I am a Doctoral Candidate in the Department of Sociology at the University of Oxford. Previously, I completed a Masters of Science (MSc) in Sociology at the University of Oxford (2020-2021). Prior to studying at Oxford, I completed my Bachelor of Arts, Honors with Distinction at Queen's University in Canada in Sociology and Psychology.

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I am from Toronto, Canada and have extensive experience working with and volunteering for Correctional Services Canada (CSC). Read more about how my experience with CSC inspired my current research here.

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For my Doctoral Thesis, I use the detailed accounts of how the 150 men’s heterogenous and dynamic resettlement journeys unfolded over 18-months, to make valuable insights into the mechanisms that contribute to the desistence vs persistence of criminal activity, offering an up-close, micro-scale study of resettlement, and contributing to the ongoing theoretical debates about behavioral change more broadly.

The greatest contribution of my research is that, in addition to large-scale descriptive statistics, it employs an empirical approach of closeness and immersion, producing thick qualitative description and providing rich, personal accounts capturing how and why behavioral change takes place in the everyday. Candid conversations with men who would “rather be locked up” or honest discussions with first-time prison-leavers about their biggest fears leading up to release, make my study a rich and valuable account of the experience of prison resettlement at a time when this data could not be more relevant and useful.

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