Most public conversations about culture and religion miss the nuance that actually shapes people's lives and communities. I help communities and organisations find a more accurate — and more generous — way to understand that complexity, and translate it into practical strategies for equity, inclusion and belonging.

I’m a sociologist and Teaching Fellow at Deakin University’s School of Communication and Creative Arts, and a former Research Fellow at the Alfred Deakin Institute for Citizenship and Globalisation. My work sits at the intersection of media, migration and religious diversity, and over the past decade I’ve worked on government- and industry-funded research. that translate lived experience into insight organisations can act on. Project funders include the Australian Research Council, the Department of Transport and Planning, the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, the Economic and Social Research Council, the International Research Network for the Study of Science and Belief in Society (INSBS) and the Alfred Deakin Institute for Citizenship and Globalisation (ADI).

Before moving into academia, I worked advocacy and communications, including as Marketing (Head) of *SCAPE, a not-for-profit youth organisation that celebrates the diversity of creative youth expressions, and as co-founder of Maki Squarepatch, a sustainability-focused small business. That background still shapes how I approach research: with an eye to what's usable outside a university, not just publishable inside one.

I completed my PhD in Media and Communications from RMIT University, MA in Global Media Communications from the University of Melbourne, and BA from the National University of Singapore, with majors in English Literature and European Studies. I currently serve as Co-Managing Editor for the Journal of Religion, Media and Digital Culture, an Honorary Research Associate at Whitley College, University of Divinity and formerly as Vice President for the Australian Association for the Study of Religion (AASR).