I completed my PhD in Psychology at the University of Toronto in 2015, supported by an Alexander Graham Bell doctoral scholarship from the Natural Sciences & Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC). In 2014, I was a visiting researcher at the University of Vienna, and from 2015 to 2016, I held an NSERC postdoctoral fellowship at Leiden University. In 2016, I was awarded a VENI grant from the Dutch Research Council (NWO), but I declined it to accept an Assistant Professor position in the Department of Psychology at the University of Macau, where I taught Cognitive Psychology, Cognitive Neuroscience, and History of Psychology from 2016 to 2021. In 2021, I resigned from my tenure-track position and returned to Canada.
Since 2021, I’ve held positions across different industries. From 2021 to 2022, I worked as a Research Analyst at IcebergIQ, helping SaaS companies gather market insights. From 2022 to 2023, I served as a Field Director at Brendan Wood International, an investment advisory firm specializing in performance intelligence for capital markets. Since 2023, I have been a writer and editor at Our Kids Media, which assists families in finding private/independent schools, camps, and retirement communities across Canada.
My book, Experimental Psychology and Human Agency, was published by Springer in 2019. I co-edited a follow-up book with Jaan Valsiner titled Experimental Psychology: Ambitions & Possibilities, which further explores themes from my first book. For a full list of my publications, see here. For my video presentations and interviews, click here.
Guest Appearances
For more information about me, you can check out some of my guest appearances below:
- Gregory Sadler’s Ideas That Matter Conversation Series: A discussion of reading, dialogue, and intellectual life.
- Cadell Last’s Philosophy Portal: A discussion of my book Experimental Psychology and Human Agency and related topics.
- O.G. Rose Conversations with Daniel Garner: A conversation about the concept of interest.
- Rahul Sam’s Podcast: Talking about Byung-Chul Han and other topics
- Andrew Taggart’s Second Axial Age: Talking about awakening, wisdom, love, and other strange topics.
- Javier Rivera’s Drunk Interviews Series: A casual conversation about engagement with social media and philosophy.
- Adam Ahmed’s Epistik Podcast: Discussing books, decision making, emotions, and more.
- Lisa Pfau’s Breathe In, Write Out Podcast: Discussing writing and play.