Paul Stortz, University of Calgary

Research

universities and colleges education and higher education bullying students youth gender academics initiation and hazing

Latest funding

English-Canadian University Student Hazing, Initiations, and Bullying as Performative Ritual, 1880-1960
SSHRC · 2019 · Principal investigator
$81,404
Life among the academic groves: intersections of space and intellectual cultures on English-Canadian university campuses, 1850-1950
SSHRC · 2013 · Co-investigator
$103,536
The professoriate and constructions of Western Canadian communities, 1900-1950
SSHRC · 2012 · Principal investigator
$77,474

English-Canadian University Student Hazing, Initiations, and Bullying as Performative Ritual, 1880-1960

Principal investigatorSSHRC2019Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Stortz, Paul

Keywords: universities and colleges; education and higher education; bullying; students; youth; gender; academics; initiation and hazing; performance and rituals; identity; subjectivity; culture; social relations; mental health; space/place; campus

$81,404

Life among the academic groves: intersections of space and intellectual cultures on English-Canadian university campuses, 1850-1950

Co-investigatorSSHRC2013Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Panayotidis, Euthalia L.

Keywords: history of higher education; gender; students; youth; professors;culture;visuality; space and place; education; campus; landscape; identity; intellectual cultures; environment; social relations; discipline construction; universities; urban development

$103,536

The professoriate and constructions of Western Canadian communities, 1900-1950

Principal investigatorSSHRC2012Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Stortz, Paul

Keywords: history of higher education; professors; professoriate; universities; academics; academy; history of education; community; identity; regionalism; knowledge

$77,474

Picturing the professoriate: culture, identity, and the making of the professoriate in early twentieth-century Canada

Co-investigatorSSHRC2006Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: Panayotidis, Euthalia L.

Keywords: history of higher education; visual culture; cultural and intellectual history; identities; gender; popular culture

$94,659

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: universities and colleges Dear Professor Stortz, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. Your research on universities and colleges connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your SSHRC-funded project "English-Canadian University Student Hazing, Initiations, and Bullying as Performative Ritual, 1880-1960" (2019), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]