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Education 

  • Master of Arts in Art History, University of British Columbia, began in September 2016 (expecting completion in August 2018)
  • Bachelor of Arts, Honors (Major in Art History, Minor in Economics), University of British Columbia, graduated in April 2016
  • Primary areas of research: social media, social media based artists, popular culture, branding, marketing, digital surveillance

Recognition and Awards 

  • Master’s Scholarship, University of British Columbia, $7,500 – 2017
  • The Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council Grant (SSHRC), $17,500 – 2016
  • Entrance Scholarship, University of British Columbia, $2,500 – 2009

Conference Presentations 

  • Conference of the Universities Art Association of Canada, Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity, October 2017: Co-chair, “Fashion, Capital, Time.”
  • Opposition Book Fundraiser, Ace Hotel, Los Angeles, August 2017, Panel Moderator, “What is Your Opposition? – Conversations with Creative Women in a Trump Presidency.”
  • 17th Annual Interdisciplinary Graduate Student Conference, University of British Columbia, May 2017: “Social Media Based Artists: Instagram’s Not-So-Secret Society.”
  • 42nd Annual History of Art and Architecture Graduate Student Association Symposium, University of California, Santa Barbara, April 2017: “The Evolution of Celebrity – The Art of Andy Warhol and Kim Kardashian.”
  • 40th Annual AHVA Graduate Symposium, University of British Columbia, March 2017: “Beyond the Screen: The SMBA’s Fight Between Creativity of Control on Instagram.”​
  • 12th Annual Undergraduate Art History Symposium, University of British Columbia, April 2016: “#Branded – Christie’s In the Age of Digital Image Circulation.”
  • Arts Undergraduate Society (AUS) Humanities and Social Sciences Conference, University of British Columbia, January 2016: “The Cult of Coolness: How Corporations are Leveraging Artists and the Social Media Generation.”
  • The F Word Conference, University of British Columbia, May 2015: “How Mixed Martial Arts and The UFC Are Invoking Feminist Thought.”

Publications