Biographical Statement

[Link to CV]

I am an Associate Professor in the Department of Language and Literacy Education at the University of British Columbia. My current research interests are digital literacy, secondary literary education, and digital humanities. My research work is related to these areas and is discussed here. I completed an interdisciplinary doctorate in the Departments of English and Secondary Education at the University of Alberta (2001) under the tutelage of David Miall (English and Film Studies) and Margaret Mackey (School of Library and Information Studies).

I teach a variety of undergraduate and graduate courses at the University of British Columbia. I have also taught introductory English literature and composition courses and have guest lectured in numerous sixteenth- and seventeenth-century English literature classes for the Department of English, University of Alberta (1996-1999). In the early to mid-1990's I was a high school teacher in the Canadian school system specializing in senior-level English.

Outside of my work in the field of education, I spend my time parenting my two sons and participating in a variety of outdoor sports.

Photos, old and new:

The Globe Theatre, London, 1996. This photo was one of a series taken by the BBC in the process of constructing a QuickTime virtual reality tour of the theatre. The tour was included on two CD-ROMs designed for a distance course on Shakespeare offered through the Open University, England. I am seated at right. More information about this project, and links to sample tours of the Globe, are available here.