B.A. York University (Political Science)
M.A. McMaster University (Political Science)
ABD Ph.D. York University (Political Science)

Derek teaches classes on colonialism, race and gender, Indigeneity, state (and non-state) violence. Derek enjoys popular culture, the Toronto Blue Jays, March Madness, foraging for fungi, beading, painting miniatures, the Oxford comma, opposing fascism, and talking about himself in the third person.