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Download CV (PDF)I am a creative writer and researcher whose work explores memory, identity, and historical consciousness through archival research, oral testimony, and literary nonfiction. My practice centers creative research, that is, I conduct sustained research into various historical contexts and themes to inform and deepen my creative work. My current focus is preparing my doctoral memoir, Being When Meant Not to Be, for publication; this work examines the Herero and Nama genocide through personal narrative, archival investigation, and intergenerational family testimony. Beyond this project, I am committed to collaborative life-writing: documenting the lived experiences of relatives and mentors whose stories have been erased or overlooked. These include narratives of survival, resilience, and the long aftermath of colonialism and apartheid in southern Africa. My broader interests include gender-based violence, climate and land dispossession, and the ethics of representing marginalized communities in creative work. I am fluent in English, Afrikaans, Otjiherero, Khoe-Khoegowab, and some Oshiwambo, which allows me to conduct primary research and oral interviews in Namibia without reliance on interpreters. This is a crucial methodological advantage when documenting community narratives. My research practice is grounded in decolonial approaches to narrative, the ethics of representation, and interrogations of the archive. I produce creative knowledge through literary forms; I welcome scholarly engagement with my work.
Binghamton University, State University of New York, USA | August 2025
Creative Dissertation: Being When Meant Not to Be: A Memoir of Genocide and Its Repercussions
Binghamton University, State University of New York, USA | May 2019
University of Namibia | May 2011
Binghamton University, USA | August 2020 – August 2025
I conducted auto-ethnographic research drawing on archival methods, historiography, and oral interview methodology, grounded in engagement with scholarship in memory studies, postcolonial studies, and African history. My research served my creative practice. I produced a literary memoir informed by rigorous scholarly engagement rather than academic articles.