Are you interested in research that crosses traditional academic boundaries? Join us for Beyond the Major, an engaging discussion featuring two speakers whose work bridges multiple disciplines. Learn how their unique paths connect ideas across fields – and discover how you can apply interdisciplinary thinking to your own academic journey.
A Q&A session will follow, giving you the chance to ask questions and connect directly with our speakers. Light refreshments will be served.
Meet our Speakers
Matthew Tomkinson is an interdisciplinary artist-scholar specializing in disability media studies. He is currently a SSHRC Postdoctoral Fellow in CENES at the University of British Columbia, developing his second book project, titled Adapting Schreber: From Memoir to Media and Beyond (McGill-Queen’s University Press, 2026). As a sound designer for contemporary dance, theatre, and film, he has created scores for Ballet BC, Company 605, CBC Gem, Raven Spirit Dance, Théâtre la Seizième, and the All Bodies Dance Project. His fiction and poetry have been published with Literary Hub, Guernica Editions, Minor Literature[s], Full Stop, and Exacting Claim.
Charlotte Taylor (she/they) is a recent graduate of the University of British Columbia (UBC), situation on the unceded homelands of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam) people. She holds an undergraduate degree in Interdisciplinary Studies with a thematic focus on climate change in media, and she is currently a student in the Master of Arts in Planning program at UBC. Her research, supervised by Dr. Holly Caggiano and Dr. Alex Tavasoli, explores climate justice, environmental planning, and community-owned energy. She also works as a Graduate Academic Assistant for Dr. Pasang Yangjee Sherpa. In this capacity, she conducts article reviews and research for the Knowledge Justice Collective project. Previously, she has also worked as the Climate Justice Study Collective Coordinator for the UBC Centre for Climate Justice.