Shaylih Muehlmann, University of British Columbia

Research

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Latest funding

Narco-Animalia: Human-Animal relations in Mexico's Narco-Culture
SSHRC · 2024 · Principal investigator
$36,043
Women's activism against drug-war violence in Mexico
SSHRC · 2017 · Principal investigator
$135,680
Language, Culture and the Environment
SSHRC · 2015 · Principal investigator
$500,000

All 5 grants and awards

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Narco-Animalia: Human-Animal relations in Mexico's Narco-Culture

Principal investigatorSSHRC2024Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Muehlmann, Shaylih

Keywords: drug trafficking; environment; animal trafficking; narco-culture; labour

$36,043

Women's activism against drug-war violence in Mexico

Principal investigatorSSHRC2017Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Muehlmann, Shaylih

Keywords: women; violence; activism; social movements; drug wars

$135,680

Language, Culture and the Environment

Principal investigatorSSHRC2015Canada Research Chairs

Principal investigators: Muehlmann, Shaylih

Keywords: environment; water scarcity; drug war; Mexico; women; activism

$500,000

Canada Research Chair in Language, Culture and the Environment

Principal investigatorSSHRC2011Canada Research Chairs

Principal investigators: Muehlmann, Shaylih

Keywords: water scarcity, identity, environmental conflict, narco-trafficking, indigenous politics, us mexico borderlands

$500,000

Re-articulating identity in Mexico's Colorado Delta

Principal investigatorSSHRC2011

Principal investigators: Muehlmann, Shaylih

Keywords: environment; indigenous peoples; identity politics; water conflict

$44,342

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 Dear Professor Muehlmann, 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 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 "Narco-Animalia: Human-Animal relations in Mexico's Narco-Culture" (2024), 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]