HUMA Grad Students

Posts about the students in the PhD HUMA program

  • Congratulations Grace Channer!

    On November 15, Grace Channer successfully defended her thesis entitled, “TEMPLE: Resistance Embodied as a Diaspora Aesthetic Strategy.”

    Another proud moment for HUMA!

    Grace Channer with Dr. Margot Francis

    Left to right: Dr. Cathy van Ingen, Dr. Jason Hawreliak, Grace Channer and Dr. Margot Francis

    Categories: HUMA Grad Students, Uncategorised

  • “Shadow Companions” by Julie Gemuend

    Exhibit display by artist-researcher Julie Gemuend, “Shadow Companions”  will be featured at the Marilyn I. Walker School of Fine & Performing Arts – Museum in the Hallway/Boîte-en-valise from November 2 – December 13.

     

    Categories: HUMA Grad Students

  • Congratulations to Dr. Josh Manitowabi!

    It was a proud moment for us to watch Dr. Josh Manitowabi cross the stage to accept his Doctorate in Philosophy!

    This is the latest in a string of accomplishments by Dr. Manitowabi, who is an Assistant Professor in the Department of History at Brock.

    Congratulations, Dr. Manitowabi!

    Joshua Manitowabi

    How it started…

    … How it’s going

     

    Graduate Program Director, Dr. Lissa Paul, Dr. Joshua Manitowabi, and Dr. Danny Samson

    Associate Dean and VP Research Humanities, Dr. Elizabeth Vlossak, Dr. Lissa Paul, Dr. Joshua Manitowabi, and Dr. Danny Samson

    Professor Sherri Vansickle, Dr. Sheila Cote-Meek, Dr. Joshua Manitowabi, and Professor Jeannie Martin

    Dean of Humanities Dr. Carol Merriam, Dr. Lissa Paul, Dr. Joshua Manitowabi, and Dr. Danny Samson

    Categories: Convocation, HUMA Grad Students, News

  • Orientation Event Welcomes the Incoming PhD Students

    On Tuesday, September 3rd, HUMA faculty and students were on hand to welcome the new cohort. We are thrilled to have Elizabeth Colantoni, Philip Akoje, Kaitlin Grant, Hani Hedayati, and Laur Pilon join the program!

    Back: Dr. Donna Szoke, Dr. Fiona Blaikie, Dr. Sarah Stang, Ece Cizmeci, Laur Pilon, Marley Liepert, Philip Akoje, Dr. Gregory Betts, Dr. Michael Ripmeester, John Heckman
    Middle: Teresa Galbraith, Long Vu, Anna Roshni Jose, Alia Wazzan, Dr. Lissa Paul, Elizabeth Colantoni
    Front Row: Herminia Morales-Newman, Dr. Nina Penner, Dr. Elizabeth Vlossak, Maya Karanouh, Zixuan Liao

     

    Categories: Events, HUMA Faculty, HUMA Grad Students, Uncategorised

  • HUMA PhD Candidate Receives CCA Congress Merit Award

    At the 2024 Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences, held in Montreal in June the President of the Canadian Communication Association, Dr. Ghislain Thibault, presented HUMA PhD Candidate, Maya Karanouh with a Congress Merit Award for her paper: “Decoding the Author in the Age of Generative AI: Copyright, Ethics, and Litigation.”

    Congratulations, Maya!

    Recipients Maya Karanouh (Brock University) and Alexandra Borkowski (York University) with Dr. Thibault.

    Categories: HUMA Grad Students, Student Funding and Awards, Uncategorised

  • Congratulations to our Spring 2024 Graduates!

    On Friday, June 14, 2024, Dr. Carrie Stiver and Dr. Julie Morris-Warkentin crossed the stage to receive their PhDs.

    Dr. Stiver was supervised by Professor Elizabeth Neswald in the Department of History.

    Dr. Morris-Warkentin was supervised by Professor Mathew Martin in the Department of English.

    Congratulations on this major accomplishment!

    Drs. Julie Warkentin, Lissa Paul, and Carrie Stiver

    Categories: HUMA Grad Students

  • PhD Student Recognized with Horizon Graduate Student Scholarship

    Genevieve (Evie) Jones, a recipient of this year’s Horizon Graduate Student Scholarship, is exploring the intersections of motherhood identity in the workforce, including the discrimination faced by single mothers in the arts industry. Photo Credit: The Brock News

    Congratulations, Genevieve (Evie) Jones, on your well-deserved feature in the Brock News!

    Categories: HUMA Grad Students, Student Funding and Awards