Jennifer Watt, University of Manitoba

Research

gender based sexual violence critical media literacies K-12 education feminist pedagogy critical participatory research curriculum and policy mapping teacher professional learning teacher education

Latest funding

We Interrupt this Programming: Confronting Gender Based Sexual Violence through Critical Media Literacies in K-12 Schools
SSHRC · 2024 · Principal investigator
$24,431

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We Interrupt this Programming: Confronting Gender Based Sexual Violence through Critical Media Literacies in K-12 Schools

Principal investigatorSSHRC2024Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Watt, Jennifer

Keywords: gender based sexual violence; critical media literacies; K-12 education; feminist pedagogy; critical participatory research; curriculum and policy mapping; teacher professional learning; teacher education

$24,431

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: gender based sexual violence Dear Professor Watt, 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 gender based sexual violence 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 "We Interrupt this Programming: Confronting Gender Based Sexual Violence through Critical Media Literacies in K-12 Schools" (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]