About me

My areas of focus are Sociology of Law, Privacy, Surveillance, and Criminology. I have taught Women in the Penal System at Bishop’s University (Fall 2023) and both Sociology of Law (Winter 2025) and Criminology (Winter 2024 & 2026) at McGill University. My project titled ‘Me, Myself and AI: Legal Consciousness and the Privacy Paradox in the Age of AI’* is fully funded by Fonds de recherche du Québec – Société et culture (FRQSC). In fact, my dossier ranked 2nd out of 24 in the final round.

You are most likely here because I am recruiting for my study!

In Winter 2025, I welcomed Supreme Court Justice Andromache Karakatsanis for a guest lecture in my Sociology of Law course.

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What drove me to sociology was my interest in what people were thinking and feeling, and how the world around them affects their day-to-day functioning. It’s why I’m doing interviews, which is what academia calls a ‘qualitative’ approach. I look at numbers and statistics (quantitative), and I can’t help but wonder, ok but what does respondent 3749 actually think? Surely it’s different or more provocative than respondent 3424?

This project was motivated by what is called the privacy paradox. We care so much about our data- who sees what, where it goes- yet we post, consume, and digitally participate regardless. That is the paradox: we complain or worry, yet we do it anyway. I initially focused on social media, but after AI came for the world by the throat, I decided to pivot.

Through this pivot, I realized there was an area not getting enough attention, not only by the world, but by government policy: Children. How do we protect children digitally- not just from online predators or even other children? I believe in a future that protects children digitally, their education and their digital footprint before they are even old enough to understand what that means.

I want to hear your voice as an adult and/or as a parent. They say research informs policy, and that is what I hope to do.

So let’s meet, chat and talk about all things AI and privacy, and perhaps you as a parent.

Pre-McGill

In 2020, I received my Bachelor of Arts Honours in Sociology from Queen’s University, graduating on the Dean’s Honour List. There, I was introduced to the Surveillance Center, where I discovered my love for surveillance and technology-related studies.

Taking my passion for surveillance studies, I completed my Master of Arts in Sociology at the University of Ottawa in 2022, writing my major research paper on the Canadian State Surveillance of Indigenous-led Resistance Movements. I am now in my fifth year at McGill University, completing my doctorate in Sociology, under the supervision of Dr. Jason Carmichael.

*this project has been approved by the McGill University Ethics Board