Research, writing and structure across disciplines.
I am an independent researcher, writer and editor whose work centres on complex material: understanding it, identifying what matters, and turning it into clear, rigorous and usable documents.
Experience that supports complex work.
My professional background spans research, university and post-secondary teaching, scholarly and professional writing, substantive editing, nonprofit grant development, and the analysis and organization of complex documentation.
Across those settings, the recurring work has been similar: defining the real question, locating and evaluating relevant material, recognizing patterns and contradictions, understanding how a field or issue is changing, and communicating the result clearly.
I am particularly comfortable with projects that cross disciplinary, professional or organizational boundaries and do not fit neatly into a single category.
Research, teaching, editing and nonprofit work.
Academic research
Graduate research work has included literature review, knowledge synthesis, research communication, source organization, manuscript development and work on funded university research projects.
Teaching & course design
University and post-secondary teaching experience includes professional communication and writing, justice studies, participatory approaches, post-secondary education and other interdisciplinary subject areas.
Professional editing
Former member of Editors Canada, with experience in scholarly and professional writing, manuscript organization and substantive editing.
Nonprofit experience
Prior NPO grant-writing experience, community-service work and strategic-planning collaboration inform the grant and proposal side of the practice.
CRIAW
Current member of the Canadian Research Institute for the Advancement of Women (CRIAW); former Research Associate.
Publications & presentations
Peer-reviewed and other publications, conference papers, invited workshops and scholarly presentations form part of a broader history of research and professional writing.
Transdisciplinary by approach.
My research orientation is transdisciplinary and community-engaged. I work across disciplinary boundaries and, where appropriate, integrate scholarly, professional, organizational and lived-experience perspectives.
I am interested in the relationships among sources rather than treating research as a collection of isolated findings. That includes attention to context, methodological differences, foundational and current literature, changes in terminology or theory, competing interpretations, and emerging developments within a field.
The purpose is not to flatten complexity. It is to produce work that is well supported, clearly structured and useful to the people who need to understand or act on it.
Work that informs the present practice.
Knowledge synthesis and literature review
Graduate research roles at the University of Regina and University of Guelph included knowledge-synthesis, literature-review, research-summary and manuscript-development work on funded projects.
University and post-secondary instruction
Sessional teaching and course design included professional communication and writing, justice studies, educational psychology, post-secondary education and interdisciplinary professional subject areas.
Scholarly and professional writing
Experience includes manuscript organization and editing, peer-reviewed writing, conference papers, literature-based reports and longer-form scholarly work.
Grant and organizational work
Prior NPO grant-writing experience is complemented by nonprofit board and strategic-planning work.
Research, writing and analysis developed across academic and professional settings.
My work has included sole-authored research, published analysis, invited conference presentations, university teaching and course development, and substantial qualitative and transdisciplinary research. Across those settings, the recurring work has been similar: defining the real question, working through complex bodies of material, identifying relationships and tensions in the evidence, and developing a clear structure for communicating what the research shows.
Selected work includes invited presentations to CASAE East and COHERE, published research in the Journal of Integrated Studies, and doctoral research at the University of Regina.
CASAE East 2017 — Invited Presenter
Victimology and Survivor Studies Landscape of Practice: Critical Perspectives in the Development of Victimology Pedagogy.
COHERE 2015 — Invited Presenter
Victimology Education in Canada — Increasing Access through Distance and Flexible Learning.
Journal of Integrated Studies, 2015
Victim Narratives and Therapeutic Justice. Sole-authored published research and analysis.
Doctoral Research, University of Regina
Transdisciplinary qualitative research integrating academic, professional, community-based and lived-experience knowledge.
Formal training behind the work.
I hold a PhD in Education from the University of Regina and a Master of Arts in Integrated Studies from Athabasca University.
My doctoral research used a transdisciplinary, community-engaged framework and required the integration of literature from multiple academic disciplines with contributions from practitioners, community organizations and individuals across Canada.
The value of that work to my current practice lies less in one subject area than in the research method it demanded: working across bodies of knowledge, recognizing differing forms of expertise, preserving context, and building a coherent analysis from complex material.
Based in Canada. Not limited by geography.
The practice is remote by default and open to suitable projects internationally. Many research questions and fields of study are themselves international or transnational in scope.