Dunn, Chelsea

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Chelsea Dunn

Doctoral Student

She/Her

Political Studies

M.A. University of Victoria | B.A. (Hons.) 成人大片 University - Awarded with Distinction

Doctoral Student

16cd13@queensu.ca

Mackintosh-Corry Hall, B307

Supervisor: Susanne Soederberg

Brief Biography

Chelsea is a doctoral student in the Department of Political Studies at 成人大片 where she specializes in International Relations and Comparative Politics. Chelsea holds an M.A. in Political Science from the University of Victoria and a B.A. (Hons.) in Political Studies from Queen's. 

Research Interests

Chelsea's research considers the global political economy of environmental governance. She is particularly interested in understanding the multi-scalar governance of climate mobility from an ecologically-oriented historical materialist perspective. More broadly, Chelsea is interested in identifying the global relations of power that deliver uneven socio-ecological outcomes in the context of climate change.

Awards

Ontario Graduate Scholarship (2023-2024)

Dean's Award for Global Sustainability (2023-2024)

Queen's Graduate Award (2023-2024)

 

 

Dell, Brendan

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Brendan Dell

Doctoral Student

He/Him

Political Studies

MA Criminology and Criminal Justice Policy (University of Guelph) | BAH Criminal Justice and Public Policy

Doctoral Student

b.dell@queensu.ca

Mackintosh-Corry Hall, B301

Supervisors: St茅phanie Chouinard and Paul Gardner

Research Interests

Canadian politics, courts, law and politics, federalism, constitutional law, rights, policymaking, criminal justice

Brief Biography

Brendan Dell is a doctoral student in the Department of Political Studies at 成人大片 working under the co-supervision of Dr. St茅phanie Chouinard and Dr. Paul Gardner. He received both his bachelor's degree in Criminal Justice and Public Policy and master's degree in Criminology and Criminal Justice Policy from the University of Guelph.

Brendan's research focuses broadly on Canadian law and politics. Specifically, his research explores the relationship between the government and the judiciary on constitutional issues (such as the Charter of Rights and Freedoms). His dissertation explores the strategic use of courts by provincial governments in constitutional cases.

Awards and scholarships 

  • 2023 Ontario Graduate Scholarship (成人大片)
  • 2021 SSHRC Canadian Graduate Scholarship - Master's (University of Guelph)
  • 2020 John F. Melby Thesis Prize (University of Guelph)
    • Awarded for highest Honours thesis grade in the Department of Political Science
  • 2020 Ontario Graduate Scholarship (University of Guelph)

 

Cruz, Cindy

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Cindy Cruz

Doctoral Student

She/Her

Political Studies

BA Criminology - Carleton University | BA (Honours) Sociology - Carleton University | MA Sociology - Carleton University

Doctoral Student

20cc69@queensu.ca

Mackintosh-Corry Hall, C307

Supervisor: St茅fanie von Hlatky

Brief Biography

Cindy Cruz is a doctoral student within the Department of Political Studies at Queen鈥檚 University. Her research focuses on the Canadian Armed Forces organization and members within, including elements such as civilian military relations, security, and international relations. She has a multi-disciplinary background with a BA in Criminology, Sociology, and an MA in Sociology.

 

 

Ampomah, Emmanuel

Emmanuel Ampomah

Emmanuel Ampomah

Doctoral Student

He/Him

Master of Social Science - International Relations (2019), University of Cape Town, South Africa | BA (Honours) Political Science and Philosophy (2017), University of Ghana, Ghana

Political Studies

Doctoral Student

23br16@queensu.ca

Mackintosh-Corry Hall, C301

Supervisor: Yolande Bouka

Research Interests

Peacebuilding, International Institutions, Localized conflicts, African politics

Brief Biography

Emmanuel Ampomah is a doctoral student in the Department of Political Studies at Queen鈥檚 University. Prior to joining Queen鈥檚 he was a researcher at the Human Sciences Research Council鈥檚 Equitable Education and Economies research division in South Africa. He holds a master鈥檚 degree in International Relations from the University of Cape Town and a BA (honors) degree in Philosophy and Political Science from the University of Ghana. Emmanuel has presented his research at international conferences in Tanzania, USA, Germany, Belgium and Kenya. He is passionate about peacebuilding, youth, and development in Africa.

Awards

  • Mastercard Foundation Scholar (2018-2019), University of Cape Town
  • Ontario Graduate Scholarship (International), 2025, 成人大片
  • Timothy C.S. Franks Research Travel Fund, 成人大片
  • Peacock Research Award, 成人大片

Political Studies in the News - August 10, 2023

The Department of Political Studies is saddened to share that the Hon. Hugh Segal passed away yesterday, August 9th, 2023, at the age of 72.

Hugh was a Peacock Fellow of Political Studies, a friend of our department, a frequent lecturer and visitor to our classrooms, and will be greatly missed. As the School of Policy Studies so eloquently expressed it, Hugh "leaves a lasting legacy of non-partisan leadership in the Policy Studies community at Queen鈥檚, across Canada and beyond."

We offer our sincere condolences to his family and friends.

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Dunton, Caroline

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Caroline Dunton

Skelton-Clark Post-Doctoral Fellow

She/Her

PhD (Ottawa); MA (George Washington); MA (Ottawa); BKI (Waterloo)

Political Studies

Canadian Politics

Post-Doctoral Fellow

caroline.dunton@queensu.ca

Mackintosh-Corry Hall, B309

Brief Biography

Caroline is the Skelton-Clark Post-Doctoral Fellow, teaching POLS 300- and 400-level courses in Winter 2024. Caroline studies Canadian foreign policy, the United Nations Security Council, diplomacy, and settler colonialism in Canada. She holds a PhD from the University of Ottawa, where she has also been a Research Associate at the Centre for International Policy Studies. She also holds an MA from The George Washington University, an MA from the University of Ottawa, and a Bachelor of Knowledge Integration from the University of Waterloo. Outside of academia, she has worked at Global Affairs Canada, including as a Senior Policy Analyst in Foreign Policy Planning and the Cadieux-L茅ger Fellow. She is currently the Book Reviews Editor at International Journal. For more information on Caroline鈥檚 research, please visit her .

Teaching

For detailed information about political studies courses and instructors, please refer to the Undergraduate and Graduate pages. 

Nesbitt-Larking, Paul

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Paul Nesbitt-Larking

Term Adjunct

He/Him

PhD Political Science (Carleton); MA Comparative Politics (Kent); BSc Social Science (Bradford)

Political Studies

Term Adjunct

pnl@queensu.ca

Mackintosh-Corry Hall, C412

Research Interests

Paul Nesbitt-Larking is interested in how people make sense of their political lives and how they develop their political identities. In the Canadian context and beyond, he has conducted research into political discourses and narratives, beliefs, values and emotions, political communication and political agency. Recent research has included studies of masculinities, research ethics, migration and multiculturalism, citizenship, and the political lives of ethno-religious minorities. Support from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada for studies in multiculturalism is gratefully acknowledged.

Brief Biography

Paul Nesbitt-Larking grew up in the UK and immigrated to Canada to study for a doctorate at Carleton University. His Canadian teaching career began in 1981 and he has taught at Carleton University, Brock University, York University, and Toronto Metropolitan University, as well as at Queen鈥檚. He taught at Huron University College from 1992 to 2021 where he has been appointed Professor Emeritus of Political Science. Professor Nesbitt-Larking has enjoyed a long-standing professional membership of the International Society of Political Psychology and has a number of publications in their flagship journal, Political Psychology. He is a former president of the International Society of Political Psychology.

Teaching

POLS 313 Mass Media and Politics in Canada (Winter 2024)

POLS 434 Multiculturalism (Fall 2023)

Selected Publications

鈥淐onstructing Narratives of Masculinity: Online Followers of Jordan B. Peterson鈥, Psychology of Men and Masculinities (2022). https://doi.org/10.1037/men0000394

鈥淩esponsibility, Recognition, and Representation: The Ethical Bases of Truth Evaluation in Political Narrative Analysis鈥, Political Psychology (2021). https://doi.org/10.1111/pops.12780

Contemporary Orangeism in Canada: Identity, Nationalism, and Religion (co-authored with James W. McAuley) (New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018).

鈥淭he Ideological Work of Narratives鈥, Political Psychology (2017), 38(3), 571-578.

鈥淪ecuritization Through Re-Enchantment: The Strategic Uses of Myth and Memory鈥, Postcolonial Studies (2017) 20(3): 317-332.

鈥淪affron and Orange: Religion, Nation and Masculinity in Canada and India鈥, in Ivor Goodson, Ari Antikainen, Molly Andrews and Pat Sikes, Eds., The Routledge International Handbook on Narrative and Life History (pp. 331-343) (London: Routledge, 2017).

Religion and Representation: Islam and Democracy (co-edited with Ingrid Mattson and Nawaz Tahir) (Cambridge Scholars Press, 2015).

The Palgrave Handbook of Global Political Psychology (co-edited with Catarina Kinnvall, Tereza Capelos and Henk Dekker) (London: Palgrave Macmillan, 2014).

Department of Political Studies Class of 2023 Spring Convocation Reception

Date

Thursday June 22, 2023
11:00 am - 1:00 pm

Location

Department of Political Studies Class of 2023 Spring Convocation Reception!

All POLS Spring 2023 graduates and their guests are invited to attend this luncheon reception on Thursday, June 22nd from 11:00am to 1:00pm.   RSVPs are required, email Cynthia MacIntosh, Undergraduate Assistant, at .

Thursday, June 22nd | 11:00AM 鈥 1:00PM
Holiday Inn Kingston - Waterfront  | 2 Princess Street, Kingston 
Buffet lunch will be served

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