Maria Paz-Mackay, St. Francis Xavier University

Research

Cinema Rural Landscape Affect and Emotion Identity Gender Migrants Ethnicity Argentina

Latest funding

Cinematic Mothers: Mothering and Motherhood in Contemporary Latin American Cultures
SSHRC · 2024 · Principal investigator
$39,136
Rediscovering Rural Landscape and Visualizing Emerging Identities in 21st Century Argentinian and Mexican Cinema
SSHRC · 2021 · Principal investigator
$59,249

Cinematic Mothers: Mothering and Motherhood in Contemporary Latin American Cultures

Principal investigatorSSHRC2024Connection Grants

Principal investigators: Paz-Mackay, Maria S.

Keywords: Mothering- Alternative forms of mothering- Mothering; nature; and ecology- Mothering and activism- Racialized mothers

$39,136

Rediscovering Rural Landscape and Visualizing Emerging Identities in 21st Century Argentinian and Mexican Cinema

Principal investigatorSSHRC2021Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Paz-Mackay, Maria

Keywords: Cinema; Rural Landscape; Affect and Emotion; Identity; Gender; Migrants; Ethnicity; Argentina; Mexico; 21st Century

$59,249

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

Write to this professor

A short, specific email works best. This draft uses one of their recent papers; replace the parts in brackets with your own details before sending.

Applying for

Mention their SSHRC grant from 2024

Subject: Prospective PhD student: Cinema Dear Professor Paz-Mackay, 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 cinema 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 "Cinematic Mothers: Mothering and Motherhood in Contemporary Latin American Cultures" (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]