I am a Lecturer in Music Industry at the School of Media and Communication, RMIT University (Australia).*

For my formal educational and academic history, please see my education page.

I am interested in the role that the arts and culture can play in building emancipatory political movements from below, including as humble but essential support acts to the rudiments of collective organizing and political education. My research to date has addressed the mechanisms that promote or hinder participation in musical life, as well as the mechanisms in musical life that promote or hinder political progress.

I write, teach, and supervise on society, culture, media, and the arts. The areas I have researched and written most about are gender and class politics, especially within the contexts of global popular music, cultural industries, and labour. I have recently started to write about music and geopolitics.

I have teaching, supervision, and curriculum design experience across qualitative research methods (fieldwork, interviews, digital ethnography), the cultural and media industries, and applications of social theory in cultural settings.

Feel free to explore my website and contact me with any questions.