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2019-2020 Fulbright Canada Cohort

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American Fulbright Scholars

From: University of North Carolina, Charlotte To: Brock University

Jason Black

Dr. Jason Edward Black is professor and chair of Communication Studies at UNC Charlotte. His work involves rhetoric and social change, with an emphasis on Indigenous resistance and LGBTQIA activism. Black is the author of Mascot Nation: The Controversy over Native American Representations in Sports (Univ. of Illinois Press, 2018) and American Indians and the Rhetoric of Removal and Allotment (Univ. Press of Mississippi, 2015). He is also co-editor of Decolonizing Native American Rhetoric (Peter Lang, 2018) and of Harvey Milk’s Speeches and Writings (University of California Press, 2013). Black’s work appears in the Canadian Journal of Native Studies, American Indian Quarterly, American Indian Culture and Research Journal, and Quarterly Journal of Speech, among others. An award-winning teacher and writer, Black lives with his partner and two children in Concord, NC and is an avid hockey fan (Go Leafs!) and a collector of Converse All-Stars (over 60 pairs!).

Sterling Bland

From: Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey To: McGill University

Sterling Lecater Bland, Jr. is an associate professor in the departments of English, African American and African Studies, and American Studies at Rutgers University-Newark. His teaching and research interests include nineteenth century American literature, African American literature and culture, narrative theory, and jazz studies. His book publications include Voices of the Fugitives: Runaway Slave Stories and Their Fictions of Self-Creation (Greenwood Press 2000), Understanding Nineteenth Century Slave Narratives (Greenwood Press, 2016), and “Narration on the Lower Frequencies in Ralph Ellison’s Invisible Man” in Narrative, Race, and Ethnicity in the U.S. edited by Jennifer Ho, James J. Donahue, and Shaun Morgan (The Ohio State UP, 2017). Most recently, his essays have appeared in the journals South Atlantic Review, MELUS (Multi-Ethnic Literature of the United States) and American Studies.

From: University of New Mexico To: University of British Columbia

Laura Brown

Laura Brown, MD, MPH is board-certified in both family medicine and addiction medicine, and is passionate about public health and social justice. In medical school, Dr. Brown was recognized as the graduating medical student with the greatest commitment to the underserved. She spent the first part of her career focusing on international and US domestic women’s reproductive health, before turning toward the urgent public health challenge of substance addiction in New Mexico. She started buprenorphine programs for opioid use disorder treatment across four organizations in Santa Fe, New Mexico over the past ten years. Dr. Brown now works for the University of New Mexico Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, where she provides addiction medicine services as the medical director of a public county-owned substance detoxification facility.

Toni Calasanti

From: Virginia Tech University To: McMaster University

Toni Calasanti, PhD, is Professor of Sociology at Virginia Tech. Her research on the intersections of age, gender, and other social inequalities has appeared in several journals, as well as in her books Gender, Social Inequalities, and Aging (2001), Age Matters: ReAligning Feminist Thinking (2006), and Nobody’s Burden: Lessons on Old Age from the Great Depression (2013). Currently, she conducts NIH-funded research on same-sex partner caregiving, and a multination collaboration on retirement migration. She serves as a board member of the International Institute on Ageing, and has received several awards including the Kalish award for innovative scholarship, university research awards, and the Florence L. Denmark Award for Distinguished Contributions to Women and Aging from the Society for the Psychology of Women. She served as editor of the sociology journal Social Currents and been elected to several offices in professional organizations, most recently as President of the Southern Sociological Society.

Michael Carolan

From: Colorado State University To: University of Ottawa

Dr. Carolan is a Professor of Sociology and Associate Dean of Research and Graduate Affairs for the College of Liberal Arts. He has published over 200 peer review articles and chapters. His areas of expertise include environmental and agricultural law and policy, environmental sociology, the sociology of food systems and agriculture, economic sociology, and the sociology of technology and scientific knowledge. Some of his recently published books include: The Real Cost of Cheap Food; The Sociology of Food and Agriculture; Society and the Environment: Pragmatic Solutions to Ecological Issues; Reclaiming Food Security; No One Eats Alone: Food as Social Enterprise (2017); and The Food Sharing Revolution: How Start-Ups, Pop-Ups, and Co-Ops are Changing the Way We Eat (2018). Dr. Carolan also routinely makes radio and television appearances around the world, having been featured on the popular CBC’s Ideas, NPR, Radio New Zealand, and TVNZ-One.

From: Portland State University To: Vancouver Island University

Cynthia-Lou Coleman

Cynthia-Lou Coleman writes and lectures about how mass media frame conflicts that affect Indigenous communities— particularly conflicts where science, risk, and the environment take center stage. Coleman’s research includes studies of mining on tribal lands, repatriation of the 9200-year-old skeleton called Kennewick Man, and construction of oil pipelines in North America— and how they are framed in discourse. She is completing a book on cultural and political influences on science communication and its effects on Native people in North America. She writes for scholarly and popular press, including her blog Native Science. Coleman is an enrolled member of the Osage Tribe. She is a professor of Communication at Portland State University in Oregon, where she teaches science communication, media theory, and propaganda.

From: University of Alaska Anchorage To: Institute for Circumpolar Health Research

Katie Cueva

Dr. Cueva was born and raised in Alaska and works in partnership with Alaska Native and American Indian communities through participatory action research. She is interested in social determinants of health in the circumpolar north, culturally appropriate health promotion, and advancing health equity. She is an Adjunct Assistant Professor of Public Policy and Health at the Institute of Social and Economic Research at the University of Alaska Anchorage, a CDC/CSTE Applied Epidemiology Fellow in the Alaska Section of Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, and Associate Faculty at the Johns Hopkins Center for American Indian Health. She has a Master’s of Public Health from Johns Hopkins and a dual doctoral degree from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health in Nutrition and Social and Behavioral Sciences. In her free time, Dr. Cueva is also an avid dancer, hiker, and cross country skier.

Prentiss Dantzler

From: Georgia State University To: University of Toronto

Prentiss A. Dantzler, Ph.D. is an Assistant Professor in the Urban Studies Institute at Georgia State University. His research examines how and why neighborhoods change and how communities and policymakers create and react to those changes. Prentiss’ research has appeared in a number of academic venues including Housing Studies, Urban Affairs Review and Research in Social Movements, Conflict and Change. He also serves on the editorial board for City and Community. He received his Ph.D. in Public Affairs with a concentration in Community Development from Rutgers University – Camden. He also holds an MPA from West Chester University with a focus on Urban and Regional Planning and Geographic Information Technology as well as a B.S. in Energy, Business and Finance from Penn State University. Before he joined Georgia State, he was an Assistant Professor of Sociology and Mellon Faculty Fellow at Colorado College.

From: University of Bern To: University of Ottawa

Janelle Diller

Janelle M. Diller has practiced international law for 30 years in public and private sectors. She served as legal adviser to the International Labour Organization, a UN agency in Geneva, and Legal Director of the International Human Rights Law Group in Washington. She was Paul Martin Sr. Professor of International Affairs and Law at University of Windsor and taught at Georgetown University, University of Virginia, and other U.S. law schools. She is Senior Fellow at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva, Max Planck Scholar at the Max Planck Institute of Comparative Public and International Law, and Senior Lecturer at University of Bern. Professor Diller authored Securing Dignity and Freedom through Human Rights (Brill), recognized by the UN among leading Research Guides for the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Her numerous international law publications focus on human rights, labour, transnational business, and international organizations. She is a member of the California and D.C. bars.

From: University of Portland To: University of Calgary

Heather Dillon

Heather Dillon is an Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Portland where she teaches thermodynamics, numerical methods, and heat transfer courses. Her research team is currently working on renewable energy systems, solid-state lighting, energy efficiency in buildings, fundamental heat transfer studies and engineering education. She has worked for the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) as a senior research engineer working on both energy efficiency and renewable energy systems. She has received awards for mentoring undergraduate students including the US Department of Energy Office of Science Outstanding Mentor Award and the University of Portland Provost’s Award for Outstanding Undergraduate Research Faculty Member. Dr. Dillon received her Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Washington with a M.S. in Applied Mathematics. She holds a B.S and M.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Idaho.

Jessica Dolan

From: Independent To: University of Guelph

Dr. Jessica Dolan is an environmental anthropologist, ethnobotanist and scholar of Indigenous studies, whose research, writing, and teaching focuses on human relationships with the natural world. Since 2007, her work in the academy, communities, with NGO’s, and government, has been dedicated to understanding how she can research and teach in alliance with Indigenous communities, following decolonizing practices and Indigenous methodologies, in service of those communities, and in stewardship of the natural world. Her doctoral dissertation explores Haudenosaunee environmental knowledge and relationships with land. This complex body of Native science teaches how the social and environmental cannot be separated. Her research combines Indigenous knowledges and Western science for developing climate change-adaptive environmental education. She is dedicated to social and environmental justice projects that restore and protect food, water, and seed sovereignty, that remediate waste, and that bring people out on the land to participate in teaching and learning, together.

From: University of Wyoming To: Université du Québec à Montréal

Peter Fine

Peter Fine the author of Sustainable Graphic Design: Principles and Practice, published by Bloomsbury Academic in 2016. He also writes, curates, teaches and produces creative work on the subject of race and representation, to culminate in his second design book for Bloomsbury, The Design of Race: How Visual Culture Shapes America to be published in 2019. This will be the first book published in critical race studies for graphic design. In his studio work, he engages materially with text and image as visual ephemera, creating both and integrating the two. His hand lettering forms through drawing as word and image and also when juxtaposed with images, reinforces the primary role of text in the work. This stretches back to his early interests in collage, drawing and writing. He practiced graphic design for fifteen years during which time he also earned his AA, BA and MFA degrees in visual communication. Fine teaches studio courses in design, design history, and visual culture, emphasizing the role of the designer past, present and future.

Austin Gallagher

From: Independent To: Carleton University

Dr. Austin Gallagher is a conservation biologist and entrepreneur, doing policy-relevant research on threatened species at the intersection of the NGO and academic worlds. He is a Fulbright Distinguished Chair in Environmental Science at Carleton University (Ottawa, ON, Canada). He is the Chief Scientist of Beneath the Waves, a globally activated non-profit organization focusing on shark and ocean conservation. He has published over 65 peer-reviewed papers in leading scientific journals and his research on sharks has advanced scientific discovery and catalyzed ocean policy. Austin serves on the Editorial Board of the scientific journal Endangered Species Research. In 2016 he was named to the Forbes 30 Under 30 List in Science. He received his PhD from the University of Miami (2015), a Master’s from Northeastern University (2010), and a Bachelor’s in Biology from Loyola University in Maryland (2008).

Robert Gehl

From: University of Utah To: University of Calgary

Robert W. Gehl is a scholar whose research focuses on contemporary communication technologies. After receiving his PhD in Cultural Studies from George Mason University in 2010, he joined the faculty of the Department of Communication at the University of Utah. There, he published over two dozens articles in journals such as New Media & Society, Communication Theory, Social Media + Society, and Media, Culture and Society. His books include Reverse Engineering Social Media, which won the Nancy Baym Book Award from the Association of Internet Researchers, and Weaving the Dark Web, published by MIT in 2018. He also has published a co-edited collection of essays, Socialbots and Their Friends. At Utah, he teaches courses on digital ethnography, the history of cultural studies, the communication technology/society relationship, and basic Web design.

From: University of Northern Iowa To: McGill University

Randall Harlow

Performer-scholar Randall Harlow’s research ranges from empirical music performance and cognition studies to hyper-acoustic instruments. His article “Ecologies of Practice in Musical Performance” appears in the current issue of the journal MUSICultures. He has presented at conferences at Cornell, Harvard, and Oxford Universities, the International Conference on Music Perception and Cognition (ICMPC), Performance Studies Network (PSN), Porto International Conference on Musical Gesture, Orgelpark in Amsterdam, GOArt in Sweden, and the Westfield Center for Historical Keyboard Studies. Solo performances have taken Dr. Harlow to England, France, Germany, Greenland, and Russia. His latest album, ORGANON NOVUS (Innova), is a 3-disc anthology of contemporary organ music by major American composers. His first album, TRANSCENDANTE (Pro Organo), features the first organ transcription of Liszt’s legendary Transcendental Etudes. He holds a DMA from the Eastman School of Music and is currently Associate Professor of Organ and Music Theory at the University of Northern Iowa.

From: Albany Law School To: Balsillie School of International Affairs

Alexandra Harrington

Dr. Alexandra R. Harrington, J.D, LL.M., DCL, serves as Lead Counsel for Peace, Justice and Governance with the Centre for International Sustainable Development Law, the Director of Studies for ILA Colombia, and is an adjunct professor at Albany Law School. Dr. Harrington is the author of the recent book International Organizations and the Law in addition to numerous publications on topics including sustainable development, governance, international human rights law, international child’s rights, environmental law, legal issues relating to climate change, natural resources regulation, international organizations, international trade law, corporate social responsibility, and criminal law. She is a member of the ILA’s Committee on the Role of International Law in Sustainable Natural Resource Management for Development, where she represents Colombia. She is an avid sports fan and lover of animals.

Joanna Hearne

From: University of Missouri To: University of Alberta

Joanna Hearne is an associate professor of film studies in the English Department at the University of Missouri, located on the traditional territories of the Osage and Otoe-Missouria Nations. Her research on North American and global Indigenous media production and screen images stretches from early cinema to the present, including work on digital Indigenous studies, new media, and animation. She has published extensively on Indigenous filmmakers’ interventions in US and Canadian film industries and genre histories, including her books Native Recognition: Indigenous Cinema and the Western and Smoke Signals: Native Cinema Rising. Her work has been recognized with a Kemper Fellowship for Teaching Excellence by the University of Missouri, a National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship, and the Fulbright Canada Research Chair in Society and Culture at the University of Alberta. She is the founding director of the Digital Storytelling Program, an interdisciplinary B.A. degree program at the University of Missouri.

From: Quinnipiac University To: University of Ottawa

Jennifer Herbst

Jennifer L. Herbst, JD, M.Bioethics, LL.M, is currently a Professor of Law and Medical Sciences at Quinnipiac University’s School of Law and the Frank H. Netter MD School of Medicine. She also teaches in the Sherman B. Nuland Summer Institute in Bioethics offered by the Yale Interdisciplinary Center for Bioethics and serves as a community member on the adult ethics committee for Yale-New Haven Hospital and the Human Subjects Committee for Yale University’s Human Research Protection Program. Earlier in her career, she worked as defense counsel for hospitals, health care providers, and pharmaceutical companies at a law firm in Philadelphia. She received her undergraduate degree in molecular biology at Dartmouth College, her JD and M.Bioethics at the University of Pennsylvania, and her LL.M in Legal Education as an Abraham L. Freedman Fellow at Temple University’s Beasley School of Law.

Oliver Kim

From: University of Pittsburgh To: University of Ottawa

Oliver J. Kim has over fifteen years of legislative and policy experience at the state and federal level. He has a decade of experience on Capitol Hill, serving as a Senior Advisor to Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) and then as Deputy Director for the Special Committee on Aging under Chairman Bill Nelson (D-FL). Over the course of his tenure in the Senate, he has worked on key issues such as Medicare, Medicaid, prescription drugs, health information technology, nutrition, and social services. He was selected for the Endeavour Executive Fellowship from the Australian Department of Education, the Woodrow Wilson foreign policy fellowship, the AcademyHealth Health Policy in Action award, and the American Council of Young Political Leaders’ exchange program. He is an adjunct professor with the University of Pittsburgh’s Washington, DC program and received his BA from Indiana University and his JD from the University of Minnesota.

Nancy Langston

From: Michigan Technological University To: Lakehead University

Nancy Langston is Distinguished Professor of Environmental History at Michigan Technological University. Her most recent book, Sustaining Lake Superior, examines the environmental history of climate change, industrial development, and toxics in the Lake Superior basin. Since July 2013, Langston has been a professor at Michigan Technological University. During 2012-2013, she was the King Carl XVI Gustaf Professor of Environmental Science at Umeå University in Sweden. She served as professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison for 17 years. She has written four books, 50 peer-reviewed journal articles, and popular journalism. Former President of the American Society for Environmental History, she raised over $750,000 in competitive external funding and won awards from the Marshall Foundation, the Mellon Foundation, the American Society for Environmental History, the American Philosophical Society, and the American Council for Learned Societies.

From: Brown University To: Dalhousie University

Jessaca Leinaweaver

Jessaca Leinaweaver is Professor of Anthropology at Brown University. From 2016-2019, she was Brown’s Director of the Center of Latin American and Caribbean Studies. She holds a Ph.D. from the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor) in Cultural Anthropology. Her undergraduate studies were at Whitman College (Walla Walla, Washington). Leinaweaver is the recipient of multiple research grants from the National Science Foundation, the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, the Fulbright IIE, the Wenner-Gren Foundation, and the Jacob K. Javits Fellowship. She is the author of The Circulation of Children: Adoption, Kinship, and Morality in Andean Peru (Duke, 2008) which won the Margaret Mead Award. Her most recent book is Adoptive Migration: Raising Latinos in Spain (Duke, 2013). Her op-eds on migration, adoption, and child welfare have been published in multiple venues including U.S. News and The Hill.

From: University of South Carolina To: University of Alberta

Susi Long

Susi Long is a Professor at the University of South Carolina (USC) in teacher education. She focuses on decolonizing, humanizing, and culturally relevant pedagogies in literacy education and is published in research journals and books written with teachers and university colleagues: “We’ve been doing it your way long enough”: Choosing the Culturally Relevant Classroom; Courageous Leadership in Early Childhood Education: Taking a Stand for Social Justice; Supporting Students in a Time of Core Standards; Tensions and Triumphs in the Early Years of Teaching; and Many Pathways to Literacy. Susi teaches courses in culturally relevant pedagogies, linguistic pluralism, literacy methods, and critical qualitative methodologies. She has held leadership roles including Chair of the National Council of Teachers of English Research Foundation and is recipient of multiple awards, among them, NCTE’s Promising Researcher and Early Literacy Educator of the Year, and the USC Educational Foundation Award for Research in Professional Sciences.

John Mortensen

From: Cedarville University To: University of British Columbia

John Mortensen is a leader in the international revival of historic improvisation. Appearing frequently as a concert artist and masterclass teacher at universities in America and Europe, he is noted for his ability to improvise entire concerts in historic styles, including complex compositions such as Baroque fugues. He is a Steinway Artist and an Ohio Artist on Tour. In 2017, he was selected as a Fulbright Specialist by the US Department of State to serve as an international artistic ambassador. In 2018, he toured Europe for three months, performing and teaching improvised music at conservatories across the continent. In 2020-2021, he will undertake three international tours through Canada, the United Kingdom, and the Baltic states. He is the creator of Improv Planet, an online school of historic improvisation, where his students include concert artists and conservatory faculty from across the world. He serves as professor of piano at Cedarville University in Ohio, where he was named Faculty Scholar of the Year, 2016.

From: Arizona State University To: University of Regina

Soe Myint

Soe W. Myint is a Professor in the School of Geographical Sciences and Urban Planning at ASU. He serves as Editor-in-Chief of Urban Remote Sensing section, Remote Sensing; Subject Editor of Ecosystem Health and Sustainability; Editorial Advisory Board Member of IJRS; and Editorial Board Member of GIScience and Remote Sensing. He has received an Outstanding Achievement Award (AAG-RSSG), Prominent Alumnus of Asian Institute of Technology, Best Paper Award for Early Career Scholars in Remote Sensing (AAG), AITAA Distinguished Alumni Award, USGS scholar award, Intergraph Young scholar award, and CPGIS scholar award. He was nominated for the Zebulon Pearce Distinguished Teaching Award in 2017. He has served as president, vice president, and director of the ASPRS - Southwest U.S. region. He also has served as chair, vice chair, and director of the AAG-RSSG. During his graduate studies, he received four best paper awards and two 2ndbest awards at professional meetings.

From: Nova Southeastern University To: Carleton University

Louis Nemzer

Dr. Louis R. Nemzer, the Valedictorian of his Yeshiva University class of 2004, received his B.S. in Physics, and then went on to receive his doctorate in Physics from The Ohio State University. Louis’s novel design for a blood glucose monitoring system for patients with diabetes was awarded a U.S. Patent (#8,326,389). His work has been funded by numerous National Science Foundation (NSF) grants, in addition to University funding. Dr. Nemzer has also been involved in the medical field as a writer of entrance exams and the associated official study guides. He has had numerous articles published examining dynamic biological systems research, including questions regarding antibiotic resistance, and the information content of DNA.

Florence Neymotin

From: Nova Southeastern University To: Carleton University

Dr. Florence Neymotin received her Ph.D. and M.A. in Economics from the University of California at Berkeley and her B.S. in Economics from the Honors Program at The Ohio State University. At Ohio State, she graduated Summa Cum Laude and Phi Beta Kappa in just three years. Florence also received the Edwin L. Smart Prize, awarded to the top economics student at Ohio State. In addition to her current position at Nova Southeastern University, Dr. Neymotin worked or held visiting scholar positions at the University of California Berkeley, NBER New York, Lehman Brothers New York, Kansas State University, the University of Kansas, and SUNY Binghamton. In addition to a highly successful record of journal publications and international presentations, Florence has also worked as a referee and as a journal editor. Dr. Neymotin’s work was also honored by being chosen as an editor’s pick in the prestigious ‘Science’.

From: Kalamazoo College To: University of Alberta

Thomas Rice

Tom Rice is the Jo-Ann & Robert Stewart Professor of Art at Kalamazoo College and a multi-media artist working in drawing, painting, video and performance art. He received a BFA from the Temple University’s Tyler School of Art and an MFA from the University of Georgia. He has received residency fellowships from the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Ox Bow and the Ragdale Foundation. In 2002 he received Kalamazoo College’s Lucasse Fellowship for Excellence in Scholarship. His commissioned works include pieces for the Xerox Corporation and the Philadelphia Vietnam Veterans Memorial. His work has been exhibited at the Fire House Art Center, University of Wisconsin, Evansville Art Museum, South Bend Regional Museum of Art, the Fort Wayne Museum of Art, the Kalamazoo Institute of Art, Urban Institute of Contemporary Art, the Lansing Art Gallery, the Arkansas Arts Center, the Art Academy of Cincinnati, and the Kresge Art Museum.

Jolene Rickard

From: Cornell University To: McMaster University

Jolene Rickard, Ph.D. is a visual historian, artist and curator interested in the issues of Indigeneity within a global context. Highlighted projects include: The Creative Time Summit: The Curriculum, 8/2015 in conjunction with the 56th International la Biennale di Venezia; essay, “Art as Dispossession,” in From Tierra del Fuego to the Artic: Landscape Painting in the Americas, Art Gallery of Ontario and Yale University Press, 2015; advisor to Sakahàn: 1st International Quinquennial of New Indigenous Art, National Gallery of Canada, 2013; Ford Foundation Research Grant, 2008-11, Te Tihi Scholar/Artist Gathering in New Zealand, 2010 and co-curator for the inaugural exhibition, Our Lives and Our Peoples for the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian, 2004. Rickard is on the editorial board of the American Art Journal. She is from the Tuscarora Nation (Haudenosaunee), director of the American Indian and Indigenous Studies Program and Associate Professor in the History of Art and Art Departments at Cornell University.

Ronica Rooks

From: University of Colorado Denver To: McMaster University

Ronica N. Rooks is an Associate Professor in the Department of Health and Behavioral Sciences and the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences’ Director of Online Education at the University of Colorado Denver. She completed her Ph.D. in sociology from the University of Maryland at College Park and postdocs in geriatric epidemiology in the Intramural Laboratory of Epidemiology, Demography, and Biometry at the National Institute on Aging and health disparities in the Institute for Social Research at the University of Michigan. Her research broadly focuses on social-ecological explanations for racial and ethnic disparities in chronic conditions. Among seniors in Denver, Colorado, she examines: relationships between gentrification, displacement, and health; and “time-banking,” a mechanism to facilitate aging-in-community, build social capital, and promote health across varied socioeconomic status communities. She is a Fellow and serves as a Member-at-large for the Behavioral and Social Sciences section of the Gerontological Society of America.

From: North Slope Borough To: University of Victoria

Todd Sformo

Dr. Todd Sformo is a wildlife biologist with the North Slope Borough and an affiliated Research Scientist at Institute of Arctic Biology at the University of Alaska Fairbanks. He monitors monitor health and abundance of fish populations in support of subsistence activities, including research on emerging disease (saprolegniasis) and eDNA molecular detection. He evaluates stressors such as crude oil spills and dispersants on arctic subsistence species, including bowhead whales and polar bears. He is a physiologist who specializes in overwintering physiology in bowhead whales, including lens temperature, epidermal freezing, and antifreeze proteins. He continues to work on supercooling and freeze-avoidance in arctic insects. He also represents the borough on the US Fish and Wildlife Service Eider Recover Team and as Handicraft Committee Chair for the Alaska Migratory Bird Co-Management Council.

From: Florida State University To: University of New Brunswick

Mary Stewart

Professor Emeritus Mary Stewart taught at Florida State University from 2006 to 2017. Her artwork has been shown in over 100 exhibitions nationally and internationally, and she is the author of Launching the Imagination: A Comprehensive Guide to Basic Design, a bestselling design textbook. Stewart received a Southeastern College Art Association Excellence in Teaching Award in 2010, the FATE Master Educator award in 2009 and the National Council of Arts Administrators Award of Distinction in 2008. She is a co-founder of Integrative Teaching International and the founding editor of its professional journal, Future Forward. Through her Fulbright, Professor Stewart will be making three trips to New Brunswick. Raising the visibility of the Atlantic Centre for Creativity, teaching creativity workshops, and completing a series of interviews with Canadian innovators are planned.

Miles G. Taylor

From: Florida State University To: McGill University

Dr. Taylor is a sociologist, gerontologist, and demographer specializing in health, life course disadvantage, and population aging. Her expertise also includes applying and teaching longitudinal quantitative methodologies. Her research examines processes of advantage and disadvantage across the life course and their implications for health in older adulthood. Her research has been published in the Journals of Gerontology: Social Sciences, the Gerontologist, and Social Science and Medicine and has received funding from the National Institute on Aging, and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC). She was recently elected a fellow of the Gerontological Society of America (GSA), and won the 2017 Busse Research Award from the International Association of Gerontology and Geriatrics (IAGG) and the 2015 University Teaching Award from FSU.

From: Florida State University To: McGill University

Fernando Teson

Fernando Roberto Tesรณn is Eminent Scholar Emeritus at Florida State University College of Law. He is a leading scholar in the philosophy of international law, humanitarian intervention, global justice, and political rhetoric. He published Debating Humanitarian Intervention (Oxford University Press, 2018) with Bas van der Vossen; Justice at a Distance: Extending Freedom Globally (Cambridge University Press, 2015) with Loren Lomasky; Rational Choice and Democratic Deliberation (Cambridge University Press 2006) with Guido Pincione; Humanitarian Intervention: An Inquiry into Law and Morality (Transnational Publishers, 3rd ed. 2005); A Philosophy of International Law (Westview Press 1998); and dozens of articles in law, philosophy, and international relations journals and essays. Before joining FSU in 2003 he taught for 17 years at Arizona State University. He has served as visiting professor at many universities in North and South America, and in Europe.

From: University of Wisconsin - Madison To: York University

Beverly Trezek

After spending 14 years at DePaul University, Dr. Trezek recently joined the faculty at the University of Wisconsin-Madison as an Associate Professor in Special Education and the Tashia F. Morgridge Chair in Reading. Before becoming a university professor, Dr. Trezek was a special education teacher in the K-12 public schools for more than 12 years. Given this background, she is highly dedicated to sharing research findings with practicing teachers through professional development workshops and classroom coaching. She especially appreciates the opportunity this work has offered her to travel and collaborate with educators across the United States, and in Canada, Australia, and Ireland. Dr. Trezek received the DePaul University College of Education Excellence in Teaching Award in 2012, and the Excellence in Research Award in 2017. In 2013, she was inducted into the College of Education Hall of Fame at Illinois State University, where she completed a bachelor’s degree in deaf education.

Jyotsna Vaid

From: Texas A&M University To: McGill University

Jyotsna Vaid received her doctorate at McGill University where she conducted some of the earliest studies on brain lateralization of language in bilinguals. After doing postdoctoral fellowships at Michigan State University and the Salk Institute for Biological Studies and the University of California, San Diego, Vaid joined Texas A&M University as a faculty member in Psychology. She is currently Professor of Cognition and Cognitive Neuroscience and an affiliated faculty in Women’s and Gender Studies at Texas A&M University. She directs the Language and Cognition Lab and teaches and conducts research in the psycholinguistics of bilingualism. Among other honors, Vaid received a Teacher/Scholar Award for outstanding scholarship and teaching from Texas A&M University and a Mentorship Award from the Association of Women in Cognitive Science. Vaid’s research in psycholinguistics is motivated by her own experiences growing up multilingual environment where the creative potential of language was valued.

From: Northern Arizona University To: University of Northern British Columbia

Kristen Waring

Dr. Kristen Waring is Professor of Silviculture and Applied Forest Health in the School of Forestry, Northern Arizona University, where she has worked since 2006. She received her B.S. and M.S. from the University of Montana in Forestry, specializing in applied forest entomology for her M.S. research project. She then earned her Ph.D. from the University of California – Berkeley in Silviculture and was a postdoctoral scholar in forest ecology at the same institution following graduation. She specializes in finding solutions to a wide assortment of challenging forest health problems using silviculture and other management strategies. Her research and teaching have taken her across the western US, into Mexico, Costa Rica, Europe, and Indonesia. She can be found exploring the outdoors, gardening and reading in her time away from work.

Canadian Fulbright Scholars

From: Western University To: Illinois Institute of Technology

Neil Banerjee

Dr. Neil Banerjee is a professor in the Department of Earth Sciences at Western University where he holds the NSERC/Yamana Gold Inc. Industrial Research Chair in Advanced Mineral Exploration. He is recognized as a leading researcher in modern and ancient hydrothermal systems, biogeochemistry, and mineral exploration, particularly in ancient greenstone belts. Discover Magazine has twice recognized his research as one of the Top 100 Science Discoveries in their annual series. His group combines fieldwork, laboratory, experimental, and computational approaches to create value over the life of mine cycle. He is training the next generation of Canadian geoscientists to come together in well-formed teams, to provide the agile responses needed by industry. In doing so, his students learn to develop their own personal feedback loops that allow them to evaluate and improve their own progress independently. As a result, his graduates are now well placed at top companies, government, and academia, in Canada and abroad.

Jean-Christophe Boucher

From: University of Calgary To: University of Southern California

Jean-Christophe Boucher is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Political Science and School of Public Policy at the University of Calgary. His is currently a director of research in civil-military relations at the Canadian Defence and Security Network funded by the Social Science and Humanities Research Council. A fellow at the Canadian Global Affairs Institute; a research Fellow at the Centre for the Study of Security and Development at Dalhousie University; Senior Fellow at the Centre interuniversitaire de recherche sur les relations internationales du Canada et du Québec. He holds a BA in History from the University of Ottawa, a MA in Philosophy from the Université de Montréal and a PhD in Political Science from Université Laval. He specializes in foreign policy analysis and computational social science.

From: Independent To: University of California, Santa Cruz

Stephen Broomer

Stephen Broomer is a film historian and film preservationist. He has been a scholar-in-residence at the Modern Literature and Culture Research Centre (Ryerson University) and the Canadian Filmmakers Distribution Centre (Toronto). His honours include the Liss Jeffrey Fellowship in New Media Research (Ryerson University, 2012) and the Chalmers Art Fellowship (Ontario Arts Council, 2016). He has given public presentations of his preservation efforts at the Canadian Film Institute, the Art Gallery of Ontario, and the TIFF Bell Lightbox (Toronto). He is the author of two monographs, Hamilton Babylon: A history of the McMaster Film Board (University of Toronto Press, 2016) and Codes for North: Foundations of the Canadian avant-garde film (CFMDC, 2018). Alongside his scholarly work, Broomer is an accomplished experimental filmmaker whose work was most recently featured in a solo retrospective at Anthology Film Archives in New York City.

Pascale Duhamel

From: University of Ottawa To: Vanderbilt University

Musicologist and medievalist Pascale Duhamel holds a doctorate from the Université de Montréal, a post-doctorate from the Institut de Recherches et d’Histoire des Textes (Paris), and a postgraduate Licence in Mediaeval Studies from the Pontifical Institute of Mediæval Studies (Toronto). Since 2008, she has been teaching music history and medieval culture at the University of Ottawa.She previously taught at the Université de Champagne-Ardenne and St. Michael’s College at the University of Toronto, and has guest lectured in Europe, the United States and Canada. She founded Ensemble Scholastica, directed it for three years, and co-directed its second CD recording for its 10th anniversary. Her work includes Polyphonie parisienne et architecture gothique 1140-1240 (Peter Lang, 2010) and an upcoming study on the teaching of music at the Université de Paris in the 13th and 14th centuries. Duhamel is a trained horticulturalist and has worked in editing for twenty years.

Sean R. Guistini

From: Nunavut Arctic College To: Smithsonian Institution

Sean R. Guistini, PhD, is the manager of Nunavut Arctic College Media (NAC Media) which was established in April 2015 to create learning resources for Nunavummiut and others with interest in Inuit and Arctic histories, cultures, and language. NAC Media collaborates with community members, Government of Nunavut Departments, instructors, scholars, writers, and filmmakers to publish books, collect oral histories, and produce films and other media projects that support language and cultural learning and preservation. NAC Media is also developing a digital archive to ensure that valuable territorial materials are preserved and that Eastern Arctic holdings are accessible within Nunavut. Guistini lives and works in Iqaluit, Nunavut.

From: Qaujigiartiit Health Research Centre To: Dartmouth College

Gwen K. Healey

Gwen K. Healey was born and raised in Iqaluit, Nunavut and continues to live, work, and raise her family in this community. Healey is co-founder and Executive and Scientific Director of the Qaujigiartiit Health Research Centre (AHRN-NU) in Iqaluit. She holds a Master’s degree in Epidemiology & Community Health Sciences from the University of Calgary and a PhD in Public Health from the University of Toronto. Drawing upon existing community strengths, resources, and building capacity to conduct research in the North is the key to addressing a number of health concerns presently and over the coming years. Healey co-founded the Qaujigiartiit Health Research Centre 2006. The goal of the Centre is to enable health research to be conducted locally, by northerners, and with communities in a supportive, safe, and culturally-responsive and ethical environment, as well as promote the inclusion of both Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit and western sciences in addressing health concerns, creating healthy environments, and improving the health of Nunavummiut.

Gordon Hickey

From: McGill University To: Dartmouth College

Gordon Hickey completed a Bachelor of Forest Science degree (Honours) at the University of Melbourne, a Ph.D. at the University of British Columbia, and a Master of Public Administration at the Australian and New Zealand School of Government, Monash University. He is an Associate Professor and William Dawson Scholar in the Department of Natural Resource Sciences at McGill University specializing in sustainable natural resource management, policy and governance. He is the Founding Head of the interdisciplinary Sustainable Futures Research Laboratory and an Associate Editor of the journals Food Security and Society & Natural Resources. Prior to McGill, he worked in senior policy and management roles in government leading specialist teams to deliver a range of resource sustainability initiatives. He has been a member of committees charged with research and knowledge advancement in the community, private and public sectors.

Lois Klassen

From: Independent To: University of Texas at El Paso

Lois Klassen is an artist, writer and researcher based in Vancouver, Canada. Known for long-range projects that invite and engage participants in collective actions, her projects address social and political concerns – deliberately facing ethical demand with social, aesthetic and material methods. Klassen’s artworks have been hosted by Santa Fe Art Institute, The Glenbow Museum, The Western Front, HubM3 (University of Salford), Banff New Media Institute, and more. Her PhD dissertation (Cultural Studies, Queen’s University, 2018) focused on ethics and participation in art. She earned a Master of Applied Art at Emily Carr University of Art + Design (Vancouver, Canada) in 2011, and a Diploma of Art History from University of British Columbia (Vancouver) in 2008.

From: University of Manitoba To: University of Alaska Anchorage

Josée Lavoie

Josée G. Lavoie is a Professor with the Department of Community Health Sciences, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, College of Medicine, University of Manitoba, and Director of Ongomiizwin Research, which is a part of the Indigenous Institute of Health and Healing at the University of Manitoba. Lavoie holds a BSc in Dietetics & Nutrition (1986) and an MA in Medical Anthropology from McGill University (1993). She received her PhD in Health Policy and Financing (2005) from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK. Before beginning her research career, Lavoie spent 10 years working in Indigenous controlled health services in Nunavik, Nunavut and Northern Saskatchewan, Canada.

Jocelyn Létourneau

From: Université Laval To: Yale University

A senior researcher in CÉLAT, Jocelyn Létourneau is also Professor of History, Laval University, Quebec City, where from 2001 to 2015 he held the Canada Research Chair in the History of Quebec. A fellow of the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, N.J., in 1997-98 and of the Royal Society of Canada since 2005, Dr. Létourneau was attributed the Trudeau Foundation research prize in 2006 and the André-Laurendeau research prize in 2018. In 2010, he was a Fulbright scholar at both UC Berkeley and Stanford University and, in Fall 2015, a Visiting Research Associate at UCL-Institute of Education. Twice he has been fellow at the Lyon’s Institute for advanced study. Dr. Létourneau is the author or editor of many books. His latest titles include Je me souviens? Le passé du Québec dans la conscience de sa jeunesse (Fides, 2014), and Canadians and their Pasts (UTP, 2013). He is currently finishing a brief synthesis on Quebec history (La Condition québécoise. Récit d’une expérience historique).

Christian Leuprecht

From: Royal Military College of Canada To: Johns Hopkins University

Christian Leuprecht is a Professor in Leadership, Department of Political Science and Economics, Royal Military College and Eisenhower Fellow at the NATO Defence College in Rome. He is cross-appointed, Department of Political Studies and the School of Policy Studies, Queen’s University, where he is affiliated with both, the Queen’s Centre for International and Defence Policy and the Institute of Intergovernmental Relations, and Adjunct Research Professor, Australian Graduate School of Policing and Security, Charles Sturt University. A recipient of RMC’s Cowan Prize for Excellence in Research and an elected member of the College of New Scholars of the Royal Society of Canada, he is also Munk Senior Fellow in Security and Defence at the Macdonald Laurier Institute. An expert in security and defence, political demography, and comparative federalism and multilevel governance, and is regularly called as an expert witness to testify before committees of Parliament.

From: University of Toronto To: Johns Hopkins University

Carmen Logie

Dr. Carmen Logie is the Canada Research Chair in Global Health Equity & Social Justice with Marginalized Populations, Associate Professor at University of Toronto’s Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work, and a Ministry of Research & Innovation Early Researcher. Dr. Logie has been awarded funding from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), CIHR Clinical Trials Network, Social Sciences & Humanities Research Council of Canada, Grand Challenges Canada, Canada Research Chairs, and Canada Foundation for Innovation, to lead global research focused on sexual health and rights with a focus on HIV and other sexually transmitted infections. She is particularly interested in social drivers, such as intersectional forms of stigma, that present barriers to HIV/STI prevention and care cascades. Her current research projects focus on HIV/STI prevention, testing and care in Canada, Uganda and Jamaica with people living with HIV, refugee and other forcibly displaced youth, LGBT communities, Indigenous youth, and persons at the intersection of these identities.

From: University of Calgary Gregory To: University of California, Santa Barbara

Lowan-Trudeau

Dr. Lowan-Trudeau is an Associate Professor in the Werklund School of Education at the University of Calgary. Formerly a Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) and Killam doctoral scholar, he has also served as Assistant and, subsequently, Adjunct Professor of First Nations Studies at the University of Northern British Columbia as well as Contract Lecturer in the Faculty of Education at Lakehead University. Building on a background in Indigenous environmental science and land-based education, his research interests presently include Indigenous environmental activism, renewable energy development, and critical media literacy. Dr. Lowan-Trudeau is the author of numerous articles and two books, From Bricolage to Métissage: Rethinking Intercultural Approaches to Indigenous Environmental Education and Protest as Pedagogy: Teaching, Learning, and Indigenous Environmental Movements. He is currently exploring sociocritical and Indigenous perspectives on renewable energy education through a SSHRC Insight Grant.

Justin Massie

From: Université du Québec à Montréal To: Johns Hopkins University

Justin Massie is Associate Professor of political science at the University of Québec in Montreal and Senior Fellow at the Canadian International Council. His research focuses on the global power transition, multinational military coalitions, and Canadian foreign and defense policy. His work has been published in several journals, including Foreign Policy Analysis, Contemporary Security Policy, Comparative Strategy, Canadian Journal of Political Science, International Journal (winner of best article published in 2017), Journal of Transatlantic Studies, Canadian Foreign Policy Journal (winner of best article published in 2008) and Études internationales (winner of best article published in 2011). He is the author of Francosphère: l’importance de la France dans la culture stratégique du Canada (PUQ, 2013), and co-editor of Paradiplomatie identitaire : Nations minoritaires et politique extérieure (PUQ, 2019) and America’s Allies and the Decline of U.S. Hegemony (Routledge, 2019).

From: University of Toronto To: Princeton University

Nicole Mideo

Dr. Nicole Mideo is a leading scholar in the evolutionary ecology of disease. By developing mathematical models and integrating them with empirical data, her work generates novel insight on why some parasites cause severe disease while others are comparatively benign, what has shaped the evolution of parasite traits that underlie disease severity and transmission, and how these traits might change in the future. Dr. Mideo received her PhD in Mathematical Biology from Queen’s University in Canada. She was a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Edinburgh and Pennsylvania State University before moving to Toronto in 2013. She has an outstanding publication record that demonstrates the interdisciplinary nature of her research program (>40 papers published in journals including Evolution, Journal of Theoretical Biology, and PLoS Pathogens) and has delivered invited talks in ten countries.

From: McGill University To: State University of New York College at Plattsburgh

Amélie Quesnel-Vallée

Amélie Quesnel-Vallée is the 2019-20 recipient of the Fulbright Canada Distinguished Chair in Québec Studies, SUNY Plattsburgh. She holds the Canada Research Chair in Policies and Health Inequalities at McGill University, where she is jointly appointed across the faculties of Arts and Medicine and is the founding Director of the McGill Observatory on Health and Social Services Reforms. Her research examines the contribution of policies to social inequalities in health over the life course. It appeared in journals such as The Lancet, the International Journal of Epidemiology, and Social Science & Medicine and was recognized through several awards, including from the American Sociological Association, the Population Association of America, and the American Public Health Association. Committed to furthering public understanding of science, she is frequently sought by the media such as National Public Radio, the New York Times, and Business Week.

Kathy Snow

From: University of Prince Edward Island To: University of Washington

Dr. Kathy Snow, Associate Professor, University of Prince Edward Island (UPEI) and Academic Lead for the Certificate in Educational Leadership Nunavut (CELN). Dr. Snow’s current work represents a lifetime of dedication to the support of Inuit Education in Canada. She grew up in Nunavut, and as a child spent countless hours copying and sorting very limited Inuit specific teaching resource materials for her mother who was an instructor in the newly developed Eastern Arctic Teachers College, designed to support Inuit educators to obtain teaching certification without leaving Nunavut. Now, in a full circle of learning, she supports and learns from many of these same women who are working towards and teaching in CELN. Prior to UPEI, Kathy worked as a Biologist, a public school teacher, and an Instructional Designer, and she brings these experiences together to promote awareness of social determinants impacting not only educational attainment, but health and wellbeing for Indigenous youth in Canada.

From: Simon Fraser University To: Norwich University

Nancy Teeple

Dr. Nancy Teeple is the incoming Fulbright Canada Research Chair in Peace and War Studies at Norwich University. Nancy is an adjunct assistant professor and research associate at the Royal Military College of Canada. Nancy completed her PhD in Political Science at Simon Fraser University in 2017, receiving a Fellowship for her dissertation and the Dean’s Convocation Medal. Nancy holds an MA in War Studies, a Master’s in Library and Information Science, an MA in Ancient Studies, and a BA (Hons) in Classical Studies. Select publications include: “A Brief History of Intrusions into the Canadian Arctic,” Canadian Army Journal (2010); “Increasing Canada’s Foreign Intelligence Capability: Is it a Dead Issue?” Intelligence and National Security (2015); “A Minimum Deterrence Nuclear Posture and the Challenge of Deterrence Failure,” On Track (2015/2016); and contribution to the Simons Forum Report “Repairing the USNATO-Russia Relationship and Reducing the Risks of the Use of Nuclear Weapons,” in 2018. Recent conference papers include “Canada’s role in Nuclear Arms Control and Disarmament” at the Canadian Association of Slavists (June 2019), and “Enhanced ISR and its Effect on Strategic Stability” at the International Studies Association (March 2019).

American Fulbright Students

From: College of Wooster To: University of Saskatchewan

Joseph Besl

Joey Besl is from Cincinnati, Ohio and now based in Anchorage, Alaska. He has a bachelor’s degree from the College of Wooster, in Wooster, Ohio, where he graduated with a communication studies major, a geology minor, and Phi Beta Kappa honors in 2009. He formerly guided bike tours in Maine, Nova Scotia, and South Dakota; led school programs in Kentucky state parks and Alabama museums; and worked as an environmental educator for the Leave No Trace Center for Outdoor Ethics. Most recently, he worked as a writer for the University of Alaska Anchorage, telling the stories of alumni, professors and students, and their academic adventures in the North. In summer 2019, he biked from Portland, Oregon to Portland, Maine, pedaling across the USA and Canada.

Hannah Facknitz

From: James Madison University To: University of British Columbia

Hannah Sullivan Facknitz is a settler historian of indigenous experience in North America. Interested in the history of performance, technology, and labor in indigenous communities, she has presented her research across the United States. Her recent scholarship includes studies of Edward S. Curtis, American Indians and the automobile, and the depictions of indigeneity in twentieth century film. Her undergraduate thesis “Performing Authentic Savagery: National Myth-Making and Indigenous Survival at American World’s Fairs, 1893-1904” won the Phi Kappa Phi Best Thesis Award at James Madison University. Hannah has also studied in Japan, Ghana, and the United Kingdom. At James Madison University, Hannah graduated magna cum laude with distinction in history and is a member of Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Kappa Phi, and Phi Alpha Theta. Hannah holds a deep conviction that history is a social justice discipline—that telling accurate history opens a door to liberation.

From: State University of New York at Stony Brook To: Concordia University

Brian Gallagher

Brian Gallagher is a fish biologist who is starting his PhD in the Biology Department at Concordia University in 2019. Before coming to Canada, Brian obtained his BSc at Stony Brook University in his home state of New York in 2013, his MSc at the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science in 2016, and worked as the chief scientist of a long-term biological survey at the Virginia Institute of Marine Science until 2019. Brian is intensely interested in human impacts on fish populations, and wants to develop better tools for predicting climate change adaptation in the wild. Since he started conduct a dozen oral and poster presentations at scientific conferences. When he isn’t thinking about science, Brian likes to read, travel, play soccer and go to concerts.

Alec Gewirtz

From: Princeton University To: University of Toronto

Alec Gewirtz is devoted to creating values-based communities for religiously unaffiliated people of his generation. He graduated Summa Cum Laude in Religion from Princeton University in 2019, winning the John Robinson Memorial Prize and the Religion and Philosophy Prize. At Princeton, he created Workshop No. 1, a community for personal reflection and growth that was profiled in The Daily Princetonian and Inside Higher Ed. As a speechwriting consultant, he worked on multiple speeches delivered at the 2016 Democratic National Convention, and during a gap year before starting college, he worked for the Mayor of Atlanta.

Andrew Hahm

From: Princeton University To: Queen’s University

A mathematician by training, Andrew Hahm brings both analytical rigor and experience as a social service professional to his Fulbright work at the intersection of political theory and philosophy of race. Andrew received his AB in mathematics in 2017 from Princeton University, where he wrote his senior thesis on dichotomy theorems in descriptive set theory. He was also a leader and advocate for a successful initiative to create an Asian American studies program at the university. After graduating, Andrew worked at the Carole Robertson Center for Learning, a community-based early learning and youth development organization in Chicago’s West Side. He was supported by a Princeton AlumniCorps fellowship in his first year working in the Center’s development office. Andrew was a 2017 participant of Brown University’s Summer Immersion Program in Philosophy, and is committed to creating inclusive spaces for underrepresented groups in academic philosophy.

From: University of Texas at Austin To: University of Windsor

Maria Hammack

Maria Esther Hammack is doctoral candidate in History at the University of Texas at Austin working under Dr. Daina Berry. She will be hosted at the University of Windsor and will conduct research for her dissertation project under the mentorship of Dr. Guillaume Teasdale. Maria is currently editorial assistant at the Journal of African American History, serves on the advisory board for Black Communities: A Conference and Collaboration, and is social media manager for the project that highlights women of color who changed American history @MakingHistoryHers. Maria’s work has received financial support from the American Historical Association, the Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, the John L. Warfield Center, the Omohundro Institute for Early American History and Culture, the Mellon Scholars Program at the Library Company of Philadelphia, P.E.O. International, and the Texas States Historical Association, among others.

Briana Martin

From: University of Vermont To: McGill University

Briana Martin is a first-generation college student from Bronx, New York. She earned a Bachelor degree in Social Work with an English Minor at the University of Vermont and a Master’s in Student Affairs Administration with a Certification in Post-secondary Teaching and Learning at Michigan State University. Briana has worked with UVM’s TRIO Student Support Services program as a Mentor and Senior Program Coordinator for the past six years supporting students in their various academic journeys. She is also a yoga instructor who leads yoga classes and wellness workshops for UVM students and staff, and serves as a faculty member at CCV Winooski where she teaches Dimensions of Self & Society, a social justice course for first year students. Briana is passionate about access to education, social justice, and wellness.

Yvonne Nguyen

From: Villanova University To: McMaster University

Yvonne Nguyen earned a BA in Peace & Justice Studies and a minor in Theology from Villanova University in May 2019. At Villanova, Yvonne was a 2017 US-UK University of Bristol Fulbright Summer Institute Fellow; 2018 Gilman Scholar and 2018 Insight into Diversity Global Engagement Scholar to Vietnam; and, 2018 Truman Scholar Finalist. As a fervent student activist, she led the United Students Against Sweatshops chapter on her campus for three years and served as a leader for the national organization during her last year, protecting and advancing workers’ rights globally. Writing articles and conducting public presentations, Yvonne educated her campus and college students across the U.S. about workers’ rights. In Summer 2018, Yvonne was selectively chosen to intern with the American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees, the U.S.’ largest public-sector union, and Harvard Law School’s Labor and Worklife Program.

From: New York University To: Université de Montréal

Claire Reising

Claire Reising has developed an academic career driven by community building and intercultural exchange. She is currently a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of French Literature, Thought, and Culture at New York University. Claire received her B.A. in 2011 and her M.A. in 2014 from the University of Notre Dame. In 2011-2012, she was awarded a Fulbright scholarship as an English Teaching Assistant in Mons, Belgium, where she created a university course in American Studies. Claire has continued to develop as an educator during her Ph.D. program, teaching French language courses and working as Assistant Director of Undergraduate Studies in her department. She has also presented her research at several conferences, including the Modern Language Association and the Conseil International d’Études Francophones. Claire is also a member of Phi Beta Kappa and the National French Honor Society, Pi Delta Phi.

Kelsey Schober

From: Bates College To: University of Alberta

Kelsey Schober was born and raised off-grid in Sutton, Alaska and holds a BA in Politics, Psychology, and Dance from Bates College. Informed by her experience as a researcher, advocate, and lifelong Alaskan, Ms. Schober’s work focuses Arctic issues, natural resource governance, and addressing equity and justice concerns across Alaska and the circumpolar North. She received a Thomas J. Watson Fellowship in 2016-17 to research the intersection of performance and politics globally, and participated in the Alaskan Fellows Program in 2017-18 to support a ballot measure in Alaska. In September, she will begin a MA in Political Science at the University of Alberta as a Fulbright Student 2019-20 researching localized climate change policy across the North American Arctic.

Omar Sheikh

From: Oregon State University To: University of Alberta

Pursuing an undergraduate and graduate education in bioengineering has empowered Omar to fulfill his passion for biology and helping others. He investigated biocompatibility of medical devices inside the body and medical image processing of shoulders respectively, giving him the background to broadly understand bioengineering skillsets and tools. His publications include undergraduate and graduate theses, a biosensors conference paper, and a guide to teaching children about disability. Omar’s proposed Fulbright research aims to improve quality of life for patients with the neuromuscular disorder Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD). In addition to a grounded academic background, Omar brings his personal experiences living with Becker’s Muscular Dystrophy, a milder form of DMD, to this research. Having this condition has tempered Omar into an advocate for disability rights. He has written and published materials that raise global awareness for patients with neuromuscular conditions.

From: State University of New York at Buffalo To: Concordia University

Stanzi Vaubel

Stanzi was trained as a cellist at The Juilliard Pre-College, received her BA from Northwestern University. Currently, she is a teaching fellow and doctoral candidtae in the Media Study Department at The University at Buffalo. She has collaborated on projects at Robert Wilson’s Watermill Center, and performed at venues such as Tanglewood, The Long House, and Carnegie Hall. She worked as a producer at New York Public Radio and Chicago Public Radio where she produced a series on poets and writers entitled The Gift. Her audio documentaries have been featured on WBEZ, BBC, and featured by The Third Coast Audio Festival. Her work has been commissioned by The Whitney Museum of American Art, KANEKO, UnionDocs, and more. Her work has been staged at venues such as Hallwalls Contemporary Art Center as well as various site-specific locations. Her work has been funded by CAS Dissertation Fellowship, New York State Council for the Arts, Mark Diamond Research Fund, the Physics and Media Study Departments at UB, and The Techne Institute.

Canadian Fulbright Students

Victoria A. Bikowski

From: York University To: Dartmouth College

Victoria Bikowski is a third-year Ph.D. student at York University, where she is studying Canadian government and politics. Victoria’s doctoral research focuses on natural resource development and Aboriginal consultation. Victoria holds a M.A. and B.A. (Hons) in Political Science from York University and Western University. She is a Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council Doctoral Fellowship holder and a Northern Scientific Training Program Award recipient. Victoria recently co-authored a book chapter titled “To Consult or Not to Consult” in Protest and Partnership: Indigenous Peoples, Consultation and Engagement, and Resource Development in Canada (UCalgary Press, forthcoming). She also recently completed a PanArctic Extractive Industries certificate programme through the UArctic Thematic Network, which gave her the opportunity to study in Newfoundland, Iceland and Norway. Victoria has also worked as a consultant for SUSLOP Inc., where she conducted research on Ontario’s Ring of Fire for Marten Falls First Nation.

Ashly Dyck

From: University of Saskatchewan To: Ohio State University

Ashly Dyck is a graduate student at the Ohio State University, where she is pursuing dual Master’s degrees in soil science and applied economics. A native of Victoria, B.C., Canada, Ashly was not raised on a farm, but developed a passion for soil conservation and climate change while working on drought-affected cattle stations in Queensland, Australia. She has since earned her BSA in soil science from the University of Saskatchewan, where she created a popular question-and-answer column providing science-based agricultural information to urban-raised students. Ashly has received numerous scholarships and awards, including the Canadian Soil Science Society Book Award, and an Undergraduate Student Research Assistantship grant for her work on soil carbon sequestration following land use conversion, which she is currently preparing for publication. An advocate of diversity in the workplace, Ashly volunteers with numerous organizations encouraging women to enter the sciences.

From: University of British Columbia To: Yale University

Lily Ivanova

Lily Ivanova is a Ph.D. candidate in Sociology at the University of British Columbia, whose work focuses on public knowledge creation and understanding of human rights abuses. She has a Master’s in Sociology from UBC, and a Bachelor’s in International Development and Globalization from the University of Ottawa. Lily has held visiting research fellowships, including D.A.A.D. German Academic Exchange Grant at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich in 2018, Fox International Fellowship at Yale University 2016-17, and SSHRC Michael Smith Canada Graduate Scholarship at the Royal University of Phnom Penh, Cambodia in 2013. She is also a Public Scholar with UBC’s Public Scholars Initiative, through which she applies her research to public school and museum policy and curriculum on human rights education. Lily has led advocacy work on mental health and youth political participation through UBC’s Graduate Student Wellbeing Network and Canadian Youth Vote Alliance.

Lewis Krashinsky

From: Independent To: Princeton University

Born and raised in Toronto, Lewis Krashinsky won a Fulbright Award to help support him as he starts his PhD in Comparative Politics at Princeton University. At Princeton, he intends to focus his studies on Canada-U.S. political comparisons. Lewis’ most recent job experience was on the policy team for Federal Cabinet Minister Navdeep Bains at the Ministry of Innovation, Science and Economic Development. Additionally, prior to moving to Ottawa, Lewis worked for the International Labour Organization in Geneva on the Future of Work unit. Lewis received an MSc degree in Comparative Politics with First Class Honours from the London School of Economics and his BA from McGill University, where he graduated on the Dean’s Honour List. While the upcoming move to the United States – and the years abroad in Europe for school and work – might be evidence of a person who yearns to travel, Lewis insists that his favourite place to be is at home in Toronto.

Michel Laforge

From: Memorial University of Newfoundland To: University of Wyoming

A passion for nature and understanding the behavior of animals has led Mike to a career in wildlife research. Mike is a behavioral and landscape ecologist whose research focuses on understanding animal movement and habitat selection in dynamic environments. Mike received a BSc (honours) from the University of Saskatchewan, where he also received a master’s degree studying habitat selection patterns of white-tailed deer. Mike is currently in the third year of his PhD in the Wildlife Evolutionary Ecology Lab at Memorial University of Newfoundland. His research aims to understand the drivers and consequences of migration behaviour in ungulates, with a focus on investigating how animal behavior may allow populations to adapt to novel environmental conditions in a changing climate. Mike has studied moose on the Canadian prairies, polar bears in the sub-arctic, feral horses on Sable Island, and caribou in Newfoundland.

From: University of Toronto To: University of Michigan

Nicole Van Lier

Nicole Van Lier is a doctoral candidate in human geography at the University of Toronto. Her work explores the economies and ecologies of settler colonialism and racial capitalism in North America with an attention to political struggles over resources and the ways “settler-capitalist” states make use and make sense of nature. She holds an MA in Social Justice Education from the University of Toronto where her research examined the regulation of political dissent through media representations of public opposition to an oil pipeline in southwestern Ontario. Her doctoral work is informed by local contestations over water in the heavily industrialized and urbanized St. Clair-Detroit River corridor, and investigates an under-explored relationship between water access and the consolidation of emerging state capacities to manage water quality in an era of expanded environmental regulation. Nicole is also a member of the People’s Water Board in Detroit and serves as the Student Representative of the Cultural and Political Ecology study group of the Association of American Geographers.

Sarah Mason-Case

From: University of Toronto To: Harvard University

Sarah Mason-Case is conducting research at Harvard Law School’s Institute for Global Law and Policy. Her research examines the role that legal practices play in mediating and shaping different forms of knowledge about the ecological processes underlying climate change, including science, economics and politics. Sarah is also a doctoral candidate at the University of Toronto Faculty of Law and an Adjunct Professor at Osgoode Hall Law School, where she teaches the courses ‘Climate Change Law’ and ‘Environmental Law’. For her doctoral work, she has also received funding from the Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada. Sarah has published on the topic of international law relating to climate change in a number of journals and handbooks, including the forthcoming Leiden Journal of International Law. Prior to her current research, Sarah practiced international and domestic law reform.

Sarah Runyon

From: Marion & Company To: University of Arizona

Sarah Runyon is a practicing lawyer in the area of criminal litigation and appeals. She has appeared as counsel before all levels of court in British Columbia and is currently lead counsel on R v Zora at the Supreme Court of Canada-a case expected to change the legal landscape for marginalized offenders subject to various administrative court orders. Prior to her call to the Bar she served as a judicial law clerk to several justice of the British Columbia Supreme Court. She obtained her Bachelor of Arts degree at Carleton University where she was awarded the University’s Senate Medal for outstanding academic achievement. She later obtained her law degree from the University of Victoria where she received numerous academic accolades, including the J.S.D Tory Prize for both oral and written advocacy, and served as Editor-in-Chief of the Appeal law journal.

From: University of Toronto To: Princeton University

Raeid Saqur

Raeid Saqur is a PhD student and Machine Learning researcher with the Department of Computer Science at the University of Toronto (UofT) and Vector Institute for AI. Prior to his return to academia, Raeid spent a decade in industrial R&D at some of the foremost research labs and successful entrepreneurial ventures. His work focused on converting research to applied solutions in a wide array of verticals ranging from mobile and wearable computing, IoT, speech synthesis and NLP to algorithmic derivatives trading engine development. Similarly, Raeid’s academic research in AI transcends defined boundaries with publications in computer vision, generative models, ethics of AI, and applications of AI in the financial and medical domains. Raeid has a BASc in Computer Engineering (Dean’s List). He obtained his MSc in Applied Computing (summa cum laude), and MBA from UofT, where he was awarded the Peter Drucker Effective Executive scholarship among numerous other academic and leadership accolades.

From: University of British Columbia To: Carnegie Mellon University

Sean Smillie

Sean is entering his PhD in Engineering and Public Policy at Carnegie Mellon University. His goal is to support technically-informed energy policy development, and integrate environmental considerations in decisions that impact the public good. Sean is a professional engineer, with a B.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Alberta and a M.Sc. in Resources, Environment and Sustainability from the University of British Columbia. Before starting his master’s degree, he worked in the pipeline industry in both technical and project management roles. This experience fostered his interest in the relationship between our energy system and the environment, particularly in the areas of climate change and the environmental assessment process. His master’s thesis work evaluated the economic potential for and policy toward generating electricity from industrial waste heat in Canada. When he’s not crunching numbers, you’ll find Sean biking around the city, on the ski slopes, or exploring a new foreign country.

American Killam Fellows

From: University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa To: University of Victoria

Arlene Chan

Arlene Chan is an undergraduate student, studying Biology and Psychology, at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. Intending to serve the medically disadvantaged community through a holistic approach, Arlene has dedicated herself to research work through the Violence Prevention and Program Evaluation Lab and at the Human Affective Neuroscience Lab. As a result, she has gained valuable medical insights and software proficiency, such as SPSS, NVivo, PsychoPy, and Python scripts. Arlene has also supplemented her work through regular volunteering at the Rehab Hospital of the Pacific, shadowing various medical personnel to gain different perspectives on healthcare. Outside of her academic and career pursuit, she enjoys the beautiful hikes on Ohau and playing basketball at the community park with her friends.

Brittany Christian

From: Bridgewater State University To: York University

Brittany Christian is a senior and Political Science major hailing from Bridgewater State University. She is an aspiring civil and human rights attorney, dedicating her academics and co-curricular activities to advocating for the socioeconomically marginalized. Since her freshman year, she has participated in service initiatives throughout her home state of Massachusetts and internationally to countries within Southeast Asia and Central America. One of her most recent achievements was obtaining the Erasmus Scholarship awarded by the European Commission. In 2018, she was the first student in her university’s history to receive acceptance to Harvard Kennedy School’s Public Policy and Leadership Conference. She has served both the judicial and legislative sectors of the United States in roles such as her Legislative and Community Affairs Internship for Senator Sonia ChangDiaz and Deputy Clerk Internship for the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit.

From: University of Missouri To: Université Laval

Nicholas Corder

Nicholas Corder is an American documentary filmmaker, French speaker, and university student. He is currently studying at Université Laval in Québec City working toward a microprogram in French as a foreign language. Formerly, he also studied at Sciences Po–Paris in France, earning a certificate in International Affairs. He will be going back to the United States of America in the spring where he will be graduating in May 2020 at the University of Missouri with a degree in Documentary Journalism (B.J.) and French (B.A.). He hopes to use his background in film and French to disseminate stories from all over the world to American and Canadian audiences.

From: Arizona State University To: Acadia University

Rachael King

Rachael King graduated from Ingraham High School in Seattle, WA with an IB Diploma in 2017. She was a National Merit Finalist in high school and was awarded a full academic scholarship to attend Arizona State University West (ASU) in Glendale, AZ. She is currently a junior and will be studying at Acadia University for Fall 2019. At ASU, Rachael works as a paid research assistant through the NCUIRE program. Her research has focused on water quality law, resulting in a research poster which she took to the AAAS 2019 Annual Meeting and which won first place at the NCUIRE symposium at ASU. Because of her many academic achievements, she was awarded the Leading by Example award for the sophomore class by Barrett, The Honors College at ASU. She looks forward to continuing her research into water quality law in Canada in order to compare US and Canadian governmental responses to water quality issues for her Honors Thesis.

Kees Koopman

From: North Carolina State University To: McGill University

Kees Koopman is an honors student at North Carolina State University studying Anthropology and Linguistics with a minor in Spanish. He is interested in language acquisition, semantics, and anthropological linguistics, and plans to pursue one or all of these things in graduate school after obtaining his bachelor’s degree. Kees’ recent anthropological research was concerned with trends in the gendered representation of African farmers in research literature, for which he received a travel grant to present at a conference. After publishing his work, he will be pursuing linguistics more heavily with faculty at both McGill University and his home institution. In addition to the Killam Fellowship, Kees is a recipient of the William T. Kretzer Scholarship and the Abraham Holtzman Award. He is also a member of the Rowing Club at NC State and has been rowing for nearly four years, during which time he won medals at both state and regional regattas.

From: Arizona State University To: University of Alberta

Madison Lusk

Madison is an undergraduate student at Arizona State University studying Biological Sciences (Conservation Biology and Ecology) with a minor in Spanish. She is dedicated to global environmental awareness and change, which is evident by her involvement with the Central Arizona Chapter of the Society for Conservation Biology and the Make Your Impact organization on campus. She is currently a student research aid, where she assists graduate students at Arizona State studying Aspen mortality in Colorado. Madison is a National Merit scholar and Honors student. Beyond this, she is an active member and student leader in Camp Kesem, a nationwide non-profit dedicated to supporting children through and beyond their parents’ cancer. Her wide range of passions and involvement keep her motivated and focused on her overall goal: to make a positive global impact.

From: Miami Dade College To: University of Calgary

Alejandra Montoya

Alejandra Montoya, born and raised in Miami, Florida, is a sophomore student majoring in Nursing at The Honors College at Miami Dade College. Alejandra’s family is originally from Colombia and she is a first-generation college student. Alejandra is passionate about improving the quality of healthcare for minority women, supporting initiatives for social equality, and advocating for environmental sustainability. After graduating from The Honors College, she hopes to transfer to the University of Pennsylvania or the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Alejandra eventually wants to pursue a PhD in nursing and conduct research that will impact women’s health. Alejandra spends her off time reading fiction novels, spending time with family, and dancing.

Stephanie Mooney

From: Ithaca College To: Queen’s University

Stephanie is a junior at Ithaca College studying Culture and Communication. Drawn to the program through its interdisciplinary nature—Stephanie is passionate about a variety of intersections between platforms of socialization that shape the human experience. Mostly, she is enthralled by the power of modern technology’s increasingly normalized presence in daily lives, and the subsequent investigation of such a role across educational and media-related institutions. Additionally, Stephanie is fascinated by the factors that influence such dynamics across specific boundaries of space, place, and time. In her quest for answers, Stephanie has additional minors of international politics and interdisciplinary studies built into her program. In the Spring of 2019, Stephanie was inducted into the Lambada Pi Eta Honor Society. In her free time, she enjoys drawing, reading, writing, and occasionally decorating cakes.

From: Clemson University To: University of Ottawa

Cecelia Moran

Cecelia Moran is currently a junior at Clemson University in South Carolina. She is a financial management major with a concentration in corporate finance and a minor in accounting. She is a DC-area native and attended The Potomac School for high school. She has been selected for and completed two Virginia Space Grant Consortium summer academies and is currently a member of Clemson’s accounting and finance honor society, Beta Alpha Psi. She has also been on Clemson’s Dean’s List for three out of four total semesters spent at Clemson. During her fellowship, Cecelia hopes to gain insight into the differences between the American and Canadian financial systems and learn more about employment opportunities in the Canadian financial world. Having lived near DC her entire life, Cecelia is an avid Washington Capitals hockey fan and regularly attends games during the season.

Bianca Navia

From: Arizona State University To: University of Ottawa

Bianca Navia is currently pursuing her B.A. in both Political Science and Global Studies at Arizona State University, where she is also an Honors student at Barrett, the Honors College. She is most passionate about international affairs, diplomacy, and foreign languages, of which she speaks three (German, Spanish, and Italian) and is in the process of learning one (Arabic). Navia is particularly interested in researching Middle Eastern affairs and national security policy. When she is not studying, she can be found tutoring English online to refugee students at Paper Airplanes, a non-profit that serves individuals affected by conflict in the MENA region. Upon her graduation, she intends to apply her interests and language skills to serve others, whether in the government or non-profit sector. Navia is thrilled to be a Killam Fellow and attend the University of Ottawa in the Spring, where she hopes to learn more about the refugee resettlement process in Canada.

Alexandra Neumann

From: Arizona State University To: University of Prince Edward Island

Alexandra Neumann is studying Sustainability and Conservation Biology at Barrett. Her collaboration on the Food and Well-Being in the Anthropocene and Sustainable Farms Systems projects at the School of Sustainability focused her research interests on the environmental history of agriculture. As a researcher for the Arizona Center for Nature Conservation at the Phoenix Zoo, she used her findings on the behavior of an endangered owl species to improve the Zoo’s population management program. Alexandra is passionate about integrating conservation with environmental history to promote ecologically sensitive agricultural practices. Alexandra loves to serve her community as a volunteer at the School of Sustainability’s garden. She also co-founded a sustainability leadership development program, for which she was a finalist for Barrett’s Leader in Community Service award.

From: University of Washington To: University of Victoria

Benjamin Parsons

Benjamin graduated A.C. Davis High School in June of 2018. He was in the top 5% of the class and he participated in the International Baccalaureate program. Starting in fall of 2018 Benjamin began attending The University of Washington – Seattle and has continued his excellent academic performance. During his first year at The University of Washington Benjamin was also involved in undergraduate research related to the discovery and corroboration of new physics processes in particle physics. He was also a part of the Student organization, Engineers without Borders, in which he helped plan and execute a fundraising gala that helped raise over $10,000 which will be used in helping communities in developing countries. Benjamin also enjoys an active lifestyle and regularly exercises and goes rock climbing with friends at The University of Washington’s climbing gym.

From: Florida Polytechnic University To: Western University

Celeste Ramirez

Celeste Ramirez began this part of her journey in 2014, by realizing she had a fascination with computer programming. In 2016, she returned to university to complete her Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, with a focus in Game Development. She interned at Steamroller Studios in 2017 and has held a part-time position there ever since. She is happily married and has a home in Central Florida with her husband.

Augusta Reinhart

From: University of Montana To: Université de Montréal

Augusta Reinhart was President of Leo Club, Vice President of National Honor Society, and team captain of the Speech and Debate Team. She was presented the National Academy of Future Scientists and Technologists Award of Excellence in 2016, the AP Scholar Award in 2017, elected to the National Student Leadership Council, and invited to join the National Society of High School Scholars. In 2018, she accepted the Presidential Leadership Scholarship from the University of Montana in Missoula where she is studying Political Science, International Relations, French, Pre-Law, and Global Leadership. She has since been elected to the Budget and Finance Committee of the Student Government, worked on four political campaigns, joined the Pi Sigma Alpha and Alpha Lambda Delta national honor societies, and began volunteering at the International Rescue Committee in pursuit of her passion for human rights.

From: American University To: Carleton University

Zachary Rubiner

Zachary Rubiner was born in Los Angeles California, where he has lived his entire life up until the start of University. Raised in Encino in Los Angeles’s San Fernando Valley, Zach attended Jewish parochial school for all but three years of his K through 12 education. Zach currently attends The American University in Washington D.C., majoring in International Studies through the University’s School of International Service. He is particularly interested in U.S.-Canada relations as he recognizes the importance of the United States’ economic and strategic alliance with Canada. Zach is also involved in United States domestic politics. While in high school, Zach interned in U.S. Congressman Adam Schiff’s district office. He volunteered to work on his first campaign when he was 14 years old and has interned on two U.S. Senate campaigns. Most recently, he interned at Kamala Harris’ 2020 Presidential campaign.

Liza Wilson

From: American University To: Dalhousie University

Liza Wilson is an American University junior from Pittsburgh Pennsylvania. At American, she is a Frederick Douglass Distinguished Scholar and an AU Honors student. In addition to the Killam Undergraduate Fellowship, she has also been selected as an Ernest F. Hollings Scholar by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association. She is an Environmental Science major and Chinese minor, interested in studying climatology and the effects of climate change in polar regions on the rest of the world. Post-graduation, she hopes to continue learning through the pursuit a master’s degree and PhD, which will then allow her to conduct independent, climate-related field work and research. Her favorite things to do include traveling, learning and practice new languages, going to concerts, watching independent films, cooking and baking, spending time with family and friends, and being outdoors, regardless of the weather.

Heream Yang

From: Vanderbilt University To: McGill University

Heream Yang, from Houston, Texas, is a junior at Vanderbilt University studying English Literature and Human and Organizational Development. She will be studying English Literature at McGill University through the Killam Fellowships Program. Heream is an avid writer, having reported for The Vanderbilt Hustler, the university’s official student newspaper, on topics ranging from female entrepreneurship to the Vanderbilt Influenza Vaccine Initiative. She has also written for Vanderbilt University’s Owen Graduate School of Management; Aspire to Her, a digital platform empowering women in the first decade of their business careers; and Gensler, a global architecture and design firm. Outside of the classroom, Heream enjoys running in Nashville’s historic Centennial Park and reading books featuring strong female leads. She hopes to use her writing to showcase bold women accomplishing extraordinary things.

Canadian Killam Fellows

From: Western University To: Florida Polytechnic University

Peter Akioyamen

Peter Akioyamen is currently a third-year Scholarâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Electives student at Western University, where he is pursuing an Honours Bachelor of Science with concentrations in Data Science and Applied Mathematics. At 18 years of age, Peter gained initial exposure to research studying Cystic Fibrosis at The Hospital for Sick Children. Since then, he has developed interests in the intersections between mathematics, computer science, and finance. He is interested in the applications of machine learning techniques in computational finance as well as financial derivative pricing, and the uses of derivative products in growing developing economies and world markets. He has received numerous awards from Western University for international service learning, volunteering, extracurricular involvement, and academic achievement. Having played both basketball and volleyball internationally, he enjoys continuing to stay active in everyday life.

Parker Deabreu

From: Brock University To: University of Maine

Parker Deabreu is an BA Honours Economics with co-op student at Brock University, in St. Catharines, Ontario Canada, double minoring in geography and environmental sustainability. Her main focus in her studies is environmental economics; looking to understand and connect how humansâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; economic practices, and behaviours, impact the environment. Specifically, with respect to the energy sector. Parker has been applying her academic knowledge to her co-op work placements. First, as a field technician at an entomology lab for one term, followed by a training management co-op student at Ontario Power Generation, learning about different areas of knowledge to be better prepared for the work force upon graduation in 2020. Travelling to learn new perspectives and experience different cultures, is one of her passions. Making the best of university, Parker has been to South Africa, Namibia and Trinidad and Tobago through programs offered at Brock University.

From: McGill University To: University of Virginia

Kelsey Devaney

Kelsey Devaney is a third-year undergraduate student at McGill University studying Kindergarten and Elementary Education. She has chosen this field of study as she is passionate about teaching and possesses a strong desire to help children succeed. Previously, she completed a DEC (also known as Diploma of College Studies) at Dawson College where she graduated on the Deanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s list for having maintained an average of 85% and above throughout the course of her program. She is hardworking and dedicated both in her studies and within her community. Kelsey was the recipient of the John Molson Scholarship in 2017 as well as the Sharon Prior Scholarship in 2018 for her academic excellence and commitment to her community. She is thrilled to embark on her newest adventure at the University of Virginia and is honored to be a part of the Killam Fellow community.

Katie Du

From: University of Alberta To: Wellesley College

Katie Du is currently a third-year undergraduate student studying cell biology at the University of Alberta, although her friends’ question whether she is truly a student based on her spotty attendance. Since junior high, Katie has regularly travelled abroad to compete with the Canadian National Women’s Foil Cadet and Junior Fencing team. In 2018, she captained the junior women’s foil team to a gold medal finish at the Commonwealth Youth Championships and also captured the individual title. When Katie is not busy safely stabbing people, she dedicates her time to her other great interest – talking. She works with the Edmonton Youth Justice Committee, MS Society, Victim Services Unit, the local Women’s Shelter, and other organizations on a wide range of advocacy issues. Katie hopes to combine her technical background in science and her community work experience to gain a better understanding about the social determinants behind healthcare.

Kaela Fraser

From: Acadia University To: Arizona State University

Kaela Fraser is entering her fourth year of a Bachelor’s degree in chemistry at Acadia University, Nova Scotia. She is passionate about scientific research and is pursuing a career in medicine after her undergraduate degree. In 2018, she was awarded the Beatrice Hunter Cancer Research Institute Studentship Award to study novel analogues of anti-cancer related molecules. In 2019, she was awarded a grant from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada to support her honours thesis research, which focuses on steroid molecules for anti-cancer activity. While working on research, Kaela also works as a resident assistant and teaching assistant for Acadia University. She is certain the Killam Fellowship program will strengthen her community development skills as well as her scientific knowledge.

From: Université de Montréal To: American University

Bijean Ghafouri

Bijean Ghafouri is an undergraduate student studying political science at the University of Montreal. After gaining professional experience in NGOs and in a federal minister cabinet working as a political attaché, Bijean gained interest in academic research. Specializing in electoral behavior and elections, he now works for a professor as a research assistant. For his honors thesis, he studied the impact of Chinese import penetration rates on the electoral popularity of incumbent Presidents and Governors in the United-States. After his bachelor’s degree, he plans on doing his PhD in the United-States where he plans to study the importance of identity and cultural issues in the voter’s calculus.

Daniel Gold

From: Mount Allison University To: University of Texas at Austin

Daniel Gold is a fourth year student in Economics and Mathematics at Mount Allison University. Daniel involved himself in student life by running for the Mount Allison Student Union, as well as founding the Mount Allison Philosophy, Politics and Economics (PPE) Society. During his internship at the Department of Finance Canada, Daniel recognized his passion for economics and mathematical modelling. He then switched from PPE into an Economics and Mathematics program. This past summer, Daniel worked as a Mergers and Acquisitions Research Intern for Constellation Software in Toronto where he further developed his quantitative skills, as well as skills in business development and prospecting. After graduation, he hopes to continue learning about private equity and venture capital before attending graduate school in the US. In his spare time, Daniel is an avid cook, an amateur road cyclist and a 24-hour news enthusiast.

Raphael Hotter

From: McGill University To: University of California at Berkeley

Raffi is on a quest to hacking the brain. Projects he has worked on include a $1,000 portable brain scanner, a brain-controlled wheelchair, a club to teach programming, and two brain imaging methods for Alzheimerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Disease. He has won 2nd Place in Physics at the International Science and Engineering Fair. He is currently studying Joint Honours Mathematics and Computer Science and McGill University and is interning at Google X during the summer.

From: University of Ottawa To: University of Washington

Wei Hu

Wei Hu is in his fourth year at the University of Ottawa, pursuing a joint honors degree in computer science and in mathematics, focusing particularly on artificial intelligence. While his research is mainly in deep learning (improving theoretical understanding in an empirically established field), he is also interested in the ethical questions which surround artificial intelligenceâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s proliferation. He interned at Google in San Francisco, and at the Canadian Institutes of Health Research in Ottawa. He is recipient of an undergraduate student research award (USRA) from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) for research in mathematics. In summer 2019, Wei is taking part in a machine learning research internship at Shanghai Jiao Tong University. Wei is co-president of his universityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Engineers Without Borders chapter. He enjoys hiking, playing chess and watching ducks.

Maria Karteris

From: York University To: Miami Dade College

Maria grew up on an island in Greece and decided to move to Canada to complete her postsecondary education. She is a third year student majoring in Commerce Marketing at York University. Moving to another country to start her life from zero, Maria faced challenges but has achieved more than she expected. She is the recipient of a York University scholarship and is a member of the Marketing Association, taking up the Director of Events position. Maria is honored to be part of the Killam Program and is looking forward to spending her experience in Miami.

Amelia Lacey

From: Memorial University of Newfoundland To: University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa

Amelia Lacey is studying Biochemistry Nutrition at Memorial University. Amelia’s focus on health and wellbeing guides both her academic and personal pursuits. She has held several research awards, including an NSERC (Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada) studying the effects of dietary lipids on gestation, and a SURA (Summer Undergraduate Research Award) with Memorial University’s Faculty of Medicine, studying interventions to achieve exclusive breastfeeding in diabetic women. Amelia has presented her research at Memorial’s Biochemistry Research Symposium and at The Primary Healthcare Partnership Forum. As a Dean’s List student, she has also been supported by several generous scholarships. Currently, Amelia is an executive member of Memorial’s Biochemistry Society and Women in Science and Engineering Society. She has also volunteered with Global Brigades in Honduras, inspiring her to become more involved in global health.

From: Carleton University To: Arizona State University

Erin Lange

Erin is a student at Carleton University and will be entering her third year in September 2019. She is majoring in chemistry with a minor in Italian. This summer she is the recipient of an NSERC USRA and is working in a research lab studying enzymes controlling the metabolism of certain fluorinated compounds and environmental pollutants. Having always loved to travel, she is very excited to spend a semester abroad in Phoenix, Arizona. Her experience travelling began when she moved to Adelaide, Australia for 2 years and has since travelled throughout Australia, New Zealand, the Cook Islands, several European countries, and the Caribbean. Outside of school, Erin is a competitive Irish Dancer. She has been dancing for 15 years and has been able to compete at the Eastern Canadian Regionals, the North American Irish Dance Championships, and the World Championships.

Grace Lavoie

From: St.Mary’s University To: Clemson University

Grace Lavoie is in her fourth year at Saint Mary’s University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, where she is studying Commerce. Originally from Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada, she is proud of her Atlantic Canadian roots, and feels privileged to attend a small, well respected University in the Maritimes. She is majoring in Economics and minoring in French, and is thrilled to maintain the Dean’s List honour. Having the opportunity to work at her family’s small business in her hometown, she is confident in her decision to pursue a career in business, although continues to explore various professional paths. Inspired by helping others, she is fortunate to volunteer at the IWK. She is energetic on campus as well, providing language support to students from abroad. Learning about their cultures and countries lends itself well to her passion for travelling. Grace has visited more than 20 countries and looks forward to new adventures in new places.

Georgia Lin

From: University of Toronto To: American University

Georgia is a third-year student at he University of Toronto pursuing an Honours Bachelors of Arts in Equity Studies, Diaspora and Transnational Studies, and History. Her international upbringing in Taipei, New York City, and Toronto led to her passion for studying global social equity, where her research interests lie in the intersections of race, gender, and disability. Georgia was a recipient of the 2019 Queen Elizabeth II: Establishing Rights Relations Scholarship that allowed her to intern at the Centre for Women’s Health Research of Victoria University of Wellington in New Zealand, where she conducted research on the mental health of young Māori mothers. She is actively involved in community engagement initiatives, co-founding Art at the Intersections, and went on to receive Victoria University’s Crescam Serviendo Award. Georgia is also an avid choral music performer and professional mezzosoprano singer, and made her solo debut with the Toronto Symphony Orchestra in 2017.

From: Queen’s University To: Arizona State University

Jonathan Lin

Jonathan Lin is an undergraduate student at Queen’s University, studying a B.S degree in Life Sciences. He is the recipient of the Internal Baccalaureate (IB) diploma, Principal’s Scholarship, Dean’s Honours List with Distinction, and Queen’s Appeal Undergraduate Scholarship. He has involved himself in both clinical and laboratory research at the Ottawa Heart Institute, with a current research focus on the molecular mechanism of transcription factors (Irx) in heart development and metabolism. Jonathan is the founder of “Harvest’s Bowl”, a novel organization aimed to combat local hunger through charities, participation in community harvests, and involvement at the Dalhousie Food Bank in Ottawa. He is also the co-founder of “Endogen Learning”, an organization which strives to provide low-cost tutoring for students in need while raising money for local food banks.

Francis Routledge

From: Dalhousie University To: Smith College

Francis is a Bachelor of Science student specializing in Neuroscience, minoring in Film Studies, and working toward a certificate in Indigenous Studies at Dalhousie University. She is interested in epigenetics and the roles in which gene-environment interactions play in stress response, severe mental illness and addiction. She is currently assisting with a project on substance use and social networks in Dr. Sherry Stewart’s Mood, Anxiety, and Addiction CoMorbidity Laboratory and plans on completing an honours project under Dr. Ian Weaver’s supervision. Francis enjoys genetic engineering research and has been a part of Dalhousie iGEM for two years, coleading a team that earned a silver medal and a nomination for best environmental project at the international competition. Her passion for helping others and advancing research on mental illness and addiction has led to her interest in a career in research and psychiatry.

Jeremy Thompson

From: University of Prince Edward Island To: Clemson University

Jeremy is a computer science student at the University of Prince Edward Island (UPEI). He has completed four years there while working towards a computer science degree, and during this time he has had opportunities to assist a professor with research in machine learning, live and work in Germany for six months as a co-op student at Bosch Sensortec, and to assist with web development work at a local non-profit organisation. He has maintained a high standard of academic performance while at UPEI, achieving the second highest GPA of any third-year science student at the university and being awarded the Faculty Association Silver Medal. He is also an avid runner, having ran for the cross-country team at UPEI for four years in addition to participating in many local road races. He hopes to continue to broaden his professional and personal horizons before he pursues a career in software development and potentially further education.

From: University of Victoria To: Bridgewater State University

Justin Wikkerink

JR Wikkerink is a third-year political science student at the University of Victoria. He spent his middle and high school years in Lethbridge, Alberta graduating as a distinguished graduate at Lethbridge Collegiate Institute. He was the founder of Screamin Brothers Allergen Friendly Frozen Desserts, a company he built into a national brand. His company was featured on CBC’s Dragons Den, which highlighted the company’s philanthropic contributions to children’s charities locally and internationally. During this time, JR was the recipient of numerous awards including Lethbridge’s 2015 Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award, Alberta’s 2016 Young Entrepreneur Business Award of Distinction and Alberta’s Next Generation Innovator Award for 2017. JR is currently a varsity athlete with the University of Victoria Vikes Rowing Team where he devotes much of his time on the lake and in the gym.

From: University of British Columbia To: Arizona State University

Jasmine Wu

Jasmine Wu was born in San Diego and grew up in Austin before moving to Vancouver, Canada, where she attends university now. Jasmine is in her third year at the University of British Columbia and will be taking up her Killam award at Arizona State University. She studies business and computer science and is passionate about using innovation and technology to solve problems in the everchanging business world. Jasmine has numerous internships under her belt, including a digital design internship at Best Buy Canada and a software engineering internship at Nordstrom Seattle Headquarters. Jasmine is a Rewriting the Code fellow, Tomorrowâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Masters of Digital Media alumni, and has been selected to attend sophomore insight programs at Citi, RBC, Blackstone, and The Bank of America. When she is not coding up a website, Jasmine loves to play the piano, explore the outdoors, try new cuisines, and attend various music concerts.

Julia Zakoor

From: McMaster University To: American University

Julia Zakoor is a candidate for the inaugural class for Integrated Business and Humanities at McMasterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Degroote School of Business. She hopes to pursue a career in the non-profit sector with an emphasis on sustainable development. Julia believes in exploring the world through a holistic approach by submerging herself in unfamiliar environments and learning about humanity through individuals themselves. She has volunteered alongside organizations Me to We, learning about female empowerment while visiting the women artisans at San Miguelâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Girls Club in Ecuador, and We Are Bamboo, exploring ethical tourism while taking care of elephants in Thailand. Julia also completed her internship as a Client Advisor with the Royal Bank of Canada. In the upcoming semester, Julia will be the Co-Chair of Degroote Impact, a student-led group with the main purpose of providing opportunities for students to give back to the Hamilton community and to prepare future graduates with the skills to be leaders in corporate social responsibility in their future workplaces.

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