Jennifer Root, Wilfrid Laurier University

Research

COVID-19 psycho-social support domestic violence sexual violence helping professionals (1) sexual violence (2) gender-based violence (3) disclosure

Latest funding

Domestic and sexual violence during Covid19: Mapping psycho-social support shifts in rural Ontario
SSHRC · 2020 · Principal investigator
$23,841
Post-secondary instructor responses to student disclosures of gendered violence: A qualitative study exploring impacts on teaching and learning
SSHRC · 2017 · Principal investigator
$50,596
#SocialWork: informal use of information and communication technology as an adjunct to traditional face-to-face practice
SSHRC · 2016 · Co-investigator
$130,450

All 4 grants and awards

Domestic and sexual violence during Covid19: Mapping psycho-social support shifts in rural Ontario

Principal investigatorSSHRC2020Partnership Engage Grants

Principal investigators: Root, Jennifer L.

Keywords: COVID-19; psycho-social support; domestic violence; sexual violence; helping professionals

$23,841

Post-secondary instructor responses to student disclosures of gendered violence: A qualitative study exploring impacts on teaching and learning

Principal investigatorSSHRC2017Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Root, Jennifer

Keywords: (1) sexual violence; (2) gender-based violence; (3) disclosure; (4) instructor response; (5) student response; (6) teaching; (7) pedagogy; (8) on-campus violence; (9) action research; (10) community-based research

$50,596

#SocialWork: informal use of information and communication technology as an adjunct to traditional face-to-face practice

Co-investigatorSSHRC2016Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Mishna, Faye

Keywords: cyber technology; informal use of cyber technology in face-to-face social work; information and communication technology

$130,450

Preventing Sexual Violence in Post Conflict Communities: Developing a Community Based Approach involving Bystanders

Co-investigatorSSHRC2016Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Suarez, Eliana

Keywords: (1) sexual violence prevention; (2) post-conflict; (3) Peru; (4) bystander model; (5) community engagement

$73,386

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: COVID-19 Dear Professor Root, 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 covid-19 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 "Domestic and sexual violence during Covid19: Mapping psycho-social support shifts in rural Ontario" (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]