On October 18, 2016 Katherine McKittrick was named the inaugural recipient of the Ban Righ Foundation Mentorship Award for her continuing mentorship of students at Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션s and across Canada.
카지노 게임 컬렉션I feel like supporting students and mentoring them is part of our job,카지노 게임 컬렉션 says Dr. McKittrick. 카지노 게임 컬렉션I feel like that카지노 게임 컬렉션s why I became a professor 카지노 게임 컬렉션 to support and mentor students, especially students of colour and students from other marginalized groups, and provide for them a space to share ideas and also do their best work.카지노 게임 컬렉션
Much of Dr. McKittrick카지노 게임 컬렉션s research, as well as the research of her mentees fall into the category defined as 카지노 게임 컬렉션difficult knowledge,카지노 게임 컬렉션 카지노 게임 컬렉션 topics such as racism, marginalization, oppression, and racial violence, to name a few. Dr. McKittrick defines her role as to support her students 카지노 게임 컬렉션 many of whom have first-hand experience in these topics 카지노 게임 컬렉션and to create an intellectual environment to explore these themes to bring about positive change in the world around them.
Dr, McKittrick says the influence of her own mentors, both during her graduate studies and continuing into academia, has shaped her own approach to guiding students in their research. She points to the examples of her own doctoral supervisor, Lynda Peake (York 카지노게임사이트) and colleague Rinaldo Walcott (OISE/카지노게임사이트 of Toronto) for encouraging her to take her research in new directions and inspiring her to view her field through a different lens. She also highlights Ruth Wilson Gilmore (CUNY) and essayist Sylvia Wynter for the impacts they have had on her continuing research.
카지노 게임 컬렉션She카지노 게임 컬렉션s been a wonderful friend and mentor to me and it has been an honour to work with her,카지노 게임 컬렉션 she says of Dr. Wynter. 카지노 게임 컬렉션The best advice she has given me was, 카지노 게임 컬렉션don카지노 게임 컬렉션t conform to the academic demands.카지노 게임 컬렉션 Keep pushing and pushing and asking questions about what Black studies can do in the academy.카지노 게임 컬렉션
While Dr. McKittrick says the award comes as a surprise, she is quick to turn the spotlight back towards her students and the reciprocal respect and admiration she has for them.
카지노 게임 컬렉션I카지노 게임 컬렉션m so blown away by their nomination, but also how much I카지노 게임 컬렉션ve learned from them and how they inspire me to be a good mentor,카지노 게임 컬렉션 she says. 카지노 게임 컬렉션They ask hard questions. I put a lot of demands on my students and they always do the readings, they show up every week and they카지노 게임 컬렉션re deeply engaged and that is challenging and stimulating for me as a professor. I just adore them.카지노 게임 컬렉션