I received my PhD from the Sociology Department at McMaster University in 2010 and since that time I have been working as a sociologist in the area of health and aging. My scholarly interests fit broadly within the areas of critical health and aging studies, and educational gerontology. Over the past decade, I have taught a wide variety of core and elective health and aging undergraduate courses in the Health Aging and Society Department at McMaster University. As a teacher, pedagogically, I am primarily interested in engaging students in experiential and active learning opportunities that are designed to enhance their learning about aging and health; more specifically, to critically reflect on their attitudes about older people and growing older and the contemporary issues facing older adults.
