Fredericton Faculty of Arts
A Message from the Dean of Arts
Faculty of Arts
Posted: March 24, 2023 12:00:00 AM ADT
Category: Events , Faculty , Other , News , Spotlight , Arts , Student , Research
A Message from the Dean of Arts, Joanne Wright Greetings to UNB alumni readers! As Dean of the Faculty of Arts on the Fredericton campus, it brings me great to pleasure to share a few updates on exciting initiatives, achievements, and changes in the Faculty of Arts that have taken place over the 2022-2023 academic year. The 2022-2023 academic year offered new challenges and opportunities to our faculty community. While the effects of the pandemic continue to be felt...
2021-22 Dean's list dinner to celebrate 257 students and feature CBC's Julia Wright as guest speaker
Tabatha Armstrong
Posted: November 18, 2022 12:00:00 AM AST
Category: Student , Events , Other , Arts
Julia Wright, Credit: CBC 2019 The Faculty of Arts will be hosting a dinner in celebration of Dean's List students and award recipients on November 30th. The annual in person event had been put on hold during the pandemic. The Faculty is delighted to be able to gather in person again to celebrate the achievements of our students. An outstanding number of students succeeded in making the Dean's List in 2021-2022. This year's dinner will celebrate 257 students and over 70 departmental...
2021-2022 Dean's List Students
Dean of Arts Office
Posted: October 4, 2022 9:46:00 AM ADT
Category: Arts , Student , News
BACHELOR OF ARTS (BA) Madison Adams Alexander Michelle Addy Maryam Ahmed Ufuoma Akalusi Kendall...
Five Frightening Films from Atlantic Canada to Check Out
Tabatha Armstrong
Posted: October 29, 2021 12:00:00 AM ADT
Category: Arts , Departmental , Other , Opinion
Looking for locally sourced scares this Halloween Weekend? Professor Scott Preston, Chair of the Culture and Media Studies department, has put together a list of his top five Atlantic Horror movies streaming now. Pull out the popcorn and get into the spooky season by checking out the complete linked list below 👻🎃👇 Adrift (2014) From local filmmaker Jared Carney, this genuinely creepy short film was made for the annual Fredericton 48 Hour Film Competition back...
2020-2021 Dean's List Students
Dean of Arts Office
Posted: October 21, 2021 9:46:00 AM ADT
Category: Arts , News , Student
BACHELOR OF ARTS (BA) Michelle Addy Molly Agar Betina Leanne Agas Carlos Aguilar Sanchez Ufuoma Akalusi Mohammed Amin Kendall Anderson Henry Anscombe Jessica Arseneault Carly Ashe Noah Ashford Soo Bin Bae Ravleen Kaur Bansal Lily Barrett Benjamin Barrett Yara Ibrahim Bayoumi Adrien Beaman Jayme Bell Meghan Bell Shauryaa Bhardwaj Gabriella Black Olivia Blanchard Emily Brannon C. Brooke Brenton Walter Brouwer Amealya Buckley Dawson Burnett Taylor Chalker Chin Jie Chau Niko...
W. Stewart MacNutt Lecture
Faculty of Arts
Posted: November 25, 2020 12:00:00 AM AST
Please join the Faculty of Arts for the annual W. Stewart MacNutt Memorial Lecture on Tuesday, February 16, 2021. The lecture will be given by historian Dr. Shirley Tillotson, professor emeritus at Dalhousie University and University of King's College.A Region of Feeling: Bringing the History of Emotions to Political Economy in Atlantic CanadaAtlantic Canada’s historiography mixes the cool scientific voice of political economy with a mix of other rhetorical tones: righteous anger,...
2019-2020 Dean's List Students
Dean of Arts Office
Posted: October 19, 2020 12:00:00 AM ADT
Category: News , Arts , Student
BACHELOR OF ARTS (BA) Michelle K. AddyFernando Aguilar SanchezUfuoma R. AkalusiMiriam C. AmiraultBrandon L. ArchibaldCarly C. AsheRavleen Kaur BansalClaire T. BarnesYara Ibrahim M. BayoumiConnor E. BearDelaney R. BeckMeghan A. BellJayme L. BellJessica J. BouchieKylie L. BullerwellDawson N. BurnettDarian J. CalhounKathryn I. CampbellKevin A. CarrierTaylor L. ChalkerChau Chin Jie Tshewang ChodenCourtney M. J. ClaytonJillian A. CogganEve T. CornerEmily R. CoteSarah C. CraigLorinda L....
Congratulations to the 2020 Faculty of Arts Graduating Class
Tabatha Armstrong
Posted: May 28, 2020 12:00:00 AM ADT
Category: Student , Events , Other , Arts
Lorne L. Dawson to present W.C. Desmond Pacey Memorial Lecture
Tabatha Armstrong
Posted: January 15, 2020 12:00:00 AM AST
Category: Faculty , Arts , Events
Join us for the W.C. Desmond Pacey Memorial Lecture on Wednesday, Feb. 19, at 5:30 p.m. in Tilley Hall - Room 102, UNB Fredericton campus. "Who Becomes a Jihadi Terrorist, How and Why?" will be presented by Professor Lorne L. Dawson from the University of Waterloo. The threat of domestic terrorism is a new and ever-present reality, even in Canada. Countering this threat is difficult for many reasons. Counterintuitively, research consistently suggests that most of the young men, and some...
UNB-Maine collaboration connects high schoolers to hands-on archaeology
Brad Ackerson
Posted: November 14, 2019 12:00:00 AM AST
Category: Research , Faculty , Student , Arts , Departmental
UNB Department of Anthropology faculty member Dr. Gabe Hrynick and his colleagues have been working to address the growing problem of archaeological losses resulting from rising sea levels through a collaborative project between UNB, Cobscook Community Learning Center (CCLC), and the University of Maine’s Maine Midden Minders project. This project aims to train local communities and students to monitor the degradation of shell middens in their area, collect data, and report back to...
2018-2019 Dean's List Students
Dean of Arts Office
Posted: October 9, 2019 12:00:00 AM ADT
Category: News , Student , Arts
BACHELOR OF ARTS (BA) Tiffany N. AdamsCurtis F. AllenMiriam C. AmiraultBrandon L. ArchibaldCarly C. AsheClaire T. BarnesWhitney K. BenoitMatthew A. BoemMarissa-Rae D. BooneAlexandra E. BooyJamie M. BoyceElizabeth C. BrownPatrick J. ByrneRankyn CampbellNiko C. CoadyJillian A. CogganEve T. CornerSarah C. CraigKatherine S. A. CrippsGillian A. CumbyJoshua A. CummingsMaria Nazareth F. de AraujoBeatrice E. DevlinRiver J. DinesPatrick R. DonovanJessica DoucetteHarrison D. DresslerGabrielle T....
Welcome Dr. Claudia Mosquera Rosero-Labbé, Harrison McCain Visiting Professor
Tabatha Armstrong
Posted: February 25, 2019 12:00:00 AM AST
Category: Departmental , Other , Faculty , Arts , Research
Welcome to Dr. Claudia Mosquera Rosero-Labbé, Harrison McCain Visiting Professor The Department of Anthropology and the Faculty of Arts are pleased to welcome Dr. Claudia Mosquera Rosero-Labbé as a Harrison McCain Visiting Professor from January to July 2019. Invited by Dr. Daniel Tubb in the Department of Anthropology, Dr. Mosquera Rosero-Labbé is one of Colombia’s preeminent established Black scholars, and an expert on the African Diaspora in the Black Americas. Dr....
W. Stewart MacNutt Memorial Lecture
Carolyn Williston-Aubie
Posted: February 19, 2019 12:00:00 AM AST
Category: News , Arts , Events
W. Stewart MacNutt Memorial Lecture – March 14Professor Harvey Amani Whitfield, from the University of Vermont, will be the guest lecturer at this year's W. Stewart MacNutt Memorial Lecture. “Slave Lives Matter: Putting Biography at the Centre of Atlantic Canadian Slavery Studies” In 1996, historian Paul Lovejoy noted that “in studying slavery and the slave trade, biography can capture details of history. By re-inserting individuals into the...
2019 W.C. Desmond Pacey Memorial Lecture
Carolyn Williston-Aubie
Posted: January 7, 2019 12:00:00 AM AST
Category: Events , News , Arts
W.C. Desmond Pacey Memorial Lecture – February 12Associate Professor Michael V. Smith, from the University of British Columbia, will be the guest lecturer at this year's W.C. Desmond Pacey Memorial Lecture.The Body Is a Gift: Gender and Meaning-Making in One Man’s Art In a hybrid performance-lecture, Michael V. Smith presents a retrospective of his body-based creative work. Smith has made a career examining how bodies are read, misread, or re-read. "The Body Is a Gift"...
Dr. Gary Waite receives inaugural research excellence award
Tabatha Armstrong
Posted: December 4, 2018 12:00:00 AM AST
Category: Spotlight , Research , Faculty , Arts , Departmental
Dr. Gary Waite, Professor of History, received the inaugural University of New Brunswick Award for Excellence in Research at UNB’s 64th Convocation held October 18th, 2018.This new award promotes and celebrates intellectual inquiry and discovery. Initiated by a gift from Dr. Friedrich (Fritz) Grein, Professor Emeritus of Chemistry, the UNB Award for Excellence in Research honours faculty for their “outstanding research, scholarly, or creative achievements at the University of New...
UNB well represented at 2018 Silver Wave Film Festival
Ty Giffin
Posted: November 26, 2018 12:00:00 AM AST
Category: Student , Arts , Events , Other , Faculty
On Monday, November 26, 2018, Frictive Pictures held a one-time screening of a selection of films by UNB students and alumni that had previously screened at the Silver Wave Film Festival. UNB Faculty of Arts students and alumni made up a huge part of the festival this year. That is truly a testament to the amazing talent and incredible achievement of our students and alumni. The Centre Communautaire Sainte Anne’s theatre was packed with audience members for the three NB shorts...
Dr. Anna Hamling attends Parliament of the World's Religions in Toronto
Tabatha Armstrong
Posted: November 20, 2018 12:00:00 AM AST
Category: Arts , Spotlight , Departmental , Faculty
Dr. Anna Hamling, faculty member in Culture and Media Studies, spent seven days at the Parliament of the World's Religions assembly in Toronto (2-8 November, 2018) where she moderated sessions, participated in fascinating lectures on different religious traditions and joined in various ceremonies of Indigenous peoples. The assembly brought together over 8000 participants from 52 countries. It is the largest event in the world where people gather to talk about strategies to achieve peace in...
2017-2018 Dean's List Students
Dean of Arts Office
Posted: October 16, 2018 12:00:00 AM ADT
BACHELOR OF ARTS (BA) Tiffany N. Adams - Oromocto, NBCarlos F. Aguilar Sanchez - Tlayacapan, MEXICOEmma R. Allen - Cremona, ABMiriam C. Amirault - Digby, NSMaria Nazareth F Araujo - Recife, BRAZILHayley Aucoin - Middle Sackville, NSIsaac J. Barclay - Fredericton, NBConnor Beach - Durham Bridge, NBShanthi Bell - Pefferlaw, ONRyan S. Bell - Riverview, NBJesse E. Bellamy - St. Catharines, ONWhitney K. Benoit - Fredericton, NBBernard R. Bishop - Moncton, NBAnthony T. Bissett - Riverview,...
Anthropology Graduate Students
Tabatha Armstrong
Posted: September 4, 2018 12:00:00 AM ADT
Category: Student , Departmental , Arts , Research
MA Candidates Natassja Brien (BA Honours, B.Sc. Honours, University of Manitoba) Supervisor: Dr. Amy Scott Natassja is an M.IDST student working on interdisciplinary research in Anthropology and Biology. Her research focuses on identifying signatures of stress in ancient DNA. Melissa Chinaka (BA Honours Midlands State University, MA Central European University) Supervisor: Dr. Susan Blair Melissa finished her first MA in Cultural Heritage Studies from Central European University in...
Meet Chad Comeau - Media Artist in Residence
Fredericton Arts
Posted: December 5, 2016 4:00:00 AM AST
Category: News , Other , Arts , Faculty , Departmental
Chad Comeau, Culture and Media Studies, Media Artist in Residence Where are you from? "I'm from an Acadian village in southwest Nova-Scotia, but I've been in New Brunswick for 7 years, and in Fredericton for three." Tell us a bit about your creative interests. "I am mainly interested in the expressive potential of digital games. I like creating games about certain realities or communities (Acadian games, LGBTQ+ game, stuttering game) that leverage the unique properties of interactive games...
A Big Welcome to Dr Nikki Scheerer
Fredericton Arts
Posted: November 28, 2016 4:00:00 AM AST
Category: Faculty , Departmental , Arts , Spotlight
Join us in welcoming Dr. Nichole (Nikki) Scheerer! Originally from Mississauga, Ontario, Dr. Scheerer is joining our Psychology Department for a term appointment this year.Nikki completed her BSc and PhD in Psychology, specializing in Cognitive Neuroscience, at Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, Ontario. Her research interests include speech motor control (how we use auditory feedback/ the sound of our voice to learn/monitor/correct for errors in the muscle movements required for fluent...
Introducing Dr Lucas Crawford
Fredericton Arts
Posted: November 21, 2016 4:00:00 AM AST
Category: Faculty , Arts , Departmental , Spotlight
Say hello to new assistant professor of English, Dr. Lucas Crawford!Dr. Crawford is joining the Faculty of Arts from Simon Fraser University in BC, where he taught gender studies. Lucas is originally from rural Nova Scotia. You can also check out the Department of English's fascinating interview with Dr. Crawford on their blog Frond and Spore. Main research interests • 20/21st c. British novels• Queer theory• Transgender studies• Architecture and space• Food and fat• ...
A Big Welcome to Dr Gabriel Hrynick
Fredericton Arts
Posted: October 18, 2016 5:00:00 AM ADT
Category: Faculty , News , Departmental , Arts
Meet Dr. Gabriel Hrynick, new faculty member in the Anthropology Department. Gabe Hrynick is originally from northern Maine. He completed his BA at UMaine, MA at UNB, and PhD at the University of Connecticut. After finishing his PhD in 2015, he was a visiting faculty member at Bates College for a year. Research Interests & Upcoming Projects Gabe is an archaeologist who studies the Indigenous hunter-gatherers who lived in Maine and the Maritimes at and before European contact. Much of his...
Say Hello to Dr Jason Bell
Fredericton Arts
Posted: October 11, 2016 5:00:00 AM ADT
Category: Faculty , Arts , News , Departmental
BIO Jason Bell is assistant professor of philosophy at the University of New Brunswick. He has taught in the graduate program at the Higher Institute of Philosophy at the Katholieke Universteit Leuven in Belgium, at Vanderbilt University, and at Mount Allison University. He has served at the University of Göttingen in Germany as Fulbright Professor, as scholar-in-residence at Boston University, as Onderzoeksfonds Research Fellow at the Husserl Archives-Leuven, and as d’Alzon Fellow at...
Meet Dr Daniel Tubb
Fredericton Arts
Posted: September 19, 2016 5:00:00 AM ADT
Category: News , Departmental , Faculty , Arts , Spotlight
Dr. Daniel Tubb, new assistant professor of Anthropology BIO Dr. Daniel Tubb is joining the Faculty of Arts from New Haven, where he was a Visiting Fellow at the Program in Agrarian Studies at Yale University from 2014-2016. He earned an MA in political economy and a Ph.D. in anthropology from Carleton University. Before all that, Dr. Tubb did a BA at Trent University. Along the way, he has spent a year in Spain, Ecuador, and Quebec, and three years in...
Welcome to Dr Carolyn MacDonald
Fredericton Arts
Posted: September 12, 2016 5:00:00 AM ADT
Category: Departmental , Spotlight , Arts , Faculty , News
Dr. Carolyn MacDonald, Assistant Professor in Classics & Ancient History Above: Dr. Carolyn MacDonald behind the counter of a thermopolium (a hot-food shop) in Pompeii. BIODr. MacDonald is originally from Toronto ON, but academic life has taken her all over the continent. The Foundation Year Programme at the University of King’s College first lured her out east, and she liked it so much that she stayed in Halifax for a BA and an MA in Classics at Dalhousie. She then headed west, for a PhD in...
Say Hello to Dr Stefanie Kennedy
Fredericton Arts
Posted: August 22, 2016 5:00:00 AM ADT
Category: Spotlight , Faculty , Departmental , News , Research , Arts
Dr. Stefanie Kennedy, Assistant Professor in History Dr. Stefanie Kennedy is joining our History Department from the University of Toronto. Her main research areas include Caribbean and Atlantic World History; History of Slavery; History of Disability. So far her favourite part of Fredericton is the Boyce Farmers Market on Saturday mornings. In her spare time you might catch her doing some nifty needle felting of feminist-themed tea cozies!She is currently working on a digital humanities...
Introducing Comparative Cultural Studies
Fredericton Arts
Posted: June 3, 2016 5:00:00 AM ADT
Category: News , Faculty , Other , Departmental , Arts , Student
Dr. Allan Reid - Professor - Comparative Cultural Studies(Specialities: Soviet & Russian literature & literary theory, holocaust literature, and Soviet underground culture & literature) Dr. Anette Guse - Associate Professor - Comparative Cultural Studies (Specialties: 18th and 20th century German Literature and Culture, German Language Acquisition, Musical Theatre, Opera, and Performing Arts) Keegan Manson-Curry (in the middle) and other students in the...
Arts Research Abroad Dr Derek Johnston discusses haunting horror and broadcasting during his visit to UNB
Fredericton Arts
Posted: February 8, 2016 4:00:00 AM AST
Category: Other , Spotlight , Research , Arts , News
Derek Johnston, a Fredrik and Catherine Eaton Visitorship Fellow from Queen’s University in Belfast (QUB), Northern Ireland spent some time visiting UNB and Toronto. While in Canada, Dr. Johnston is continuing his research on seasonal broadcasting of horror and supernatural genres. Read this brief interview to learn more about the specifics Dr. Johnston's research and visit to UNB Fredericton. What kind of research were you doing in New Brunswick and Canada? In New Brunswick I was mostly...
Becoming a Historian Jessica s Experience as an Arts Intern
Fredericton Arts
Posted: December 3, 2015 4:00:00 AM AST
Category: Arts , Other , Research , Spotlight , Student
"The only way to drive ourselves forward is by looking in the rear-view mirror and guessing the best course to take." – Mark Damen Hello Everyone! This will be the first of many future blog posts where I will be sharing my experiences as an Arts Intern at The Milton F. Gregg Center for the Study of War and Society at UNB. This blog series will include reflections on my many adventures at Gregg Centre events as well as comments on my discoveries doing research in the archives, special...
A Day in the Life of An Intern - Sophia s Internship Experience at the Legislative Office of MLA David Coon
Fredericton Arts
Posted: November 23, 2015 4:00:00 AM AST
Category: Arts , Other , Spotlight , Student
Working for the Green Party has been an extraordinarily rewarding experience for me as a student, and as a young professional. Let me tell you why! We learn in many different ways in our undergraduate studies. We learn in lectures, through course readings, projects, and presentations. For me, the best method of learning is through doing. The Arts Internship has provided me with an opportunity to practice skills and knowledge I have learned in my studies and apply them to important projects....
Arts Research Abroad Irish Historian Dr Peter Gray visits UNB
Fredericton Arts
Posted: November 12, 2015 4:00:00 AM AST
Category: News , Arts , Spotlight , Research , Faculty
The Fredrik and Catherine Eaton Visitorship Award enables researchers to expand their projects internationally by supporting exchanges between the University of New Brunswick and Queen's University Belfast (QUB). Dr. Peter Gray, Professor of Modern Irish History at QUB, recently visited UNB to continue his research on the impacts of The Great Famine. Dr. Gray shared some thoughts on his research and exchange before heading back to Ireland. Can you provide some background on how you became a...
Disability as Opportunity Paul Campbell s Journey Back to UNB
Fredericton Arts
Posted: October 8, 2015 5:00:00 AM ADT
Category: Student , Spotlight , Arts , Other
Now that the excitement of Orientation and start of term have passed and you have gotten that first long weekend break out of the way, it might be a good opportunity to reflect on the term so far. Hopefully by now all our new and returning students are getting settled into the rhythm of university studies. For some of you this will be your first set of midterms and papers coming due. That first term can be stressful and students may find they need some additional resources and help to develop...
Arts Research Abroad Eaton Visitorship takes Dr Joanne Wright to Queen s University Belfast
Fredericton Arts
Posted: October 5, 2015 5:00:00 AM ADT
Category: Research , Spotlight , Arts , Faculty , News
Dr. Joanne Wright, Professor of Political Science & Associate Dean of the Faculty of Arts, is a recipient of the Fredrik and Catherine Eaton Visitorship Award. This Visitorship has taken her across the ocean to Queen's University Belfast (QUB), Northern Ireland. Read this brief interview to learn more about the specifics of Dr. Wright's research projects and why Northern Ireland and New Brunswick offer a compelling comparison for the study of reproductive rights and abortion politics. Please...
Adieu from the Faculty of Arts
Fredericton Arts
Posted: September 14, 2015 5:00:00 AM ADT
Category: Faculty , Opinion , Arts , News
September 2015 Adieu from the Faculty of Arts! Does it seem a bit odd to welcome you to our new blog with a goodbye wish? Perhaps, but “farewell” is an interesting place to begin.This June, UNB’s 186th graduation, or “Encaenia,” as we call it, took place over the course of several ceremonies. The Faculty of Arts is an old hand at Encaenia: at the first one in 1828, the university’s whole graduating class (there were three of them!) received a BA. We’ve been there at every graduation...
Be open to change do what you enjoy and love and the rest will fall into place Memories of First Year Part 4
Fredericton Arts
Posted: August 28, 2015 5:00:00 AM ADT
Category: Faculty , Arts , Spotlight , Opinion , Student
Only two weeks... ...until you begin the next chapter. Regardless of whether you are joining us straight from high school or from another stage in your life, we hope all the excitement and fresh-start motivation inspired by those back-to-school vibes are helping you to feel positive about your first term. For the fourth installment in our series on 'Memories of First Year' I met up with Arts alumna Kelsey Seymour. Find out about "the D Experience", the significance of salad in a Sobeys...
The Ability to Give Back Memories of First Year Part 3
Fredericton Arts
Posted: August 21, 2015 5:00:00 AM ADT
Category: Opinion , Student , Spotlight , Arts , Other
And the countdown continues... …less than three weeks until the start of Fall term! Time flies when you're having so much summer fun. This week we will be chatting with Andrew Daley, an Assistive Technologist working with UNB Libraries and a graduate from the Arts faculty (Economics). Andrew generously shared his experiences navigating university as a mature student with a visual disability. Reflect back on a time when students carried around bookbags full of textbooks, access to computers...
Be a sponge and swallow your fear Memories of First Year Part 2
Fredericton Arts
Posted: August 12, 2015 5:00:00 AM ADT
Category: Spotlight , Other , Arts , Opinion , Student , Faculty
Four weeks to go until... ...the first day of classes! Hard to believe it's only a month away. As we head towards Orientation Week, time travel back to 1998 with us. It was a strange time where you were required to stand in line to register for courses and penny candies were still a thing (pennies were still a thing!!!). Cindy Brown sheds some light on being a first-year then: the hit songs (get ready for some 90s classics), cramming for an exam, being a sponge, and overcoming shyness....
Grilled Cheese Iron Maiden and Showing Up - Memories of First Year Part 1
Fredericton Arts
Posted: August 6, 2015 5:00:00 AM ADT
Category: Faculty , Spotlight , Student , Opinion , Arts
The countdown is on! In one month we will be welcoming hundreds of new students to campus for Orientation Week. The first year of university is an exciting and emotional time. It isn’t only about learning how to study well (though that is a big part!) – it is a host of new experiences that will stay with you for years to come. What do you think will stand out this year and stick with you years later? I decided to ask a few local Arts alumni to take a trip down memory lane to see what has...