2017 Grants

Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council  

SSHRC Partnership Grant, 2017

  • Lorne Dawson, Sociology & Legal Studies. Research on Terrorism, Security and Society in Canada (assumed directorship and grant transferred to UW)

SSHRC Partnership Development Grant, 2017

  • Susan Roy, History. Ayamoowin ijwa paapoowin – Songs in the Key of Cree – Laughter and Language Revitalization in Canada.

SSHRC Insight Grant, 2017

  • Ramona Bobocel, Psychology. Expanding the Scope of Organizational Justice Research: The Role of Construal.
  • Altay Coskun, Classical Studies. Ethnic Identities and Diplomatic Affiliations of the Bosporan Kingdom.
  • Nicolas Gauthier, French Studies. Le Rez-de-chaussée: répertoire en ligne du roman-feuilleton français au XIXe siècle.
  • Allison Kelly, Psychology. From Competition to Caregiving: A Novel Strategy to Reduce Appearance Comparisons and Body Dissatisfaction.
  • Ann Marie Rasmussen, German Studies. Visual Communication and Community Formation in the Middle Ages: Medieval Badges.
  • Uzma Rehman, Psychology. Examining Sexual Communication through the Process Model of Emotion Regulation.
  • Sharon Roberts, Social Development Studies (Renison). Fantasy, Trans Identity, and Stigma: A Cross-Cultural Examination of the Functionality of Fantasy for Identify Formation in Furry, Anime, and Soccer Fandoms.
  • John Sbardellati, History. A Double-Edged Sword: Confronting the Colour Line in American Cold War Culture.
  • Abigail Scholer, Psychology. Metamotivation: Antecedents and Consequences of Flexibly Regulating Motivation.
  • Winfried Siemerling, English Language & Literature. Call and Responsibility: The Transformative Reception Aesthetics of Black Canadian Literature, Film, and Music.
  • Rebecca Tierney-Hynes, English Language & Literature. Funny Feelings: Eighteenth-Century Comedy and the History of Emotion.

SSHRC Insight Development Grant, 2017

  • Susan Cadell, Social Work (Renison). Memorial Tattoos: Inking the Bond
  • Jacqueline Feke, Philosophy. Law and Nature in Ancient Greek Mathematics.
  • Alysia Kolentsis, English Language & Literature (SJU). Shakespeare’s Changing Language: Early Modern English and Linguistic Innovation.
  • Colin MacLeod, Psychology. Attention (and Inattention) Contagion in the Classroom.
  • Arshi Shaikh, Social Development Studies (Renison). Animal Hoarding: Perspectives of Individuals Who Hoard Animals and their Family Members.
  • Winfried Siemerling, English Language & Literature. Nonsimultaneity and Incomplete Time: From Bloch, Benjamin and the Frankfurt School to Contemporary Black Critique.
  • Jessica Thompson, Fine Arts. Borderline.
  • Jennifer Whitson, Sociology & Legal Studies. Technology, Surveillance and Selective Exposure: The Paradox of Social Media and Queer Activism.

SSHRC Connection Grant, 2017

  • Suzan Ilcan, Sociology & Legal Studies. Bordering Practices in Migration and Refugee Protection.

SSHRC Partnership Engage Grant, 2017

  • Arshi Shaikh, Social Development Studies (Renison). Supportive Housing of Waterloo (SHOW): An innovative model to address persistent homelessness.

SSHRC Knowledge Synthesis Grant, 2017

  • Bessma Momani, Political Science. Synthesizing knowledge on rising global populism and on building Canadian resiliency.

Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council

NSERC Discovery Grant, 2017

  • Derek Besner, Psychology. Basic Processes in Visual Word Identification.
  • Ori Friedman, Psychology. The Development of Children’s Attributions of Knowledge.
  • Roxane Itier, Psychology. Role of Eyes in Face Perception and Recognition.
  • Derek Koehler, Psychology. Cognitive Processes Supporting Epistemic Rationality in Belief Formation and Revision.

NSERC Engage Grant, 2017

  • Lennart Nacke, Drama & Speech Communication. Studying Atmospheric Engagement With Horror Game Audio.

Canada Research Chair

  • Andrew Bauer, School of Accounting & Finance. CRC in Taxation, Governance and Risk (SSHRC Tier 2)
  • Chris Eliasmith, Philosophy. CRC in Theoretical Neuroscience (NSERC Tier 1)
  • Kathryn Henne, Sociology & Legal Studies. CRC in Biogovernance, Law and Society (SSHRC Tier 2)

Canada Council for the Arts 

Killam Research Fellowship, 2017

  • Eric Helleiner, Political Science. Globalizing the Classical Foundations of International Political Economy.

Ontario Early Researcher Award

  • Ashley Rose Mehlenbacher, English Language & Literature. Networked Expertise as a Novel Approach to Complex Problem Solving.
  • Igor Grossmann, Psychology. Harnessing Insights from Psychology, Physiology, and Mobile Technologies to Improve Emotion-Regulation and Mental Health of Ontarians.