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Arts & Science doctoral students land major fellowships
Four doctoral students in the College of Arts & Science are among the winners of major fellowships awarded this month by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC).
The SSHRC awards were announced Nov. 7. Altogether, nine U of S students were awarded fellowships and scholarships totaling $645,000.
College of Arts & Science students received $260,000 of that funding through the SSHRC's Doctoral Fellowships Program.
The winning students from Arts & Science and details on the projects funded through the awards are below.
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Glenn Iceton (History): $60,000 Iceton’s research examines land claims in the Yukon and northern British Columbia from an environmental historical perspective with a focus on the Kaska Nation. |
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Matthew Macneil (Psychology): $80,000 Macneil’s research involves assessing romantic couples to better understand the association between authenticity and self-disclosure of personal information in romantic relationships, as well as the impact of these factors on relationship satisfaction. |
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Claire Thomson (History): $80,000 Thomson’s research investigates the ways in which the Lakota of Wood Mountain, Saskatchewan built a distinctive First Nation community in Canada while maintaining their culture and connections to the Lakota south of the international border. Thomson will proceed with her doctoral dissertation at the University of Alberta, building upon her Master’s thesis at the U of S. |
| CJ Bishop (Psychology): $40,000 |