The heart of the Jackman Humanities Institute is its Circle of Fellows, a group of scholars at every level from undergraduate to faculty, who are chosen for the excellence of their research and for its relevance to the Annual Theme. Fellows hold private offices (or in the case of undergraduate fellows, carrels) in a quiet, shared enclave; they attend a weekly lunch to hear one of their members or an invited guest discuss their research; they organize events for the group such as tours, reading groups, and informal parties; and they talk. In the process of sharing their projects and the contours of their various disciplines, they find new ways to conceptualize their work, discover resources, and force each other to think beyond disciplinary assumptions to the wider goal of how their project addresses the Humanities as a whole.
2025-26 Annual Theme: Dystopia and Trust
Maira E. Álvarez
Critical Digital Humanities Postdoctoral Fellow
Katherine Blouin
Faculty Research Fellow
Zhuoran (Ran) Deng
Chancellor Jackman Graduate Fellow
Catherine Diyakonov
Undergraduate Fellow
Audra Diptée
Visiting Public Humanities Faculty Fellow
Francesca Econimo
A&S Postdoctoral Fellow in Environmental Humanities
Eve Egoyan
Artist in Residence
Haorong (Erin) Huang
Chancellor Jackman Graduate Fellow
Lia Iannarilli
Undergraduate Fellow
Sanniah Jabeen
Chancellor Jackman Graduate Fellow
Kira Jensen
Undergraduate Fellow
Ann Komaromi
Faculty Research Fellow
Qanita Lilla
New Media Public Humanities Postdoctoral Fellow
Lita Ngure
Undergraduate Fellow
Elizabet Nisenbaum
Undergraduate Fellow
Petrina van Nieuwstadt
Undergraduate Fellow
Katharine Rankin
Faculty Research Fellow
Leanne Betasamosake Simpson
Distinguished Visiting Fellow
Gina Starblanket
Distinguished Visiting Indigenous Faculty Research Fellow
Luis Van Isschot
Faculty Research Fellow