Jada Watson, University of Ottawa

Research

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Latest funding

Simulated Voices, Real Consequences: Generative AI, Ethics, and Inequality in the Popular Music Industry
SSHRC · 2026 · Principal investigator
$56,016
Charting the Color Line
SSHRC · 2025 · Principal investigator
$135,190
Developing Scholarly Digital Feminist Networks in Canada: Resources, Toolkits, and Outreach
SSHRC · 2023 · Co-investigator
$66,100

All 6 grants and awards

No publications available.

Simulated Voices, Real Consequences: Generative AI, Ethics, and Inequality in the Popular Music Industry

Principal investigatorSSHRC2026Insight Development Grants

Principal investigators: Watson, Jada

$56,016

Charting the Color Line

Principal investigatorSSHRC2025Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Watson, Jada E.

$135,190

Developing Scholarly Digital Feminist Networks in Canada: Resources, Toolkits, and Outreach

Co-investigatorSSHRC2023Partnership Development Grants

Principal investigators: MacDonald, Shana D.

Keywords: Feminism; scholarly networks; misogyny; gender-based hate; digital cultures; spaces of learning; collaboration; toolkits

$66,100

They had it coming! Examining the psychological antecedents of support for collective harm

Co-investigatorSSHRC2022Canada Graduate Scholarships - Doctoral

Principal investigators: Waddell, Maitland W.

Keywords: collective harm; intergroup conflict; group processes; right-wing populism; environmental activism

$104,950

A data-driven history of country music's geo-cultural origins

Principal investigatorSSHRC2018Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Watson, Jada E.

Keywords: country music; geography; data-driven inquiry; genre; identity; gender; race; class

$78,475

Gender Representation in the Country Music Industry, 1944-2017

Principal investigatorSSHRC2018Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Watson, Jada

Keywords: (1) Country music; (2) Gender representation; (3) Genre; (4) Identity; (5) Data-driven history; (6) Digital Humanities

$58,870

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 Dear Professor Watson, 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 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 "Simulated Voices, Real Consequences: Generative AI, Ethics, and Inequality in the Popular Music Industry" (2026), 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]