About
Jacob is a second-year Ph.D. student at Queen’s University. He studies nineteenth-century North America, focusing on the Fur Trade, Euro-Indigenous relations, and the British Empire. His MPhil dissertation critiqued the role of the “Barrier State” in Anglo-Indigenous alliances during the War of 1812. Under the supervision of Dr. Scott Berthelette, his Ph.D. dissertation will investigate the development of the fur trade and Indigenous communities in the Rocky Mountains.
Awards and recognition
- Roger Graham Graduate Fellowship (2024)
- Ontario Graduate Scholarship (2023-24, 2024-25)
- James Robertson Carruthers Memorial Studentship (2023)
- Faculty of Arts and Science Dean’s Award for Social Justice (2023)
- Holland Rose Studentship (2022)
- Ellen McArthur Studentship (2022)
