On August 26, Camila Mugan successfully defended her thesis titled Silence as Voice: Silence, the Body and the Decoloniality of Quiet in Raduan Nassar and Sara Gallardo’s novels of the country.
Congratulations to Camila!
News and Events
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Long Hoang Vu Awarded Ontario Graduate Scholarship
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!
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
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Anna Roshni Jose receives 2025 International TA Award!
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!
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Congratulations to Laur Pilon for earning national spotlight!
We are happy to announce that our PhD student Laur Pilon’s painting The figure’s rebirth unfolds in a leaky silence was selected earlier this year by the National Gallery of Canada in Ottawa to be part of its collection. Laur is leading the way in research-creation, a practice-based approach to research that combines creative and academic exploration generating new knowledge and innovative ideas.
For the full story visit: https://brocku.ca/brock-news/2025/03/grad-students-art-earns-national-spotlight/
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Poster Session on April 2nd, 2025
Join our celebration of excellence as our 1st and 2nd year students showcase their outstanding PhD capstone projects!
All are welcome to view the projects and to engage in discussion with the students.
Cairns Atrium, April 2nd, 1-3 pm
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Congratulations to Venus Torabi!
Venus Torabi successfully defended her dissertation, “The CrISIS of Ludic Terrorism: Videogaming Exploited as a Means of Islamists’ Radicalization, Recruitment and Propaganda,” on Thursday, December 19th. Bravo, Venus!
We look forward to seeing you cross the stage to accept your degree at Spring Convocation!
L to R: Dr. Angela Book (Psychology), Venus Torabi, Dr. Lissa Paul (GPD), Dr. Jason Hawreliak (Digital Humanities), Alain Torabi
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Another Proud Moment for HUMA!
Congratulations to HUMA students Alia Wazzan, Maya Karanouh and Long Vu who have been recognized for their hard work!
Alia Wazzan has been awarded The 2024–2025 Robert G. Rawle Graduate Bursary and The 2024–2025 Marilyn Rose Graduate Award for Excellence in Humanities. Alia is in preparation for her Dissertation on “Netflix’s Feminist Euphoria on its MENA Platform: Colonial Feminism in the Era of a Neoliberal Platform Economy?” in the upcoming year.
Maya Karanouh is a fourth year student and has received the General Brock Soiree Graduate Award. Maya’s Dissertation is on “Enhancing Growth of Canadian Small and Medium-sized Enterprise (SME) through the Disruptive Application of Artificial Intelligence.”
Long Vu is the recipient of the Dr. Marilyn J. Rose Graduate Studies Fund. Long is a second year student with HUMA who’s Dissertation is on “The Cultural Politics of Giftedness.” -
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
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“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.
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