Faculty of Arts

April Pereira, PhD in Psychology

For the Winter of 2024, April Pereira will be travelling to the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign to collaborate with Dr. Wendy Rogers on a project that closely aligns with her research program at the University of Waterloo. April’s research focuses on cognitive aging and distributed memory across humans and external agents. She will be advancing their research skills and knowledge by studying how older adults distribute their memory with an external agent, more specifically, a domestic robot. Owing to Dr.

Aliya McNeil - Psychology

Aliya McNeil

Meet Aliya McNeil, who not only recently graduated from the MA in Clinical Psychology, but is also diving into her PhD journey backed by the esteemed Vanier Graduate Scholarship. Unraveling the mysteries of OCD, her research promises to bridge theory and real-life experiences.

Ashley Beerdat, MFA student in Fine Arts 

Ashley’s research focuses on the search for belonging and her relationship to the Guyanese diaspora using oil painting as her medium. Ashley travelled to England building an intimate understanding of what it means to exist in a limbo space, in--between one’s place of origin and current residence. Additionally, Ashley worked with Rebecca Scott in Cumbria, England, and gained valuable insights that will further push studio practice and build her capacity as an artist.

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Camila Font, MA student in Anthropology

Camila’s research looks at the intricacies of how neoliberal colonial power is reproduced and contested in contexts of live-in domestic work. They engaged in fieldwork in Costa Rica with kin networks that practice employment of domestic workers. Camila hopes to help people realize how their person's power influences interdependent systems, and wants to inspire people to consider possibilities for collective liberation in queering notions of community.

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Lana Gonzalez, PhD student in Global Governance

Lana’s project on community building of migrant and refugee women led her to travel to Porto, Portugal. Lana is currently gathering data on how displaced women find social inclusion in their resettlement in Portugal, exploring aspects such as challenges, strategies, and successes. To do this, she is interviewing migrants, refugees, and those on the ground supporting them. Follow-up interviews will be conducted by the end of the trip.

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Vipin Kumar Singh, PhD student in Chemistry

Vipin joined Professor Linda F. Nazar’s group at the University of Waterloo in September 2021 to pursue his PhD. His research focuses on investigating interfaces for the next generation solid-state batteries. As part of the “Mitacs Globalink Research” program offered by the Government of Canada, he completed his internship at the Justus Liebig University, Giessen, Germany with Prof. Dr. Jürgen Janek. During this internship, he utilized spectroscopic techniques to analyze the interfaces of solid-state batteries.

David Borkenhagen, PhD student in Psychology

David conducted field research on New York City to understand how different architectural conditions, use cases, and historical narratives blend with one another to create emergent meaning and a sense of place. In New York City, he documented instances of these so-called “conceptual blends” in the urban landscape, with a specific focus on how the multifaceted history of Washington Square Park blends with present-day arguments about identity, culture, and politics to create emergent meaning. David accomplished his research through a blend of site vi

Anthony Gallipoli, MA student in Classical Studies

Anthony travelled to Greece and Italy to research mythology, Roman and Greek History, and the five animals shown on the Roman standards. By investigating the origins, symbolism, and meanings of each animal, Anthony gained a deeper understanding of Roman and Greek history and mythology.

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