About
My focus is on the development of modern research methods and discourses within US pop cultural and social history. My intention as a historian is to bring education and inclusion to the forefront of academia and narratives of adaptive education as well. I want to promote positive and inclusive spheres of education that allow for a multitude of voices to provide their experiences when discussing traditional historic discourses. I also hope to promote ideas of adaptive education that strengthen the positions of those with disabilities in academia and public life. I view adaptive technology as the way forward for those who are relegated to othered and marginalized positions by traditional and non-adaptive approaches. Through my work, I want to challenge the boundaries of US cultural history and perceptions of popular culture as a mechanism for understanding minorities within the United States and Canada and their role in influencing positive change within long standing institutions, both public and private. Focus on history as a more public discourse. Education
B.A. Honours in History, Carleton University, 2013-2018: Focus and concentration in American sociocultural and sociopolitical history and discourses on race and protest organization.
M.A. in History, September, 9, 2020-Current: Concentration in US cultural, sports, and rhetorical history. Projects
Broken Bones in the Ivory Tower: Reimagining Wrestling Scholarship
This up-in-coming paper will provide a modern understanding of how traditional scholarly approaches to professional wrestling fail to capture its multi-faceted impact on US culture and discussions of social agency for othered groups.
Behind the Hairpiece: Representations of Donald Trump Within Film and Television
This paper will analyze how pop cultural pieces such as the “South Par Pandemic Special” and “Borat 2” provide a clear and raw understanding of Trump’s rhetorical misuse and destructive tendencies during and prior to the Covid-19 pandemic.
Blood and Lemonade: Conceptions of African-Americans Within Manga and Other Media
This paper examines how properties like Afro Samurai enable discussions of how to redefine the role of the African American and their representation within popular culture and how these properties may provide increased social agency when discussing discourses of violence and the anti-hero.
Localizing an Axis Power: The Toxic Discourses of Dubbing Companies and The US Fear Narrative
This paper will examine how the role of dubbing companies such as “Four Kids” creates discourses of systemic racism against Japanese and other Asian cultures due to strong parental censorship of television during the mid-1980 to the late-1990s in the United States. Sailor Moon, Pokémon, and Yu-Ghi-Oh will be my main case studies for how localization efforts contribute to cultural racism and othering.
