Morgan Poteet, Mount Allison University

Research

Central Americans culture intergenerational trauma narratives migration and settlement social change integration refugees

Latest funding

Surviving Memory in Postwar El Salvador: An International Research Partnership
SSHRC · 2020 · Co-investigator
$769,918
Using digital storytelling to explore historical trauma and settlement among Central American-origin youth in Toronto
SSHRC · 2019 · Principal investigator
$25,000
Social and economic integration among the children of Central American refugees in Toronto
SSHRC · 2018 · Principal investigator
$24,540

All 4 grants and awards

Surviving Memory in Postwar El Salvador: An International Research Partnership

Co-investigatorSSHRC2020Partnership Grants

Keywords: El Salvador; civil war; historical memory; justice; music; testimonies; refugees; massacre survivors; environmental reparation; intergenerational education; mental health; community-based and participatory research; commemoration; memorials; architecture

$769,918

Using digital storytelling to explore historical trauma and settlement among Central American-origin youth in Toronto

Principal investigatorSSHRC2019Partnership Engage Grants

Principal investigators: Poteet, Morgan

Keywords: culture; intergenerational trauma; narratives; Central Americans; migration and settlement; social change

$25,000

Social and economic integration among the children of Central American refugees in Toronto

Principal investigatorSSHRC2018Partnership Engage Grants

Principal investigators: Poteet, Morgan

Keywords: integration; Central Americans; refugees; second generation; youth

$24,540

Spaces of refuge: exploring practices, perceptions and policies in forced migration and resettlement

Principal investigatorSSHRC2012Connection Grants

Principal investigators: Poteet, Morgan

Keywords: forced migration; refugee studies; asylum; refugee law; migration; human rights; humanitarianism

$35,000

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: Central Americans Dear Professor Poteet, 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 central americans 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 "Using digital storytelling to explore historical trauma and settlement among Central American-origin youth in Toronto" (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]