Exploring the lived experiences of doctoral students through an equity lens
Sep 10, 2024 — 12 p.m. to 1 p.m.
Join us for the next event in our Research Conversations Series entitled “Exploring the lived experiences of doctoral students through an equity lens” with doctoral candidates Derya Sahingil and Jenny Stodola. Register for this virtual event happening on September 10, 2024.
Event description
Join us for the official launch of a special issue of the Education Review focused on the lived experiences of doctoral students from the Faculty of Education. Guest Editors-in-Chief and PhD candidates Derya Sahingil and Jenny Stodola will discuss how the COVID-19 pandemic and its lasting impacts have influenced individual experiences and community connections in the graduate studies journey. Many of the publication’s authors will be in attendance and will share their reflections. We hope to stimulate an engaging conversation about today's graduate studies experience. All are welcome.
Derya Sahingil
Faculty of Education, University of Ottawa
Derya Sahingil is a fourth year international PhD candidate from Türkiye. She is a proud woman of colour, a feminist teacher/educator for thirteen years, and a former Fulbright scholar. Her critical feminist phenomenological research, supervised by Professor Rebecca Lloyd, focuses on the moving sensations of voicing oneself especially in the difficult circumstances within oppressive silencing.
Jenny Stodola
Faculty of Education, University of Ottawa
Jenny Stodola is a third year PhD candidate, a second-generation Canadian of Czech descent and the first in her family to pursue a doctoral degree. Previously studying biochemistry, virology, and immunology she professionally leverages her interests in health sciences education as an instructional designer/educational developer. Supervised by Professors El Hadji Yaya Koné and Douglas Archibald, her PhD on reconciliation research explores how settler family physicians and trainees can develop better relationships with their Indigenous patients.