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My dissertation focuses on feminist philosophy, moral philosophy, and applied ethics. It is an integrated article thesis, meaning the chapters focus on discrete but related issues.

The first chapter of my dissertation focuses on privilege and attempts to provide general accounts of privilege in philosophical literature. My second chapter analyzes feminist relational theory and issues relating to how it addresses privilege. The third chapter focuses on vaccine hesitancy and early childhood vaccinations.

From 2018 - 2019, I was a research assistant for the Time to Attach project, which calls for equal EI parental leave benefits for adoptive parents, kin, and customary caregivers in Canada. I was responsible for researching psychological literature on attachment theory.

I am a co-author on the Time to Attach report, completed for Adopt4Life: Ontario’s Adoptive Parent Association and the Adoption Council of Canada. The report calls for the creation of a 15-week “attachment leave” for parents and caregivers to support families grown through adoption, kinship, or customary care.

I attended meetings with federal MPs from every major political party in Ottawa in October 2018 and April-May 2019 to advocate for the policy changes suggested in the report above.

I also managed the website and social media accounts for the project, which included networking with community partners and the promotion of the survey portion of the report across social media platforms.

In 2023, MP Rosemarie Falk introduced a private member’s bill to amend the Employment Insurance Act and the Canada Labour Code (Bill C-318), which succeeded several readings in the House of Commons. The Federal Government implemented some relevant changes in Bill C-59 (see Division 12), which received Royal Assent in June 2024.

I have two publications that discuss philosophical themes and issues in pop culture.

The first is a chapter titled “‘I will never, ever turn my back on people who need me’: Repairing the World Through Care” in Avatar: The Last Airbender and Philosophy: Wisdom From Aang to Zuko (edited by Helen De Cruz and Johan De Smedt), published in 2022. It explores care ethics in the universe of Avatar: The Last Airbender.

The second is a co-authored chapter with Melanie Rosen, titled “Woah, That’s Deep! Tool and Pseudophilosophy” in ‘90s Alternative and Philosophy: Modern Rock Meditations (edited by Joshua Heter and Richard Greene), published in 2026. This chapter investigates the philosophical depth of Tool lyrics.