Roberta CAUCHI-SANTORO, our newly hired Assistant Professor in the Department of Italian and French Studies, has been awarded a University of Waterloo/SSHERC Explore Grant for her project entitled “From Leopardi to Joyce, Beckett and Levinas: Aesthetic Melancholy in the European Quietist Tradition.”
News about Faculty, and Staff
Faculty
Maureen DRYSDALE, Professor of Psychology and Adjunct Professor in Applied Health Sciences at the University of Waterloo, has been awarded an honorary doctorate at University West in Trollhättan, Sweden, for her work with work-integrated learning (WIL).
Dr. Drysdale first visited University West in 2008 to learn about WIL. Since that time she has worked together with academics at University West and with other international partners, advancing the knowledge and practice of WIL. Her research has focused on the transition from education to professional life and the attitudes and behaviours considered important in making that transition a successful one, including self-esteem, study methods, mental health, work ethic, and motivation. In particular her focus has been on the shift from student life to work life. Operating out of her Well-Link lab at St. Jerome’s University, Dr. Drysdale has contributed to creating global research networks around the topic.
Norm KLASSEN, Department of English, was promoted to Professor. Norm has worked at SJU for over 20 years, and teaches a number of courses, including introductions to literature and literary theory, a survey of British literature, and his specialties Chaucer and pre-modern rhetoric.
Diana LOBB, Contract Academic Staff, Department of English, is the Director of “Elizabeth Cary’s The Tragedy of Mariam,” Episode 1 for Kitchener-Waterloo Little Theatre’s Black Box Radio.
Andrew (Andy) STUMPF – Assistant Professor, Department of Philosophy, Acting Director, Master of Catholic Thought, Acting Director, Human Sciences Program, is the principal investigator working with professor Kieran BONNER on a SSHRC* Insight Development Grant focused on recent changes in legislation concerning Medical Assistance in Dying (MAID). Andrew already has one article accepted for publication with the Canadian Journal of Bioethics, connected to the first phase of research on this project. The second phase, which will include interviewing physicians in order to understand their experience with medical assistance in dying and withdrawing life-sustaining treatments, is now moving forward.
*SSHRC refers to the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council, the federal research funding agency that promotes and supports postsecondary-based research and training in the humanities and social sciences.
Visiting Scholars
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Dr. Rhea Ashley HOSKIN, was recently welcomed to the Department of Sexuality, Marriage, and Family Studies at St. Jerome’s University and the Department of Sociology and Legal Studies at the University of Waterloo, as an AMTD Waterloo Global Talent Doctoral Fellow and an Ontario Women’s Health Scholar, from September 14, 2020 to June 13, 2023. She will be working under the supervision of Drs. Toni Serafini and Andrea Quinlan (respectively).
The AMTD Waterloo Global Talent Postdoctoral Fellowships invite applications for a prestigious one or two year fellowship; which includes funding for an annual salary, an engagement fund, plus access to additional funds to create disruptive research dissemination opportunities.
Dr. Hoskin holds a PhD in Sociology from Queen’s University and was the Recipient of the Governor General’s Gold Medal. She held an Ontario Women’s Health Scholars (OWHS) Postdoctoral Award at Queen’s University (2019) and was awarded a second OWHS to be completed at the University of Waterloo (2020). Her research as an AMTD fellow will focus on critical femininities, including femme identities; femmephobia; social prejudices; violence; and the links among gender, gender expression, health, and relationships.
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Dr. Mathew S. WISEMAN, was welcomed to SJU as a Banting Postdoctoral Fellow, from June 1, 2020 to May 31, 2022. The Government of Canada’s Banting Postdoctoral Fellowships program provides funding to “the very best postdoctoral applicants, both nationally and internationally, who will positively contribute to the country’s economic, social and research-based growth.” Dr. Wiseman will join the Department of History as a fellow under the supervision of Dr. Jane Nicholas. His research promises to use trailblazing women’s experiences to understand their contributions to federal science policy and the disciplines of the natural sciences. Overall, the research seeks to shed new light on the role and value of studying science to understand the challenges of gender equality, the gendered nature of work, and the development of women’s rights in Canada.
Research Associates
Caley McCARTHY, Research Associate and Environments of Change Project Manager, defended her PhD at McGill University in June 2020. Her dissertation “Medieval Marseille: the Hospital of Saint-Esprit, 1306-1457,” explored the hospital financial records to reconstruct the institutional culture surrounding healthcare.
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From left, former SJU Chancellor, Jim Beingessner; President and
Vice Chancellor, Peter Meehan; Chancellor, Bruce Rodrigues; and former
Interim President and Vice Chancellor, Scott Kline; get ready to tee up for
the 6th Annual Legacy Golf Tournament. The event, founded by SJU alumni,
fundraises post-secondary scholarships distributed throughout the
Kitchener-Waterloo area.
Staff
Tommy MAYBERRY, BA (Hons) ’10 (English Literature and Fine Arts: Studio Specialization), MA ’11 (McMaster University), ABD PhD (University of Waterloo), and Manager Outreach and Recruitment, was selected as the keynote speaker for the University of Alberta’s Online Teaching Institute’s “Equity, Diversity, and Inclusivity (EDI) across the digital teaching and learning divide,” which took place on August 6, 2020. Mayberry spoke on “Gender Pronouns, Teaching and Learning, and Cultures of Respect”.
Passages
Dr. Thomas BRZUSTOWSKI, husband of Louise M. Brzustowski, MA ’85, passed away on June 19, 2020 after a brief illness.
Fr. Murray McDermott celebrated the funeral Mass at St. Michael’s Parish, Waterloo on July 3rd. This unique celebration also included the wonderful musical contribution of Mike Kelly and his spouse Cristina Vanin. Dr. Brzustowksi graduated from the University of Toronto in 1958 and Princeton University in 1962. As professor of mechanical engineering at the University of Waterloo from 1962 - 1987, he served as Chair of that department from 1967-1970, Vice President Academic from 1975-1987, and later Provost. Subsequently, he served as Deputy Minister in the Ontario Government Ministries of Colleges and Universities from 1987-1995, and in the Premier’s Council. In October 1995, he was appointed President of the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC), serving for 10 years. An Officer of the Order of Canada, Tom also served on the Board of the Council of Canadian Academies and IQC. A devoted husband, father and grandfather, he is deeply missed by his family, as well as the St. Jerome’s worship community, which he belonged to for seven years.