I am a recent PhD graduate from York University.

I am a graduate of the PhD program in the Faculty of Education at York University, working at the intersection of education, critical disability studies, and science and technology studies. I am Autistic, and the father of an autistic son, and I focus my research on how to improve the academic and social support provided to autistic high school students. 

I am a high school teacher who loves teaching and learning. I have collected a variety of degrees to make my email signature look more impressive. I have a BScH in Computer and Information Science and a BA in English Language and Literature from Queen’s University, a BEd from OISE/University of Toronto, a BScH and MA in Science and Technology Studies at York University, and a PhD in Education. My PhD research was funded through a Canada Social Science and Humanities Research Council doctoral fellowship and uses cultural probes, the shared reading of science fiction, and collaborative worldbuilding with autistic participants to examine how autistic students navigate a world that was not designed for them. 

Outside of my academic work, I am a founding co-editor of the Canadian Journal of Autism Equity, the Occasional Teacher Branch President and a member of the OSSTF District 16 Teacher/Occasional Teacher Bargaining Unit executive, a member of the OSSTF provincial Equity Advisory Working Group, and first vice president of the Linitzer Society. 

I live in Ajax, Ontario with my wife, and my son studies business at Trent.