PhD in architecture (Carleton University, Ottawa) and current Postdoctoral Fellow (Tokyo College, University of Tokyo). His PhD research investigated the intersection of posthuman education studies and literary fiction to explore new avenues of architectural pedagogy. Along with his PhD research trajectory, Jesse has also been developing a separate research background in digital tools for heritage between Carleton Immersive Media Studio (Carleton University, Ottawa), Facility for Architectural Research in Media and Mediation (McGill University, Montréal) and Instituto Superior Técnico (Universidade de Lisboa) where he has collaborated in several research projects related to heritage documentation and representation in Building Information Modelling (BIM).