Highlights
Service
Massey College, University of Toronto (April 2025 to date)
Don of Hall – Elected senior leadership position responsible for overseeing the intellectual and social life of the College’s Junior Fellowship; provides strategic direction for student governance; represents the Fellowship in College and University-wide administration, and leads initiatives that strengthen academic community and institutional engagement.Ex-Officio Member, Governing Board, Massey College (April 2025 to date)
Chair, House Committee (April 2025 to date)
Chair, Junior Common Room (April 2025 to date)
Founder & Executive Director (January 2023 to date)
The Persistence Project
COMMITTEE ACTIVITIES
Massey College, University of Toronto
Member, House Committee (April 2024 to date)
Chair, Lionel Massey Fund Committee (April 2024 to date)
Chair, Yearbook Committee (October 2023 to March 2024)Ontario Institute for the Study of Higher Education (OISE)
Leadership, Higher and Adult Education (LHAE) Departmental Students Association
Associate Vice-President, Academic (September 2022 to April 2024)
OISE Graduate Students’ Association
Committee Member, Finance Committee (September 2024 to date)Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE)
Committee Member, Council on Public Policy in Higher Education (CPPHE)Canadian Society for the Study of Higher Education (CSSHE)
Committee Member, Nominations Committee (2024-date)
Graduate Student Representative, Awards Committee (2024)Canadian Society for the Study of Higher Education 2024 Conference (November 2023 to June 2024)
Program Chair: Methods, Theories, and Technologies
CONFERENCE/EVENT ORGANIZATION
American Educational Research Association (AERA)
Session Discussant, Challenges and Opportunities in Measurement and Assessment in Higher Education
Session Chair, Navigating Access and Equity in Higher Education: Financial Aid, Enrollment Policies, and Pathways to College Success
Session Discussant, Pathways to Success: Exploring Student Outcomes, Equity, and Institutional Practices in Higher Education
Session Chair, The Psychosocial Dimensions of Academic Achievement for CollegiansAssociation for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE)
Session Chair, Global Approaches to Higher Education Access and FinanceCanadian Society for the Study of Higher Education 2024 Conference
Conference Organizer & French Translator (November 2023 to June 2024)Walter Gordon Symposium on the Role of the Academy in Public Policy
Symposium Organizer (December 2023 to March 2024) (Livestream)Nina Bascia Educational Policy Symposium
Conference Organizer (November 5th, 2022; November 4th 2023)
PEER REVIEW ACTIVITIES
Manuscript Review
Journal of Canadian Studies, University College (Managing Editor)
Journal of Diversity in Higher Education (JDHE)
Critical Perspectives in Education and Policy (CPEP)Conference Review
American Educational Research Association (AERA)
Division D Measurement and Research Methodologies:
Educational Measurement, Psychometrics, and Assessment (10)
Multi-Method and Mixed Methods (10)
Division J Postsecondary Education:
College Student Access, Trajectories, and Transitions (10)
Accessing College Student Success and Impact (10)
SIG – Critical Quantitative Methodologies (10)
SIG – Qualitative Research (10)
SIG – Fiscal Issues, Policy, and Educational Finance (10)
Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE)
Policy, Finance & Economics (2)
Research Methods (1)
Undergraduate Students: Access (2)
Canadian Society for the Study of Higher Education (CSSHE)
Methods, Theories & Technologies (10)
Nina Bascia Educational Policy Symposium (NBEPS)
OISE Graduate Student Research Conference (GSRC)
PUBLICATION/EDITORIAL ACTIVITIES
Associate Editor, Policy Briefs (September 2024 to date)
Public Scholarship Collaborative, Graduate School of Education, Stanford University
Managing Editor (January to April 2024)
Journal of Canadian Studies, University CollegeStaff Writer & Copyeditor (October 2023 to date)
The Varsity, University of TorontoEditor-in-Chief (2016-2020)
Stephanos Publication, Trinity College, University of Toronto
RESEARCH
Research Affiliate & Fulbright Visiting Scholar (September 2023 to date)
Pathways Network, Graduate School of Education, Stanford UniversityResearch Affiliate, Sociology of Education (January 2024 to date)
Sociology of Education Research Group, The Canadian Sociological AssociationResearch Affiliate, Comparative and International Development Education (September 2021-June 2022)
Immigration and Refugee Research Group, Comparative, International and Development Education Centre, University of TorontoCompliance Researcher, Sexual Violence in Conflict (September 2019 to June 2020)
G7 Research Group, Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy, University of TorontoCompliance Researcher, Climate Change Innovation (September 2019 to June 2020)
G20 Research Group, Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy, University of Toronto
CREATIVE OUTPUTS & PUBLIC SCHOLARSHIP
Stanford Public Scholarship Collaborative (September 2024-date)
“The Living Dead”: A Necropolitical Lens of Higher Education’s Institutionally Sanctioned Violence against Black and Brown Student Leaders
Collaboration with Dr. Wendy Cavendish and Dr. Deborah PerezMassey College, Junior Common Room (JCR) Podcast (November 2023-date)
The Past, Present, and Future of Higher Education
Interview with Dr. George Fallis, Professor Emeritus of Economics at York UniversityBuilding Community Through Journalism
Interview with Jodesz Gavilan, 2023 Marshall McLuhan FellowWhere, When, and Why are the Boondocks?
Interview with Dr. Adrian de Leon, author of Bundok: A Hinterland History of Filipino America & Assistant Professor of History at New York UniversityWhat Could a University Be? Revolutionary Ideas for the Future
Interview with Professor Robert Gibbs, author of What Could a University Be & Professor of Philosophy at the University of Toronto
Host, New Books in Education Podcast, New Books Network (February 2024-date)
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS & AFFILIATIONS
Association for Education Finance and Policy (AEFP)
Comparative and International Education Society (CIES)
American Studies Association (ASA)
American Sociological Association (ASA)
American Educational Research Association (AERA)
Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE)
Canadian Society for the Study of Higher Education (CSSHE)
Canadian Sociology Association (CSA)
Canadian Association of College and University Student Services (CACUSS)
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