“The Sensory Museum: Its History and Reinvention” (2007-2010), funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada. An investigation of the sensory and social history of modes of collection display and interaction within museums from the early modern period to the present (in collaboration with Constance Classen). Click here to visit the Senses website.

“Multi-Sensory Marketing: A Quantitative, Qualitative and Historical Assessment” (2005-2008), funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council. Research on the growing sense appeal of commodities and the increased importance attached to the management of sensation in the design of contemporary retail establishments (in association with Bianca Grohmann [Principal Investigator] and Constance Classen). Click here to visit the Senses website.

"The Sense Lives of Things" (2002-2005) funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada. A cross-disciplinary investigation of the sensory dimensions of practices of collecting and displaying things in both public and private contexts (in collaboration with Constance Classen, Jennifer Fisher, Monika Gagnon, Laurier Lacroix, and Jean-Sébastien Marcoux). Click here to visit the Senses website.

"Culture and Consumption" (1998-2001) funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada. Research on the diffusion and domestication of select goods and services of North American origin in China, Brazil, Paraguay, India, Russia, Egypt, Iran, and, conversely, the reception of select goods and services from those countries in Canada and the United States (in collaboration with Sally Cole, Homa Hoodfar, Michael Huberman, David Ownby, Annamma Joy, and Joseph Smucker). Click here to Visit the Cross-Cultural Consumption website.

"Beyond the Aesthetic Gaze: For an Aesthetics of the `Other' Senses" (1997-2000) funded by the Fonds pour la Formation de Chercheurs et de l'Aide à la Recherche du Québec. Research on the role of the five senses in the history of Western art and aesthetics, and the multisensory aesthetics of diverse North and South American native cultures (in collaboration with Constance Classen, Jennifer Fisher, Brian Foss, Janice Helland, and Anthony Synnott). This project culminated in the UncommonSenses conference, which was held at Concordia in April 2000. Click here to visit the Senses website.

"Medicine and the Five Senses in Northwestern Argentina" (1994-1998) funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada. Research on the role of the senses in the diagnosis and treatment of disease in Argentine folk medicine (in collaboration with Constance Classen).