Mixed methods social researcher with a focus on social justice and community-based research projects.

- augmenting social media with participatory community radio events- maintaining Ryakuga's Blog, Facebook, Twitter and YouTube accounts

Research Assistant to Dr. Donald Clairmont. Data gathering and analysis, consultation of public policy. Primary projects included the Mayor's Roundtable on Violence and Public Safety in 2006, Provincial Restorative Justice, The Dalhousie Restorative Justice Pilot Project, and the Update to the Mayor's Roundtable on Violence and Public Safety(2013).

In My Own Voice Entertainment (iMOVe) is a non-profit organization that provides services to at-risk youth and young offenders with a particular focus on African Nova Scotians living in HRM. Key programs of iMOVe include Centreline Studios and a restorative justice program at Waterville Youth Correctional Facility, as well as the newly developing All the Voices Participatory Media program and Uniacke Centre for Community Development. Program Director responsibilities include grant writing, program evaluations, scheduling, and other administrative aspects of program development and delivery.

Compiling and analyzing data; Reporting; Strategic planning; Program Wrap-up

Data Management and Analysis of Longitudinal Youth in Transition Data

Interim Administrative Support to Board of Directors and Staff during management transition; Program-User Needs Assessment; Program Evaluations; Funding Manager

Teaching Assistant for SOAN 3314 - Research Methodology

Research Assistant to Ted Naylor

Coordinator of 2010 Alternative Budget for Nova Scotia. Media contact.

Direct support for Dr. Blye Frank and the Department of Bioethics at Dalhousie Medical School

Coordinating research and dissemination for the Centre; designing and implementing social media and research assistant workshops; conducting research, publishing and presenting social web related knowledge; ACSIS virtual research community manager; consulting individuals and organizations in virtual community design and promotion.

Teaching and tutoring graduating sociology and public policy students in SPSS and understanding social statistics.

Managing, coding and analysing project data sets (over 3000 surveys in total); writing reports for partners; organizing, facilitating and hosting workshops; communicating with collaborators; coordinating Public Outreach of findings; training and supervising research assistants.