This year I am presenting two papers at AAR/SBL on transhumanism, technology, and conspiracy theories, and am participating in one roundtable discussion based on my co-founding TalkDeath.com. My first paper is being presented as part of the Human Enhancement and Transhumanism Unit, and traces techno-cultural imaginaries, narratives, and emergent practices from metaphysical traditions, through to […]
November 12, 2022
January 26, 2021
I recently had an op-ed published with The Globe & Mail about my experiences as a neurodiverse (ADHD) graduate student and sessional instructor, including my concerns around online learning. To read the opinion piece, visit this link. Students with ADHD are underrepresented in the university system, their symptoms poorly managed and their degree outcomes uncertain. […]
December 8, 2020
I am happy to announce the release of my article “Frozen Bodies and Future Imaginaries: Assisted Dying, Cryonics, and a Good Death” in the journal Religions, as part of the Death in the Margins special issue. Abstract: In October of 2018, Norman Hardy became the first individual to be cryopreserved after successful recourse to California’s […]
May 27, 2020
Shannon Rose, left, joined other demonstrators calling for Gov. Gavin Newsom to end the stay-at-home orders during a protest at the state capitol in Sacramento, Calif., on May 9, 2020. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli) Jeremy Cohen, McMaster University The existential threat we’re facing right now might explain the proliferation of conspiracy theories, extreme political ideologies and […]
April 12, 2020
FOX News host Sean Hannity (pictured here in 2018) gave credibility to a tweet he read out lout on his popular syndicated radio show, which called COVID-19 a fraud “to spread panic in the populace, manipulate the economy and suppress dissent.” AP/Julie Jacobson Jeremy Cohen, McMaster University As the world continues to deal with the […]