Welcome!

I am a Professor in the School of Professional Communication at Toronto Metropolitan University (TMU) where I teach urban media, cross-cultural communication, knowledge translation, science communication and communication for social change.

My current research and creative practice focuses on the politics of underwater sound. Through archival research and audiovisual installations, I explore the intertwined histories of ocean science, nuclear imperialism and environmental sensing infrastructures. I’m particularly interested in the way ocean sound became, quite suddenly, an object of intense military and scientific concern in the twentieth century, and the ways in which military, scientific and environmentally-engaged organizations and communities struggled to capture, interpret and use it for a range of sometimes conflicting ends.

I’ve also held several administrative positions in The Creative School at TMU, including Graduate Program Director of the Master of Professional Communication Program, Chair of the School of Professional Communication, Acting Associate Dean of Graduate and Undergraduate Education, and Interim Chair of the School of Image Arts.