ABOUT
I was born in 1989 in Toronto, Ontario. I am of Chinese and Anglo-Saxon descent, but feel very much Canadian at heart. I live in Toronto with my partner, Chantel, and my two dogs, Mick and Lily.
In 2008 I began my university career at Queen’s University. However, in 2010, I took two years off to travel, work abroad, and (much to my surprise) develop a deep thirst for knowledge. So, in 2012, I went back to school.
In 2008 I began my university career at Queen’s University. However, in 2010, I took two years off to travel, work abroad, and (much to my surprise) develop a deep thirst for knowledge. So, in 2012, I went back to school.
Between 2012 and 2016 I earned a BA (Honours) in Philosophy and Drama, and an MA in Cultural Studies from Queen’s University. I won the Pall Ardal Prize in Moral Philosophy, the Alfred Bader Graduate Fellowship in the Humanities, and received a SSHRC–CGS scholarship for my MA.
Since beginning my PhD, I have won a SSHRC Joseph-Armand Bombardier (CGS) Doctoral Scholarship (2017-2020), the Henry Mandelbaum Doctoral Graduate Fellowship (2018), and placed in the Top 5 of the SSHRC Storytellers competition (2018).
During 2017/2018 I was a visiting graduate student in the Department for the Study of Religion at the University of Toronto, and am currently a visiting graduate student in the Faculty of Divinity at Cambridge University. I am also a visiting scholar at the Woolf Institute.
My scholarship is thoroughly interdisciplinary, drawing from both philosophy and the social sciences. I am particularly interested in reviving a novel version of what Robert Bellah once called “social science as public philosophy” whereby normative and empirical analyses are intimately interwoven.
I have published a number of academic articles in journals such as Journal of Contemporary Religion and Studies in Religion, and regularly contribute to media outlets such as The Conversation.
Click here for my CV
Since beginning my PhD, I have won a SSHRC Joseph-Armand Bombardier (CGS) Doctoral Scholarship (2017-2020), the Henry Mandelbaum Doctoral Graduate Fellowship (2018), and placed in the Top 5 of the SSHRC Storytellers competition (2018).
During 2017/2018 I was a visiting graduate student in the Department for the Study of Religion at the University of Toronto, and am currently a visiting graduate student in the Faculty of Divinity at Cambridge University. I am also a visiting scholar at the Woolf Institute.
My scholarship is thoroughly interdisciplinary, drawing from both philosophy and the social sciences. I am particularly interested in reviving a novel version of what Robert Bellah once called “social science as public philosophy” whereby normative and empirical analyses are intimately interwoven.
I have published a number of academic articles in journals such as Journal of Contemporary Religion and Studies in Religion, and regularly contribute to media outlets such as The Conversation.
Click here for my CV