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Jacob is a third-year Ph.D. Candidate at �ʹ�����’s University. He researches nineteenth-century North America, focusing on the Fur Trade and Euro-Indigenous relations. Under the supervision of Prof. Scott Berthelette, Jacob’s dissertation investigates Indigenous settlement and the fur trade in the Rocky Mountains.

Jacob previously worked with at the University of Cambridge, where he wrote his MPhil dissertation on the role of the “Barrier State” in Anglo-Indigenous alliances during the War of 1812. Jacob has professional experience in public history, notably at Fort William Historical Park, the Kingston Historical Society, and through the Thunder Bay Art Gallery. He currently writes for  and works on the development of Faith and Spiritual Life's Dying and Death programming.