Katherine McKittrick, Queen's University

Research

black studies the arts interdisciplinary studies interdisciplinary methods Ecology Geography science studies

Latest funding

Concertinas: Practicing Black Methodologies
SSHRC · 2023 · Principal investigator
$47,652
Concertinas: Practicing Black Methodologies
SSHRC · 2023 · Principal investigator
$31,314
Black Studies
SSHRC · 2020 · Principal investigator
$400,000

All 7 grants and awards

Concertinas: Practicing Black Methodologies

Principal investigatorSSHRC2023Insight Grants

Principal investigators: McKittrick, Katherine

Keywords: Black studies; interdisciplinary methods; the arts

$47,652

Concertinas: Practicing Black Methodologies

Principal investigatorSSHRC2023Insight Grants

Principal investigators: McKittrick, Katherine

Keywords: Black studies; interdisciplinary methods; the arts

$31,314

Black Studies

Principal investigatorSSHRC2020Canada Research Chairs

Principal investigators: McKittrick, Katherine

$400,000

Black Studies

Principal investigatorSSHRC2020Canada Research Chairs

Principal investigators: McKittrick, Katherine

Keywords: Black Studies; Interdisciplinary Studies; Ecology; Geography

$400,000

The revolutionary demand for happiness: reimagining the aesthetic science of black life

Principal investigatorSSHRC2016Insight Grants

Principal investigators: McKittrick, Katherine

Keywords: science studies; black studies; the arts; interdisciplinary studies

$159,709

Dear science: on race, creativity, and the promise of scientific knowledge

Principal investigatorSSHRC2012

Principal investigators: McKittrick, Katherine

Keywords: science studies; critical race studies; the arts

$64,500

Critical approaches to the theorising of cities and city lives in the urban global south and north: an international feminist intervention

Co-investigatorSSHRC2009International Opportunities Fund

Principal investigators: Peake, Linda J.

Keywords: feminism; gender; race; class; difference; urban; global south; global north

$24,877

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: black studies Dear Professor McKittrick, 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 black studies 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 "Concertinas: Practicing Black Methodologies" (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]