In the June 2024 issue of Global Policy journal, LA&PS Professor Gregory Chin assumed the role of guest editor for a collection of 10 articles focusing on The Evolution of the New Development Bank (NDB) within the journal’s Policy Insights Special Section. Global Policy journal — recognized in Google’s top 10 for international relations and […]
Dr. Angele Alook, an Assistant Professor from the School of Gender, Sexuality and Women’s Studies, embarks on a research journey to Bonn, Germany, championing the rights of Indigenous Peoples and advocating for ethical engagement with knowledge systems amidst the challenges of climate change. Alook and her team recently participated in the 11th meeting of the […]
The John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation has awarded its prestigious fellowship to Christina Sharpe, a professor in York University’s Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies (LA&PS) and Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in the Department of Humanities. The Guggenheim Foundation is a beacon of excellence in supporting scholars, artists, and researchers in their endeavours […]
Dr. Lillian Lerman, Professor Emerita and former Undergraduate Program Director of the Division of Social Science in the Faculty of Arts (now Liberal Arts & Professional Studies), passed away on January 26, 2024. Lillian was a longtime and beloved member of the Division of Social Science, both as a lecturer and academic leader who could […]
Meet the Swinger: Polaroid Photographs, Digital Images, and Queer Possibility Speaker: Dr. Li Cornfeld, (Department of Film, Media, Theatre at Mount Holyoke College) Dr. Li Cornfeld is a feminist media scholar who researches the intersections of technology, performance, and public culture. Date: November 16, 2023Time: 2:30 – 4:30pmLocation: New College Harry Crowe Room (ATK 109) […]
Dr. Kael Reid (they/she) is a Postdoctoral researcher at York University in Children, Childhood, and Youth Studies in the Department of Humanities. The title of their research project is called, "Teaching my Story in my Voice: Using songwriting and recording with refugee children to develop culturally relevant resources for Ontario service providers and educators." Conducting […]
Marcello Musto is a Professor in the Department of Sociology and is the founding director of the Laboratory for Alternative Theories at York University. His research lab explores critiques and alternatives to capitalism, with a global outlook that covers various subjects and political perspectives. A SSHRC Insight Development Grant funded project, The Laboratory for Alternative Theories brings together […]
Dr. Blair Fix is a Postdoctoral Researcher in the Department of Politics at York University, where he researches the connection between social hierarchy and income inequality. Blair has a PhD in environmental studies from York University and is a recipient of the 2021-2022 LA&PS Postdoctoral Fellowship Program. Blair uses large-scale computational models to simulate how […]
Professor Lily Cho is Associate Dean, Global & Community Engagement and an Associate Professor in the Department of English and at York University, where her research focuses on diasporic subjectivity within the fields of cultural studies, postcolonial literature and theory and Asian North American and Canadian literature. Recently, Lily Cho’s book Mass Capture: Chinese Head […]
Stephanie Jonsson is a PhD Candidate in Gender, Feminist, and Women's studies at York University, where her research focuses on the intersections of aging, queerness, and new technologies. Stephanie’s research led to the creation of community-based pilot initiative, The Ontario Digital Literacy and Access Network (ODLAN). After conducting a study on the barriers 2S-LGBTQ+ older […]