Finis Dunaway, Trent University

Research

cultural history environmental history visual culture environmental humanities media studies modern United States history history of the North American West Indigenous studies

Latest funding

The Crying Indian: Iron Eyes Cody, Colonial Mythmaking, and the Origins of Greenwashing
SSHRC · 2023 · Principal investigator
$24,393
The Crying Indian: Iron Eyes Cody, Colonial Mythmaking, and the Origins of Greenwashing
SSHRC · 2023 · Principal investigator
$8,104
Arctic refuge: wilderness, oil, and the making of an environmental icon
SSHRC · 2015 · Principal investigator
$49,305

All 4 grants and awards

The Crying Indian: Iron Eyes Cody, Colonial Mythmaking, and the Origins of Greenwashing

Principal investigatorSSHRC2023Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Dunaway, Finis

Keywords: modern United States history; cultural history; environmental history; history of the North American West; environmental humanities; visual culture; media studies; Indigenous studies; consumer culture; sustainability

$24,393

The Crying Indian: Iron Eyes Cody, Colonial Mythmaking, and the Origins of Greenwashing

Principal investigatorSSHRC2023Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Dunaway, Finis

Keywords: modern United States history; cultural history; environmental history; history of the North American West; environmental humanities; visual culture; media studies; Indigenous studies; consumer culture; sustainability

$8,104

Arctic refuge: wilderness, oil, and the making of an environmental icon

Principal investigatorSSHRC2015Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Dunaway, Finis

Keywords: modern US history; cultural history; environmental history; visual culture; wilderness; Alaska; Arctic; environmentalism; US-Canadian relations; historical geography; environmental humanities; media studies

$49,305

Imagining environmentalism: nature and the culture of images in 1970s America

Principal investigatorSSHRC2006Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: Dunaway, Finis

Keywords: modern United States history; history of environmentalism; visual culture; mass media; social movements; history of photography; cultural history of nature; political culture; national identity; television; advertising; film

$39,007

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: cultural history Dear Professor Dunaway, 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 cultural history 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 "The Crying Indian: Iron Eyes Cody, Colonial Mythmaking, and the Origins of Greenwashing" (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]