Bio & CV

Bio

I lived in southern England prior to leaving home and serving a full-time mission with The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Northern Alberta (2001 to 2003). There I worked in urban and remote rural areas supporting communities and teaching the gospel. Upon my return, I completed a bachelors' degree in history at Utah Valley University (UVU), minoring in Peace and Justice Studies (2004-2008). My senior thesis involved archival research on forced Catholic conversions during the 1940s fascist Croatian state. Following this, I commenced a Joint European masters degree in human rights and genocide studies. This program involved learning with UN specialists and human rights practitioners. My dissertation compared the effectiveness of 1990s nonviolent movements in Kosovo and East Timor. 

Between 2011 to 2012 I taught various social science subjects at UVU and the Art Institute of Salt Lake City. I was involved in UVU's Peace and Justice Studies program as Associate Director. From 2014 to 2019, I completed a PhD in peace studies and international development at the University of Bradford. I engaged in various teaching and research activities, including in the John and Elnora Ferguson Center for African Studies as a research fellow. My dissertation addressed the relationship between genocide, narrative and identity formation among Banyamulenge soldiers from eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.

Alongside this academic work I have engaged in various diversity and inclusion roles in the UK. During 2014 I worked as a communications and marketing manager with HealthDeafinitions, helping to create awareness about Deaf health inequalities. From 2016 to 2018, I was the Diversity Projects Officer at West Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service. There I was involved in internal cultural development, diversity-driven recruitment and increasing colleague inclusion. In 2018, I joined Royal Mencap Society, a national learning disability charity, to write and execute a strategy for making diversity, inclusion, and equity a priority for the organization. This work is intersectional focusing on underrepresented group inclusion, removing barriers, and increasing development.

I have taught genocide and African politics at Brigham Young University as adjunct faculty. I act as a board member for Education for Global Peace, where I lead projects and research measuring peace education. I served as a member on Utah Valley University's Peace and Justice Studies Executive Committee. From 2021 to 2023 I have conducted research and taught at Strassler Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies at Clark University as the Charles E. Scheidt Visiting Assistant Professor of Genocide Studies and Prevention. I am now affiliated here as a research scholar. I currently work at Binghamton University-SUNY's Institute for Genocide and Mass Atrocity Prevention as a Visiting Assistant Professor.

I live with my spouse Karin and our four children on the east coast of the USA where we enjoy food, the scenery, and participating in our church community.

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