News

A running log of publications, talks, media, and other updates.

2026

Aug 2026

"FairFund-Bench" accepted to Findings of EMNLP 2026

Jun 2026

Interviewed on CBC's Cost of Living podcast about crowdfunding everyday expenses

Apr 2026

Presented at SNACK Workshop, University of Toronto

Mar 2026

Quoted in the Vancouver Sun on crowdfunding and tragedy response

Mar 2026

Interviewed on QR Calgary Mornings about crowdfunding and AI

2025

Dec 2025

Quoted in the Associated Press on crowdfunding for essential needs

Nov 2025

"A Consensus Against False Dichotomies in Crowdfunding?" published in Journal of Philanthropy

Nov 2025

"Disrupting Philanthropy? A Reality Check for Digital Crowdfunding" published in Journal of Philanthropy

Oct 2025

Research featured in U.N. Special Rapporteur report on economic insecurity and radical politics

Oct 2025

Quoted in Vox on crowdfunding and inequality

Sep 2025

Started as Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Data Sciences Institute

Sep 2025

Completed Ph.D. in sociology at the University of Toronto

Aug 2025

Presented at ASA Annual Meeting, Chicago

Mar 2025

Presented at Eastern Sociological Society Conference, Boston

Feb 2025

GoFailMe reviewed in Administrative Science Quarterly

Jan 2025

GoFailMe reviewed in Contemporary Sociology

2024

Nov 2024

GoFailMe reviewed in American Journal of Sociology

Aug 2024

GoFailMe reviewed in Social Forces

Aug 2024

Presented at ASA Annual Meeting, Montreal

Jul 2024

Op-ed "What GoFundMe conceals: The campaigns that fail" published in The Conversation

Jun 2024

Presented at Law of Giving Symposium, University of Windsor

Jun 2024

Presented at Nations and Nationalisms Conference, Loughborough University

Jun 2024

GoFailMe reviewed on H-Sci-Med-Tech

May 2024

"Politics of Boundary Consolidation" published in Socius

Mar 2024

Quoted in The Washington Post on viral crowdfunding

2023

Sep 2023

GoFailMe: The Unfulfilled Promise of Digital Crowdfunding published by Stanford University Press