
CREDENTIALS
Area of Focus: The Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL)
Dissertation: Talk About [Men's Perpetration of] Sexual Assault [Against Women]
Specializations: sexual assault, discourse analysis
Thesis: The CSI Effect: Examining CSI's Effects Upon Public Perceptions of Forensic Science
Specializations: criminology, media studies
Department of Justice Studies
I am currently working with a team of academics, clinical experts, and administration on the design and delivery of a blended graduate program in Precision Health out of the Cumming School of Medicine at the University of Calgary. My role involves faculty development, student orientation, and supporting the leads of each of the four specializations, and those involved in the construction and instruction of their courses, to develop teaching and learning materials ranging from course outlines and lesson plans to online learning activities and standalone modules.
I am also working with the Dean of the Faculty of Social Work, a team of faulty members, and graduate students to help reenvision and redesign Social Work's flagship course.
I am working with the Association of Alberta Sexual Assault Services (AASAS) to develop province-wide education and training about sexual harassment in the workplace. This work is done in consultation with AASAS Leadership, a campaign and marketing team, and an sexual assault centre advisory committee.
I have also helped distill AASAS's research, "Prevalance of Sexual Assault and Childhood Sexual Abuse" into a refined presentation that can be delivered in community, to stakeholders, policy-makers, and other professionals and officials.
In conjunction with CEO Danielle Aubry, and the Managers of the Education Team, I worked with CCASA's skilled educators on content development and delivery.
My work at the Taylor Institute for Teaching and Learning specializes in Research and Ethics in Teaching and Learning. I maintained academic oversight of the Teaching and Learning Grants Program (that funds $500k to $1million in teaching and learning grants annually) and lead an impact assessment of the grants program while mentoring graduate student assistants. I consulted with members of the campus community in support of their interests and pursuits in research and teaching and learning, collaborated with colleagues on various initiatives, and conducted independent research.
I designed and implemented a needs assessment that involved surveying and interviewing frontline professionals working in sexual violence across the province of Alberta. The final document, "Improving and Enhancing the Criminal Justice Response to Adult Survivors of Sexual Assault: A Needs Assessment" captured data reflecting the insights of 101 people across the province from seven different fields, working in dozens of largely frontline capacities. The assessment reflected what's working, what's needed, and tensions emergent in participants' observations.
I developed a short video aimed at debunking the misnomer that women can keep men from sexually assaulting them by being more direct and assertive when refusing sex (e.g., by saying "no").
This three-minute video is available here, or by cutting and pasting this into your browser: http://but.ly/AASASrefusals.
The accompanying poster is available here.
I taught a spring course, "Talk About Sexual Assault," that was aimed at critically analyzing and evaluating the ways in which we talk about sexual assault and the implications that follow. In our shared trust and risk-taking, this course proved utterly transformative for me and for many of my students. Their work continues to inspire me to this day.
My course even made it into Maclean Magazine's "Cool Courses" mention in their 2017 University Rankings Issue (see it here).
The course trailer that I designed can be found here.
I have the permission of some of these incredible people to share their work here. Specifically, check out the student work of Felicia Guan, Ingrid Spelay and Ellen White, Harki Dhillon, Steeven Toor, and Gurleen Nijjar, and Kyla Vandersluis.
Coverage of the Case Review can be found by clicking on the text below.
Police reviewing 89 closed sexual assault cases under Philadelphia Model (July 2018)
Calgary's sexual assault 'unfounded' rate plummets under new police protocols (April 2019)
Calgary committee continues to review closed sex assault files under Philadelphia Model pilot (May 2019)
As a Keynote Speaker in 2018, I'm able to leverage both experience and community contacts to help support planning for the 2020 conference.
More information can be found by clicking on the text below.
More information on the SVPAC can be found by clicking on the text below.
Commitment to end sexual violence
I was originally part of the Communications sub-committee. The work of the sub-committees has wrapped up, and I remain part of the broader committee.
More information can be found by clicking on the text below.
Inspiration Awards 2020, Leadership in Prevention of Sexual Violence
Please see here for a full description.
Ministry of Community and Social Services | Government of Alberta
2020 Alumni Achievement Awards
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Mount Royal University | Calgary, AB
2019 The Women's Resource Centre Awards of Execllence
University of Calgary | Calgary, AB
2019 Sundering Silos in Sexual Violence, Team Lead along with teammates Rick Jané (RCMP), Haley Scott (Association of Alberta Sexual Assault Services), Robin Brooks-Sherriff (Alberta Health Services), and Monical Henderson (graduate student)
University of Calgary | Calgary, AB
2017-2019 The Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, Taylor Institute for Teaching and Learning
University of Calgary | Calgary, AB
2007-2010
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada | Government of Canada
2006-2007
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada | Government of Canada
August 2019 | University of Calgary
November 2018 | University of Calgary via the Masterful Facilitation Institute
November 2018 | University of Calgary via the Masterful Facilitation Institute
August 2018 | Shift-It School – Visual Process Work for Groups & Individuals
(Victoria, British Columbia)
October 2017 | University of Calgary
October 2017 | University of Calgary
December 2016 | University of Calgary
November 2016| University of Calgary
October 2016 | University of Calgary
March 2016 | University of Calgary
March 2016 | University of Calgary
February 2016 | University of Calgary
January 2016 | University of Calgary
November 2011 | University of Calgary
March 2009 | University of Calgary
2004, 2005, 2006 | University of Alberta