My favourite projects bring together a mixture of serious subjects and playfulness to forge connection. Though my curiosity and interest are boundless, much of my work focuses on how experiences of race, sexuality, and gender inform our relational lives and shared (colonial) histories that stretch beyond the human. My work is informed and shaped by critical pedagogy, gender and race studies, theories of the erotic, Caribbean and Black feminisms, queer theory, eco-feminism, decolonial art practices, and research as creation.

Based in Rotterdam, at Willem de Kooning Academy I’m a research fellow in Social Practices and lead interdisciplinary projects, and decolonial shifts in curriculum. During my PhD in the Faculty of Education: Language, Culture and Teaching at York University (Toronto) I developed of a theory called, intimate pedagogy. Using visual methods, my doctoral project looks at the artistic practices of Michele Pearson Clarke, Nadia Huggins, and Annalee Davis to explore the role intimacy plays in our knowledge creation. Framed as a conversation between the Caribbean and Canada it offers intimate pedagogy as a theory and practice of decolonial resistance and reparative actions. 

I also hold a BFA in Art History with a minor in Adult Education and a Master’s in Educational Studies from Concordia University (Montreal). My Masters research—SSHRC-supported ánd a selection published in the academic journal Muséologies (2014)—looks at anti-racist feminist pedagogy and the possibilities it offers for community education initiatives at Montreal artist-run centres.

My creative research practice keeps my love triangle of Montreal-Barbados-Rotterdam alive and active. I’m always open to new collaborations, discussions, and teaching opportunities in creative research and critical pedagogies.

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