Hunter Knight, Brock University

Research

Seclusion rooms Schools Public education Exclusion Racism Ableism Cultural cognitive structures

Latest funding

Carcerality, Colonialism, and Cognition: Analyzing the Cultural Cognitive Structures that Uphold the Logics of Seclusion in Schools
SSHRC · 2023 · Principal investigator
$15,953

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Carcerality, Colonialism, and Cognition: Analyzing the Cultural Cognitive Structures that Uphold the Logics of Seclusion in Schools

Principal investigatorSSHRC2023Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Knight, Hunter

Keywords: Seclusion rooms; Schools; Public education; Exclusion; Racism; Ableism; Cultural cognitive structures

$15,953

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: Seclusion rooms Dear Professor Knight, 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 seclusion rooms 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 "Carcerality, Colonialism, and Cognition: Analyzing the Cultural Cognitive Structures that Uphold the Logics of Seclusion in Schools" (2023), 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]