Teresa Heffernan, Saint Mary's University

Research

AI and robotics religion ethics literary theory contemporary fiction critical posthumanism

Latest funding

"AI everywhere": The Mythical and Religious Roots of Algorithmic Faith
SSHRC · 2021 · Principal investigator
$59,712
"AI everywhere": The Mythical and Religious Roots of Algorithmic Faith
SSHRC · 2021 · Principal investigator
$27,200
Where science meets fiction: social robots and the ethical imagination
SSHRC · 2013 · Principal investigator
$134,155

All 5 grants and awards

"AI everywhere": The Mythical and Religious Roots of Algorithmic Faith

Principal investigatorSSHRC2021Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Heffernan, Teresa J.

Keywords: AI and robotics; religion; ethics; literary theory; contemporary fiction; critical posthumanism

$59,712

"AI everywhere": The Mythical and Religious Roots of Algorithmic Faith

Principal investigatorSSHRC2021Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Heffernan, Teresa J.

Keywords: AI and robotics; religion; ethics; literary theory; contemporary fiction; critical posthumanism

$27,200

Where science meets fiction: social robots and the ethical imagination

Principal investigatorSSHRC2013Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Heffernan, Teresa J.

Keywords: contemporary literature and film; post humanism; robotics and artificial intelligence; ethics

$134,155

Cultures in dialogue

Principal investigatorSSHRC2008Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: Heffernan, Teresa J.

Keywords: women's travel writing; orientalism; Ottoman; feminism; Turkey

$43,078

Across the east/west divide: orientalism, feminism, and women's travel narratives

Principal investigatorSSHRC2001Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: Heffernan, Teresa

Keywords: Travel writing; postcolonialism; orientalism; feminism; Turkey; Ottoman Empire

$47,014

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: AI and robotics Dear Professor Heffernan, 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 ai and robotics 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 ""AI everywhere": The Mythical and Religious Roots of Algorithmic Faith" (2021), 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]