Welcome to my website! Here you will find information about me and my research on bicultural identity and experiences, intercultural couples and intercultural relations. If you have any questions or are interested in collaboration, please do not hesitate to contact me!
RECENT NEWS
January 2021
My first podcast interview and with a celebrity host, no less!
Alec Baldwin and I discuss the highs and lows of being bicultural, how others react to biculturals' frame switching behaviour, and an open question for society: who do we let claim a bicultural identity? Here's the Thing podcast episode also featuring Dr. Sarah Gaither pending release.
November 2020
Thank you to CTV news for including me on this panel discussing the continued biases against intercultural and interracial couples in today's North America. It was a great talking about this important topic with my esteemed colleagues, Dr. Maya Yampolsky and Dr. Allison Skinner-Dorkenoo.
September 2020
Check out our new publication, "Divided Together: How Marginalization of Intercultural Relationships is Associated with Identity Integration and Relationship Quality" led by Dr. Maya Yampolsky. Thank you to the journal, Social Psychological and Personality Sciences for helping our team share this work with the field.
It was a privilege to take part in this panel on discrimination against biracial and bicultural individuals in CTV news anchor Angie Seth's ongoing segment on the Realities of Racism in Canada.
August 2020
Thrilled to share my research on White North Americans' harsh reactions to bicultural individuals who frame switch, or adapt themselves to their multiple cultural groups. Thank you for my first national audience, CTV news!
My alma mater, York University, shares an article about my latest work on the unique social challenges and biases bicultural people face in North America. Proud to rep YorkU and bring attention to research on biculturals' experiences.
Hot on the heels of my PhD defense, the last of my dissertation work is now published in Social Psychological and Personality Sciences! In a series of experiment, I show that when biculturals frame switch, or adapt themselves to their cultures, White Americans and Canadians see them as less authentic. This leads to such biculturals also being seen as less likable and trustworthy, and can even diminish their intercultural dating prospects. The Cost of Being 'True to Yourself' for Mixed Selves...
January 2021
My first podcast interview and with a celebrity host, no less!
Alec Baldwin and I discuss the highs and lows of being bicultural, how others react to biculturals' frame switching behaviour, and an open question for society: who do we let claim a bicultural identity? Here's the Thing podcast episode also featuring Dr. Sarah Gaither pending release.
November 2020
Thank you to CTV news for including me on this panel discussing the continued biases against intercultural and interracial couples in today's North America. It was a great talking about this important topic with my esteemed colleagues, Dr. Maya Yampolsky and Dr. Allison Skinner-Dorkenoo.
September 2020
Check out our new publication, "Divided Together: How Marginalization of Intercultural Relationships is Associated with Identity Integration and Relationship Quality" led by Dr. Maya Yampolsky. Thank you to the journal, Social Psychological and Personality Sciences for helping our team share this work with the field.
It was a privilege to take part in this panel on discrimination against biracial and bicultural individuals in CTV news anchor Angie Seth's ongoing segment on the Realities of Racism in Canada.
August 2020
Thrilled to share my research on White North Americans' harsh reactions to bicultural individuals who frame switch, or adapt themselves to their multiple cultural groups. Thank you for my first national audience, CTV news!
My alma mater, York University, shares an article about my latest work on the unique social challenges and biases bicultural people face in North America. Proud to rep YorkU and bring attention to research on biculturals' experiences.
Hot on the heels of my PhD defense, the last of my dissertation work is now published in Social Psychological and Personality Sciences! In a series of experiment, I show that when biculturals frame switch, or adapt themselves to their cultures, White Americans and Canadians see them as less authentic. This leads to such biculturals also being seen as less likable and trustworthy, and can even diminish their intercultural dating prospects. The Cost of Being 'True to Yourself' for Mixed Selves...
