PhD Candidate · Department of Sociology · University of Toronto

Researching how families move through networks, institutions, and opportunity.

My research examines how family, social networks, organizations, culture as capital, institutional volatility, and race work together to create conditions in which some families are better positioned to convert uncertainty into opportunity.

About

I work across teaching and research in the Department of Sociology at the University of Toronto. My teaching focuses on the sociology of education — how schools reproduce or interrupt inequality — and my research looks at the informal structures, like youth sport, where families build strategy, identity, and opportunity outside the classroom.

CV

2025–Present

Teaching Assistant, SOCB26: Sociology of Education

University of Toronto · Prof. Ann Mullen

2025–Present

Research Assistant, SOCA06 Syllabus Comparison Project

University of Toronto · Dr. Bahar Hashemi

2024–Present

Academic Advisor / Admissions Interviewer

University of Toronto

Full CV available on request — email me.

Projects

Ongoing

Youth Basketball & Family Navigation Study

Field interviews with parents and youth athletes · see recruit.html

2023–Present

Hacking the Syllabus

hackingthesyllabus.ca