About Me

I'm a digger. I enjoy research, rooting out information, and generating knowledge (and sharing it through my teachings or as a hired consultant).

I'm also a builder. I create things. Documents, courses, scripts, educational programs, publishing units, and much more.

I've been described as a unique blend of corporate, strategic, technical, academic, and creative communications and publishing experiences.

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EDUCATION

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Robert Jemison Van de Graaff

I am writing a book on the pioneering experimental physicist and MIT professor and his eponymous particle accelerator.

2014

York University

MA, Science & Technology Studies

Major Research Paper: "Smashing Atoms and Expectations - Entrepreneurial Science and the Dawn of Publicly-Funded High-Tech Venture Capital at Robert J. Van de Graaff's High Voltage Engineering Corporation"

Rabology

As far as I know, I'm the only person anywhere currently studying walking sticks and canes as functional and aesthetic technology.

High-Energy Pioneers of the 19th Century

I'm fascinated by this period of technological development. Tesla, Edison, Fessenden, and other early players in this field. Also have a keen interest in how their technology was marketed.

Steampunk

Culture, art, language, literature... all of it.

2010

York University

BA (Hons.), Professional Writing (Minor: Science & Society).

Summa Cum Laude
President's Medal (Murray G. Ross Award)
Dean's Honour Roll
Master's Honour Roll
Master's Award for Academic Excellence and Outstanding contribution to Vanier College
Deborah Hobson Award for Student Leadership (2007)