
Student Research Projects
Adam Arko
BA (Trent)
Supervised by Christopher Dummit
Juan Borgatello
BA (Argentina)
Supervised by David Sheinin
Paul Bridgeman
BA (Trent)
Supervised by David Sheinin
Justin Brodie
BA (Toronto)
Supervised by David Sheinin
Craig Burke
BA (Guelph)
Supervised by David Sheinin
Sarah Campbell
BA (Queen's)
Supervised by Robert Wright
Sarah graduated from Queen’s University with a B.A (Honours) in European History. During her undergrad she focused heavily on German history, World War Two, and Holocaust studies. Sarah’s thesis will explore correlations between the rise in facism and alt-right groups in Britain and Ireland during the inter-war period and the rise of the Nazi Party.
Abagail Cottrell
BA (Trent)
Supervised by David Sheinin and Jade Halbert
Abagail recently graduated from Trent University with a B.A. (Honours) in History, where she discovered a passion for the stories of everyday people. During her undergraduate work she focused on social and cultural history of various facist regimes, but primiarly focused on Nazi Germany, Holocaust studies and the lives of people who were impacted by the Reich. Abagail’s thesis will explore how German women and girls were affected by the Third Reich and the lasting cultural and social changes it created.
Jason Crozier
BA (Carleton)
Supervised by David Sheinin
Muniru Faisal
BA (Ghana)
Supervised by David Sheinin
Kyle Frattasio
BA (Worcester State, MA)
Supervised by Antonio Cazorla-Sanchez
Sarah Frawley
BA (Trent)
Supervised by Robert Wright
Andy Hoyt
BA (Carleton College MN)
Supervised by Stephen Bocking
Yasir Arafat Ibrahim
BA (Ghana)
Supervised by David Sheinin and Marc Epprecht
Yasir graduated from Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology with a B.A (Honours) in History and a Minor in Sociology. In his undergrad, Yasir focused on the economic and political history of Ghana, contemporary problems in Africa, and International relations. Yasir’s thesis will examine the position and plight of Ghanaian women in the administration of PNDC under Chairman Flt. Lt. Jerry John Rawlings. It focuses on women actors in the PNDC government and the general policies and programs of the regime towards women's welfare in the country. The study argues that the PNDC regime was a participatory democratic government in practice rather than a military regime and that it was the first government to produce policies and programs to include and promote women’s welfare in Ghana.
Adam Karski
BA (Trent)
Supervised by David Sheinin
Cameron Kirkey
BA (Bishop's)
Supervised by Robert Wright
Hannah Laginski
BA (Trent), BEd (Queen's)
Supervised by Ivana Elbl
Hannah is a recent graduate from the Queen’s-Trent Concurrent Education Program, within which she completed a Bachelor of Arts (B.A) degree from Trent University, and a Bachelor of Education (B.Ed) degree. Her thesis will focus on the representation of Irish peoples and Ireland, as described by Elizabethan English writers. This project will examine external perceptions of Irish cultural identity and the resulting connotations (i.e. “wild Irishmen” and “savages”), and then compare these representations against realities in the past and present.
Ewan Martel
BA (Trent)
Supervised by Ivana Elbl
Emily Martens
BA (Guelph)
Supervised by Robert Wright
Emily graduated from the University of Guelph with a B.A. (Honours) in History and a double major in Psychology. In her undergraduate work she focused heavily on public history, as well as the history of religion, disease and medicine. Emily’s thesis will be exploring the transmission of European epidemic diseases into Indigenous populations, along with the cultural and social changes that occurred as a result, with a particular focus on the Wendat tribe in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.
Zachary Meier
BA (Trent)
Supervised by Robert Wright
Colton Merner
BA (Vancouver)
Supervised by: Robert Wright
Adam Milburn
BA (Trent)
Supervised by Antonio Cazorla-Sanchez
Melissa Miller-Gerrard
BA (Trent)
Supervised by David Sheinin
Richard Moore
BA (Trent)
Supervised by David Sheinin
Clare O'Reilly
BA (Ottawa)
Supervised by Stephen Bocking
Vivian Parkes
BA (Trent)
Supervised by Robert Wright
Pierre Robert
BA (McGill)
Supervised by Antonio Cazorla-Sanchez
Bryce Saulnier
BA (Trent)
Supervised by Robert Wright
Bryce graduated from Trent University with a B.A. (Honours) in History and a Minor in Canadian Studies. In his undergrad Bryce focused on Canadian political history, primarily on Quebec and its changing society following the Quiet Revolution. He also focuses on the rise of the right within Canadian politics, and the link to a broader global context. Bryce’s thesis will be exploring the Social Credit Party, focusing on its rise and eventual downfall federally in the late 1950s and 1960s by evaluating the leadership of Robert Thompson.
Nicholas Sills
BA (Trent)
Supervised by Robert Wright