Research Interests

I am an urban geographer and an academic mother. Being an academic and a mommy are both labours of love! My teaching and research interests focus on the social, spatial, and material dimensions of cities and urbanization processes. My current theoretical and empirical preoccupations focus on urban dimensions relating to digital futures and policy mobilities. My research brings a critical feminist lens to current scholarly and policy discussions on smart cities by highlighting questions of care and social infrastructure in relation to the production of technocratic urbanism.

My writing and teaching interweave critical social, urban, and cultural theory to examine sociospatial inequities in regions. Along my scholarly travels, I investigated the politics of road entertainment and struggling mobilities of fairground travelers in Southern Italy; traced Bruce Springsteen’s tracks through his songwriting in his search for place and identity; and closer to home (Toronto), examined articulations of neoliberal urbanism by specifically looking at metropolitan governance and social housing issues, and regional and place-based social movements in North America.

My pedagogical approach—guided by an ethic of care—seeks to help students realize their scholarly and professional potential by giving equal attention to classroom instruction, intellectual training, and mentorship. I am committed to student-centered accessible education and creating experiential learning opportunities for students.