I hold a PhD Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies from York University. My research examines how the postvernacularity of the contemporary Yiddish cultural scene creates the space for a subjective, relative, and contingent relationship with Yiddish cultural practices, and reflects on the importance of integrating critical thinking tools into the pedagogy and transmission of cultural practice. Other interests include critical heritage studies, cultural memory, cultural policy, performance creation, the director in the devising studio, and photography in/as performance.