The Conversation, and The Hamilton Spectator.
I hold a Master of Information from the University of Toronto and an Honours Bachelor of Arts with a Double Major in Communication and History from the University of Ottawa.