Since November 2008, Marie Curie International Incoming Fellow at the Centre for Biotechnology, Society and Environment, University of Hamburg, Germany. Project: “Right to an Open Future?: An Ethnographic Study of Parents’ and Professionals’ Experiences of the Diagnostic and Predictive Genetic Testing of Children in the Era of Genomics." Funded by the European Commission. Scientific Advisor: Regine Kollek
Since May 2006, Research Fellow within the Karl Mannheim Chair in Cultural Studies, Zeppelin University, Friedrichshafen, Germany. Project: "KNOWLEDGE NBIC - Knowledge Politics and New Converging Technologies: A Social Science Perspective." Funded by the EU 6th Framework Programme (2006-2009). Co-ordinator: Nico Stehr. (www.converging-technologies.org) Courses designed and taught: Qualitative Methods (B.A.), Social and Cultural Anthropology (B.A.), Writing (M.A.), Knowledge Management (B.A./M.A.)
2004-2006, Research Associate at the Policy, Ethics and Life Sciences Research Centre, Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK. Project: "A comparative study of embryo donors’ and non-donors’ views on embryo experimentation for preimplantation genetic diagnosis and stem cell therapies." Funded by the Wellcome Trust. Principal Applicant: Erica Haimes
2002-2004, Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Department of Sociology and Institute for Women’s Studies, Lancaster University, UK. Funded by the Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada. Advisor: Sarah Franklin Courses designed and taught: Feminist Cultural Theory and Practice (M.A./PhD). Toolkit for Interdisciplinary Study (M.A. / PhD), Nature, Culture and Bodies (B.A.)
1996-2002, PhD Studies, Department of Anthropology, York University, Toronto, Canada
2001-2002, Sessional Lecturer, Simon Fraser University, Canada. Courses designed and taught: The Politics of the Family (B.A.), Comparative Ethnic Relations (B.A.), The Practice of Anthropology (B.A.), Ethnic Conflicts (B.A.)
1999-2000, Research Associate. University of Western Ontario, Canada. Project: "Interprofessional boundary conflicts and relations in the workplace: An examination of the recent integration of midwifery into BC hospitals." Funded by the University of Western Ontario. Principal Investigator: Ivy Bourgeault
1998-1999, Visiting Graduate Researcher, British Columbia Centre of Excellence for Women’s Health (BCCEWH), Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
1998-1999, Research Associate. Lesbian and Bisexual Women’s Health Research Inventory Project. "BC Centre of Excellence for Women’s Health." Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
1997-1999, Research Associate. York Centre for Health Studies. Project: "The Integration of Midwifery into the Ontario Health Care System: Its Impact on Midwifery Principles and Practice." Funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada. Principal Investigator: Ivy Bourgeault.
1994-1996, M.A. studies, Department of Anthropology, York University, Toronto, Canada
1995-1998, Teaching Assistant, Department of Anthropology, York University
1994-1996, Research Assistant James Bay Cree Archival Research. Department of Anthropology, York University. Principal Investigator: Naomi Adelson
1989-1993, B.A. studies, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
Research- and teachingfields
Ethnographic research on the cultural meanings of and experiences with emerging and converging technologies, especially genetic testing, nano-enabled technologies and reproductive technologies
Research Governance and Clinical Practice, especially relating to embryonic stem cell research, egg and embryo donation, prenatal testing, and novel therapeutics
Feminist science studies
Reproductive health politics
Queer parenting and health politics
Sociology of professions and professionalisation (especially with respect to midwifery in Canada)
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