I am an Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science. I completed a BA in Political Studies and Comparative Development Studies from Trent University and a MA and PhD in Political Science from Carleton University.
My research focuses on International Political Economy (IPE) and the everyday contexts of global financial practices. My research responds to the questions: What are the various links that connect everyday worlds and global financial markets writ large? What are the cultures that sustain those connections? How might those connections be resisted? Empirically this entails attention to the ways in which financial institutions have used a variety of cultural practices in attempting to mobilize everyday, working-class or 'unbanked' populations. I am also interested in the historical use of culture in the construction and reconstruction of political economic order including cultural forms of resistance. Theoretically, my work is animated by governmentality, cultural economy and post-structuralist methods in IPE. I would welcome supervising graduate students working on critical approaches to IPE, global finance and the cultural analysis of economic life.
This course provides an introduction to the ideas, institutions, and forces which are shaping the new international political economy. It examines the politics of trading blocks such as NAFTA and the EU, North-South relations, and the interactions of markets and states in the global economy. Prerequisite: One of POL S 235, 261 (or 230, 240, or 260) or Department consent.
Winter Term 2022Political questions animating money and finance in Canada and globally, e.g., financialization, financial crises, consumer debt, popular resistance. Prerequisite: Any 200-level POL S course or Department consent.
Fall Term 2021Research design and research methods for Political Science Honors Students. Note: Restricted to Honors Students in Third Year or those with consent of Department.
Winter Term 2022Competing analytical frameworks within international political economy; social and ideological dimensions of governance in a globalized world. Prerequisite: One of POL S 261 (or 260) or Department consent.
Fall Term 2021