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The Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) awarded Insight Grants to seven Laurier faculty members. The winners will cumulatively receive nearly one million dollars in research funding.
“We are proud of Laurier’s SSHRC Insight Grant winners,” said Jonathan Newman, vice-president: research at Laurier. “Insight Grants support research excellence in social sciences and humanities, an area of exceptional strength at Laurier.”
Kathy Absolon, associate professor and director of the Laurier Centre for Indigegogy, will receive $213,080 for her study “Decolonizing journeys: Learning about decolonizing through Indigenous research and digital story work.” Absolon will use video narratives to document the stories of graduates from Laurier’s Decolonizing Education certificate program, which helps educators understand colonization and its impacts, and to integrate those perspectives into teaching.
Laurier’s other Insight Grant recipients:
• Judith Fletcher, professor of History, will receive $82,837 for her study “Women and religion in Euripides.”
• Christian Jordan, professor of Psychology, will receive $99,508 for his research “How narcissism relates to perceptions of conflict and cooperative behaviour.”
– Jonathan Newman
• Brian McCaig, associate professor of Economics, will receive $80,527 for his study “Trade policy and long-run industry adjustment: State, private, and foreign firms in Vietnam.”
• Kalyani Menon, associate professor of Marketing, will receive $279,565 for her study “Driving adaptive versus materialistic consumption to benefit consumers and marketers.”
• Nicola Newton, associate professor of Psychology, will receive $73,181 for her study “Woman's search for meaning: Identity and purpose in life among older women.”
• Daniel Waeger, assistant professor of Policy at the Lazaridis School of Business and Economics, will receive $164,776 for his study “Boards of directors and shareholder activists: Impression management, framing contests and competition.”