Articles from:April 2025

  • Long Hoang Vu Awarded Ontario Graduate Scholarship

    Wednesday, April 09, 2025 | By


    The 2025-2026 Ontario Graduate Scholarships (OGS) is a prestigious award given to a Graduate student, it recognizes exceptional academic achievements and research potential in their graduate studies.  OGS is a program that builds and fosters scholars that will make significant contributions to their field of studies.  This year HUMA is proud to announce that Long Hoang Vu is one of the recipients honored with this award.

    As a graduate PhD student at Brock University, Long has demonstrated a strong commitment to research and academic endeavors.  Receiving this award is a true testament of the dedication Long has for his field of study.  Congratulations goes out to Long on this outstanding achievement and we look forward to seeing your continued success!

     

     

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  • HUMA 7P01 — Poster Presentation a Success!

    Friday, April 04, 2025 | By

    On Wednesday April 2, the PhD Interdisciplinary Humanities 7P01 first and second year students presented their capstone thesis project to the Brock community members.  The event showcased the students hard work, dedication and expertise, effectively they were able to engage the community in the complexities of their projects through their clear and informative presentations.

    Congratulations and appreciation goes out to the students for the success of this event, which highlighted the commitment that Brock HUMA has to fostering academic excellence! Great job everyone!


    Teresa A. Galbraith
    Thesis: Case study of the discursive production of whiteness, health, and heteronormativity through the anthropomorphization of Elsie the Borden Cow.
    Supervisor: Lynn Arner
    Email: [email protected]


    Long Hoang Vu
    Thesis: The Cultural Politics of Giftedness
    Supervisor: Trevor Norris
    Website: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2540-3223
    Email: [email protected]


    Philip Akoje
    Thesis: Decoloniality, Masks, Masquerades, and Rhizomes
    Supervisor: David Fancy
    Website:https://brocku.academia.edu/PhilipAkoje
    https://orcid.org/0009-0007-2566-4216;
    Email:  [email protected]


    Laur Pilon
    Thesis: Queer, Trans and Crip Abstractions: Painting as a Mode of Posthumanist Performativity 
    Supervisor: Christine Daigle
    Website:http://www.laur-p.com
    Email: [email protected]


    Elizabeth Colantoni
    Thesis: Cosimo “Il Vecchio” de’ Medici’s Politics-as-Performance 
    Supervisor: David Fancy
    Email: [email protected]


    Anna Roshni Jose
    Thesis: Therapeutic Mnemotechnics: A Study on Cultural Memory in Select Palestinian Short Fiction in English
    Supervisor: Susan Spearey
    Email: [email protected] 


    Hani Hedayati
    Thesis: Critical Discourse Analysis of Post-Colonial Ideologies and Their Re/Production in Migration Literature 
    Supervisor: Margot Francis 
    Email: [email protected]

  • Anna Roshni Jose receives 2025 International TA Award!

    Friday, April 04, 2025 | By

    The International TA Award is sponsored by Centre for Pedagogical and Faculty of Graduate Studies and Postdoctoral Affairs, and is presented annually to “an international graduate teaching assistant who demonstrates excellence and promise in the field of teaching.”  This year HUMA is pleased to announce Anna Roshni Jose as the recipient of the 2025 International TA Award!

    Since her start at Brock in 2023, Anna has completed many professional development opportunities which contributed to her growth as an educator. Through the sentiments of fellow TA’s, faculty, supervisors and former students Anna is able “to create an impactful learning space”, one that is an “engaging and inclusive learning environment” a true testament of Anna’s skills and dedication.

    An award ceremony will take place on Tuesday April 8 at 10am at the Goodman Atrium, where Anna will be presented this prestigious award. Congratulations Anna for a such an accomplishment!