Richard Cunningham, Acadia University

Research

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Paradise Lost

Latest funding

Developing digital literacy
SSHRC · 2009 · Principal investigator
$75,730
Understanding academic research teams: implications of multi-country, multi-language and multi-culture team membership
SSHRC · 2009 · Co-investigator
$52,244
Understanding research teams in humanities computing environments
SSHRC · 2007 · Principal investigator
$40,940

All 4 grants and awards

No publications available.

Developing digital literacy

Principal investigatorSSHRC2009Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: Cunningham, Richard D.

Keywords: digital literacy; literacy; reading; information science; digital reading; online reading; book history; reading history; education; psychology; electronic literature; digital humanities

$75,730

Understanding academic research teams: implications of multi-country, multi-language and multi-culture team membership

Co-investigatorSSHRC2009International Opportunities Fund

Principal investigators: Siemens, Lynne M.

Keywords: collaboration; research teams; collaborative environments; major projects; large projects; digital humanities

$52,244

Understanding research teams in humanities computing environments

Principal investigatorSSHRC2007Image, Text, Sounds and Technology

Principal investigators: Cunningham, Richard D.

Keywords: collaboration; research teams; collaborative environments; humanities computing; digital humanities; major projects; project management

$40,940

The Acadia Digital Culture Observatory: a facility to support interdisciplinary research on information and communication technologies.

Principal investigatorCFI2004Innovation Fund: Innovation Fund (1999-2005)

Principal investigators: Cunningham, Richard

Keywords: literacy and technology; digital inclusion; workplace stress; e-governance; intelligent technologies; digital health information; lifelong learning; usability; new media and culture

$194,583

From public funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998 with their latest competition results, the Canada Foundation for Innovation, Genome Canada, the Canadian Space Agency, Canada Research Chairs, the Fonds de recherche du Québec, Ontario research funding, Michael Smith Health Research BC, the Canadian Cancer Society, Heart & Stroke and Brain Canada.

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: Paradise Lost Dear Professor Cunningham, 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 paradise lost connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] 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]