I am an Associate Professor of International Relations (IR) at McMaster University. Prior to January 2022 when I joined McMaster's Department of Political Science, I worked in the Department of Global and International Studies at UNBC where I received the University Excellence Award in Research in May 2019. My ongoing research resonate with the international political economy/ecology of natural resource extraction and development though I am also interested in foreign aid, non-western & critical IR perspectives, research methods, as well as the scholarship of teaching and the learning where I particularly examine the politics of knowledge production and epistemic imperialism in higher education. I occasionally take up part-time consulting opportunities that fit with my interests. My career objective is to influence change in society and add valuable insights to debates in my area of research/practice.