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Rebecca Pero (Ph.D. Candidate)
Office: Mackintosh-Corry Hall, Room E314
Phone: (613) 533-6000 ext. 75736
Email: 2rpp@queensu.ca

 

Education

  • M.A. Sociology, Queen’s University, Kingston (2011)
  • B.A. (Hons) Sociology (Major), Psychology (Minor), Queen’s University, Kingston (2006)
  • B.A. Thesis: “The Changing Face of American Beauty: A Socio-historical Analysis of Films from the 1920s and 1950s” - under the supervision of Dr. Roberta Hamilton

Research Interests

  • International Migration, Immigration, Policy, and Citizenship
  • Issues of Threat and Security, Insecurity and Social Control
  • Diaspora and Transnational Identities
  • Geographies of Inequality

Teaching Experience

  • Geography 101: Intro to Human Geography with Dr. Jamie Linton (Winter Term 2012)
  • Geography 258: Geographies of South America with Dr. George Lovell (Fall Term 2011)
  • Sociology 301: Urban Societies, Space and Culture with Dr. David Murakami Wood (Winter Term 2011)
  • Sociology 362: Cultural Studies with Dr. Annette Burfoot (Fall Term 2010)

Professional Development

  • International Student Affairs Commissioner, the Society of Graduate and Professional Students, Queen’s University (2010-Present)
  • Development Officer, Easter Seals Ontario, Kingston (2008-2010)

International Experience

Global Development Studies 305: Cuban Culture and Society, Queen’s University (2010)
  • Completed a course that consisted of two weeks at both Queen’s University and the Universidad de Habana, in Havana, Cuba.
International Communities of Women Living with HIV (ICW), Buenos Aires, Argentina, Volunteer (2009)
  • Volunteered at a five day conference where I provided auxiliary support to attendees.
Che Guevara Volunteer Work Brigade, Santa Clara, Cuba, Scholarship Winner (2008)
  • Participated in a three-week volunteer work brigade organized by the Canadian Network on Cuba;

Community Affiliations/Interests

  • Enjoy dancing salsa, and hawaiian with the Island Dancers Hawaiian Dance Group
  • Volunteer with Downtown Kingston Business Improvement Area
  • Student Representative with the Canadian Cuban Friendship Association
  • Member at Large with the Immigrant Services Kingston and Area Advisory Committee
  • Grant Selection Committee Member for the Community Foundation Kingston and Area

Certificates and Awards

  • Queen’s Graduate Award (2009-Present)
  • Graduate Education Tuition Award (2011-2012)
  • Achievement in Spanish at St. Lawrence College, Kingston, Ontario (2008)