Researcher Summary
My research interests and contributions focus on how the subject can be understood within contemporary social, ideological, political and cultural systems. I write on two areas: the critical resurgence of leftist politics and social movements, and subjectivity, both as theoretically informed by an intersection of Lacanian psychoanalysis and critical Marxist theory. I have also published on the relation between science and psychoanalysis.
I have co-edited a collection with Professor Todd McGowan (Vermont University), 'Can Philosophy Love? Reflections and Encounters' (Rowman Littlefield International, November, 2017), which interrogates and exposes the role love plays in knowledge.
I am also co-authoring a book with Professor Ed Pluth (Chico University), 'On Silence: Holding the Voice Hostage' (Palgrave Lacan Series, 2019).
I supervise post-graduate thesis students in the areas of psychoanalysis, critical, political and feminist theories.
My editorial commitments are:
Co-founder and editor, along with Assoc. Prof. Mike Grimshaw for Continental Thought and Theory (CT&T): http://ctt.canterbury.ac.nz/
Editorial board member for Journal of Extreme Anthropology: https://www.journals.uio.no/index.php/JEA
Advisory board member for Counterfutures: Leftist Thought in Aotearoa/ New Zealand: http://counterfutures.blogspot.co.nz
I am on the advisory board for '(Non)sufficiencies' (Punctuum Books), a monograph series inspired by the critical engagement of contemporary French philosopher, François Laruelle.
I am a member of the Australasian Society for Continental Philosophy, Center for Lacanian Analysis (NZ) and the German Studies Association.
