Fellows 2020-21
Lisa Baer-Tsarfati
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Affiliation: Department of History
Supervisor: Dr. Elizabeth Ewan
Dissertation Title: To Control a (Wo)Man’s Ambition: Gender, Class, and the Maintenance of Customary Authority in Early Modern Scotland, 1500–1625
Bio: Lisa Baer-Tsarfati received her BSc (Hon.) from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and her MSc by Research (with distinction) from the University of Edinburgh. Her research uses the computational analysis of discourse to examine the relationship between language, gender, and control. In 2020, Lisa’s 2019 International Review of Scottish Studies article was awarded the Tri-University History Essay Prize. She has also held a teaching fellowship at the University of Guelph and won a COA teaching award. Lisa is a member of CSDH, WHS, and NACBS and currently runs the Centre for Scottish Studies as the Assistant Director of Operations.
Laila Harris
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Affiliation: Latin American & Caribbean Studies, School of Languages & Literatures (SOLAL)
Supervisor: Dr. Gordana Yovanovich
Dissertation/Thesis Title: (Re)membering History: Ancestral Knowledge, Cultural Memory & Identity in Barbados
Bio: Laila holds a B.A. (hons) in Anthropology, and an M.A. in Public Issues Anthropology from the University of Guelph. Her previous master’s thesis is titled, “Roots of History, Seeds of Change: Women Organic Farmers & Environmental Health in Jamaica.” Laila also holds a Certificate in Caribbean Studies from Ryerson University; and is an Academic Mentor for the University of Guelph’s CHROMA Project; as well as a Graduate Student Senator for the 2020-21 academic year. Laila’s current research, which focuses on the relationships between Caribbean ancestral history, collective memory and cultural identity to explore the historical experiences of enslaved Africans in Barbados has been generously supported by a 2019-2020 Research Fellowship in the University of Guelph’s Digital Humanities (THINC) Lab, Ontario Graduate Scholarship (2019-2020 & 2020-2021); College of Arts Graduate Research and Travel Award, and a University of Guelph Graduate Scholarship. Finally, Laila is also a mother of 2 amazing children, ages 3 and 6, which is her most challenging and rewarding role of all!
Affiliation: School of English and Theatre Studies (SETS)
Supervisor: Dr. Susan Brown
Dissertation/Thesis Title: The Instagram Effect: Contemporary Canadian Poetry Online
Bio: Kiera Obbard is a Ph.D. student in Literary Studies at the University of Guelph. Her current project, The Instagram Effect: Contemporary Canadian Poetry Online examines the complex social, cultural, technological and economic conditions that have enabled the success of social media poetry in Canadian publishing, how the technological affordances of social media platforms mediate reading and writing, and the relationship between social media poetry and data mining practices. She is a fellow at The Humanities Interdisciplinary Collaboration (THINC) Lab, a Graduate Research Assistant for Canadians Read, an editorial board member of the Centre for Media and Celebrity Studies and WaterHill Publishing, and she works as a writer at a technology company in Waterloo.
Mariah Hudec
Abi Lemak
Past Fellows
- Kayla Besse (SETS)
- Gryph Theriault-Loubier (School of Environmental Design & Rural Development)
- Caroline Floyd (History)
- Megan Wilson (SETS)
- Jasmine Drudge-Willson (SOLAL)
- Caroline Floyd (History)
- Meg Wilson (SETS)
- Megan Hutchison (SETS)
- Jordon Bell (SOLAL)