Librarian. Occassional Historian. Personal webpage.
I grew up in Windsor, Ontario, Canada, a stone's throw from Detroit, Michigan. I studied History at the University of Windsor and McGill University in Montreal. In September 2016, I moved to London, Canada to study at Western University. From May to December 2017 I worked at the University of Waterloo. I am currently a Librarian at the New College of Florida. Though I divide my time between Windsor and Sarasota, I feel most at home in Essex County.
This is a preprint of my article published in Gender & History 29.2, July, 2017. Please cite the version of record. He brought me round to the back of the...
2018, Jan 09 — 47 minute readThe purpose of measurement is to abstract a complex thing into a series of figures that can be arranged and rearranged. Despite the fundamentally flawed nature of some processes of...
2017, Jul 28 — 4 minute read‡A note about this post: it starts off slow, but it picks up towards the end. The first Strategic Mandate Agreement (SMA) between the government of Ontario and its universities...
2017, Jun 27 — 6 minute readThis is a working paper. Comments welcome. Introduction In late 2016, Keith Fiels, the Executive Director of the American Library Association (ALA), announced his retirement. Subsequently, the ALA Board of...
2017, May 01 — 22 minute readThis post was originally published as a MediaCommons Field Guide. You can read the original, along with other responses on the question of the future of the archive, here. ...
2017, Apr 13 — 3 minute readWhen I was about 8 or 9 I renounced Romanian and began to think and dream exclusively in English. To renounce my mother tongue was an active decision. I remember the day...
2017, Mar 05 — 3 minute readThis is a draft of a paper that I submitted during my coursework at McGill. The prompt was something like, “What is the purpose of history?” I recently rediscovered it whilst...
2017, Feb 04 — 9 minute readAbout three weeks ago, back when the world made sense and talk of Donald Trump in the Oval Office was almost exclusively preceded by a “wouldn’t it be hilarious if,” Robert...
2016, Nov 19 — 3 minute readAreviewer recently suggested that I include more content about the Dublin Castle and Cleveland Street scandals in an article that I’ve been working on. Seeing as it’s been about 7 months since...
2016, Oct 15 — 3 minute readAfter the body of his three-year old son was discovered on a Turkish beach (what is now an iconic image), Abdullah Kurdi’s fears were realized; his entire family, including his...
2016, Jul 14 — 3 minute read