Research

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Ethnography of Alternative Spirituality

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“Humour and Resistance in Russia’s Ecological Utopia (A Look at the Anastasia Movement),” in Contesting Authority: Vernacular Knowledge and Alternative Beliefs, ed. by Ülo Valk and Marion Bowman. Sheffield: Equinox Publishing. October 2022

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“Vedic Femininity as a Post-Soviet Laboratory of Gender and Labor.” New Age in Russia Blog, 2021

 

“Legitimating New Religiosity in Contemporary Russia: ‘Vedic Wisdom’ Under Fire.” Nova Religio 24.3 (2021): 6-35

“The New Age Paradox: Spiritual Consumerism and Traditional Authority at the Child of Nature Festival in Russia.” Journal of Contemporary Religion 32.1 (2017): 83-103. Read the abstract

 

“In Search of Vedic Wisdom: Power and Legitimation of Spiritual Truth in Contemporary Russia.” PhD in Literature and Cultural Research (Folklore), University of Tartu, 2020. Read the introduction

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Cultural Theory & Sexual Violence

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“The Nonsovereign Subject and Sexual Violence in Contemporary North American and Russian Culture.” PhD in Comparative Literature, University of Toronto, 2018. Read the thesis

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Indigenous Languages

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“Teaching and Learning Indigenous Languages of the Russian Federation.” Co-written with Dylan Charter, Tetyana Dzyadevych, Anna Gomboeva, Lenore Grenoble, Jessica Kantarovich, Hilah Kohen, and Rossina Soyan. Russian Language Journal, 71.3 (2021): 73-99.

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Highlights​

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2021 - Helen Crovetto Award for Excellence in the Study of New Religious Movements with Ties to South Asia

2017-2018 - Chancellor Jackman Graduate Fellow in the Humanities, Jackman Humanities Institute

2014-2016 - Junior Fellow at Massey College