About Me

My research uses anti-colonial feminist science praxis, reproductive justice, and disability justice frameworks to analyze the technical infrastructure, data cultures, and scientific knowledge of US scientific research programs on Mars, particularly around issues of computer vision, artificial intelligence, human and machine autonomy, and the material histories and structures of coloniality. I also maintain an active research agenda in feminist pedagogy. You can learn more about my research here.

I am currently an Assistant Professor - Provost’s Fellow in Comparative Studies at The Ohio State University. Prior to joining the Department of Comparative Studies at OSU, I was a Lecturer at Stanford University in the Program in Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, teaching courses in Feminist Science and Technology Studies and women of color feminist theory. I received my PhD in Cultural Studies with emphases in Science and Technology Studies and Feminist Theory and Research from the University of California, Davis, where I was a Dean’s Distinguished Graduate Fellow. I hold a Master of Information degree from the Faculty of Information in the iSchool at the University of Toronto, and an undergraduate degree in Philosophy with Distinction from Simon Fraser University (Canada). Alongside my academic career, I have experience doing social justice organizing, research, policy development, and board governance with community-based reproductive justice and community health organizations in Toronto, Canada and across the Bay Area, California.

I am passionate about disability justice, and work with a trained service dog, Rosalie. We’re working on meeting all of life’s challenges and learning to thrive, together! You can read more about our work and adventures here.