Elizabeth Straus, University of Guelph

Research

Autism Gender Sexuality Neurodiversity Intersectionality Posthumanism Multimedia Storymaking

Latest funding

Telling Our Stories: A Photovoice Project with Diverse Autistic Youth in Northern Ontario
SSHRC · 2024 · Co-investigator
$51,688
Beyond the normative knot: Life and praxis at the gender-sexuality-autism nexus
SSHRC · 2023 · Principal investigator
$69,612
Conduct problems exacerbate the link between gender-based discrimination and depression and substance use among youth
SSHRC · 2023 · Co-investigator
$59,650

Telling Our Stories: A Photovoice Project with Diverse Autistic Youth in Northern Ontario

Co-investigatorSSHRC2024Partnership Development Grants

Principal investigators: Douglas, Patricia N.

Keywords: Autistic youth; Northern Ontario; Indigenous communities; Photovoice; participatory action methodologies; disability studies; Indigenous disability studies; critical autism studies; service systems; co-design methodology

$51,688

Beyond the normative knot: Life and praxis at the gender-sexuality-autism nexus

Principal investigatorSSHRC2023Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Straus, Elizabeth

Keywords: Autism; Gender; Sexuality; Neurodiversity; Intersectionality; Posthumanism; Multimedia Storymaking

$69,612

Conduct problems exacerbate the link between gender-based discrimination and depression and substance use among youth

Co-investigatorSSHRC2023Canada Graduate Scholarships - Doctoral

Principal investigators: Morgan, Rachael

Keywords: discrimination; peer victimization; adolescents; depression; substance use; conduct problems; longitudinal; quantitative

$59,650

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: Autism Dear Professor Straus, 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 autism 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 "Beyond the normative knot: Life and praxis at the gender-sexuality-autism nexus" (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]