Deborah Bowen, Redeemer University

Research

poetry and ecology environmental literature contemporary ontarian poetry religion and environmental ethics

Latest funding

POETRY in place: poetry and environmental hope in a southern Ontario bioregion
SSHRC · 2020 · Principal investigator
$30,498
The Voice of Environmental Hope in Contemporary Ontarian Poetry
SSHRC · 2016 · Principal investigator
$15,885

All 2 grants and awards

POETRY in place: poetry and environmental hope in a southern Ontario bioregion

Principal investigatorSSHRC2020Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Bowen, Deborah C.

Keywords: poetry and ecology; environmental literature; contemporary ontarian poetry; religion and environmental ethics

$30,498

The Voice of Environmental Hope in Contemporary Ontarian Poetry

Principal investigatorSSHRC2016Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Bowen, Deborah

Keywords: (1) contemporary Ontarian poetry; (2) environmental studies; (3) public engagement; (4) regionalism; (5) religious studies; (6) environmental ethics; (7) performance studies; (8) public literacy; (9) human geography; (10) environmental hope

$15,885

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: poetry and ecology Dear Professor Bowen, 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 poetry and ecology 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 "POETRY in place: poetry and environmental hope in a southern Ontario bioregion" (2020), 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]