Scholarly Interests:

I am a non-Indigenous scholar whose research primarily focuses on the Canadian state's relationship to Indigenous peoples. A major goal of my scholarship is to understand in great detail how the Canadian state has approached its relationship to Indigenous peoples, in order to better understand how various projects of reconciliation or decolonization might be fruitfully pursued in the present. As such, I often bring a historical focus to my work. I have written on treaties, Indigenous constitutional politics, Indigenous democracy, and Indigenous political thought, among other topics.

Teaching Statement:

In my teaching, I am focused on helping students make sense of the political forces that inevitably shape their lives. I place a particular emphasize on equipping students with skills (reading, writing, speaking, analyzing, and ultimately, thinking) that they need to succeed not only as academics and employees, but more importantly as citizens and political agents.

Selected Scholarly Activity:

"Treaty Renewal and Canadian Constitutional Politics", Review of Constitutional Studies, 2021.

"Comparative political theory, indigenous resurgence, and epistemic justice: From deparochialization to treaty", Contemporary Political Theory, 2022.

With Daniel Hutton-Ferris "Decolonizing Democratic Theory: A Democratic Case for Unelected Indigenous Governments”, under review.

"The Historical Development of the Canadian State’s Categorizations of Indigenous Peoples", in Thinking Through Indigenous Identity, Joyce Green ed., in progress.

Selected Grants, Honours and Awards:

• SSHRC Postdoctoral Fellowship, McGill University, Faculty of Law, 2025
• Finalist for CPSA Vincent Lemieux Prize for Best Dissertation, 2023