Pronouns: he/him
Home University: University of Waterloo
Email: jatardif@uwaterloo.ca
Education: BA Medieval Studies, Minors Classical Studies & Applied Language Studies, Waterloo; MA Classical Studies, Waterloo; MLIS, Western
Research Fields: Medieval History, Women's History
Supervisors: Steven Bednarski and David Porreca
Jordan Tardif is a PhD candidate in History at the University of Waterloo. He holds a BA in Medieval Studies and an MA in Classical Studies from the University of Waterloo, as well as an MLIS from the University of Western Ontario. Formerly an academic librarian, he brings expertise in linguistics, archival research, and digital methodologies to his historical research. Working under the co-supervision of Profs. Steven Bednarski and David Porreca, and in association with the DRAGEN Lab at St. Jerome’s University, Jordan studies the intersection between church and state in early medieval England. Jordan’s current research examines how abbesses in early medieval England navigated and negotiated institutional power within patriarchal systems.