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Joanna R. Quinn
Born1973 (age 50–51)
Academic background
EducationBA, political science, 1996, University of Waterloo
MA, political science, 1997, Acadia University
PhD, political science, 2003, McMaster University
ThesisThe politics of acknowledgement: truth commissions in Uganda and Haiti. (2003)
Doctoral advisorRhoda Howard-Hassmann
Academic work
InstitutionsUniversity of Western Ontario

Joanna R. Quinn (born 1973) is a Canadian political scientist. She is a Professor of political science and director of the Centre for Transitional Justice and Post-Conflict Reconstruction at the University of Western Ontario.

Education

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Quinn earned her Bachelor of Arts degree with Honours from the University of Waterloo, her Master's degree from Acadia University, and PhD from McMaster University.[1] She wrote her thesis under the guidance of Rhoda Howard-Hassmann titled The Politics of Acknowledgement: Truth Commissions in Uganda and Haiti.[2] Upon completing her master's degree, Quinn began conducting research in Uganda[3] and Haiti.[4] She has since carried out research in Fiji[5] and Solomon Islands.[6][7]

Career

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As a member of the political science department at the University of Western Ontario, Quinn became the inaugural director of Western's Africa Institute in 2011. She formed agreements with nearly 40 African universities to orchestrate ongoing research and "act as an inter-disciplinary institute dedicated to the critical essences of Africa: its people, land and experience."[3] During the 2012–13 academic year, Quinn was awarded funding from the Western Interdisciplinary Development Initiatives Program for her project Building Teaching and Research Excellence Through the Africa Institute.[8]

Quinn also founded the Centre for Transitional Justice and Post-Conflict Reconstruction[9] in 2009, a centre of excellence in scholarship on transitional justice and post-conflict reconstruction. The TJ Centre is home to an Undergraduate Minor in Transitional Justice and Post-Conflict Reconstruction[10] and a Collaborative Graduate Specialization in Transitional Justice and Post-Conflict Reconstruction.[11] In 2010, the TJ Centre received substantial funding from Western University to develop these programs.[12]

She was inducted as a member of the College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists of the Royal Society of Canada in 2015.[13] In 2018, Quinn was elected President of the College of New Scholars for a two-year term.[14]

Quinn has been awarded SSHRC funding for projects including "Comparing Traditional Forms of Acknowledgement in Uganda and Fiji: Understanding Traditional Institutions and Their Utility in Social Rebuilding";[15][16][17] and "Collective Unsettlement and the Politics of Acknowledgement."[18]

Her edited book, Reconciliation(s): Transitional Justice in Postconflict Societies was published by McGill-Queens University Press in 2009.[19] In 2010, UBC Press published The Politics of Acknowledgement: Truth Commissions in Uganda and Haiti.[4] In February 2020, Quinn published a co-edited book titled Transitional Justice in Comparative Perspective: Preconditions for Success with Samar El-Masri and Tammy Lambert Palgrave Macmillan.[20] The book focused on ameliorating the pre-conditions that exist in post-conflict societies to make them more conducive to transitional justice efforts.[21] Her book, Thin Sympathy: A Strategy to Thicken Transitional Justice, was published by the University of Pennsylvania Press in 2021.[22]

References

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  1. ^ "Joanna Quinn". rsc-src.ca. Retrieved August 4, 2020.
  2. ^ Quinn, Joanna R. (September 2003). The Politics of Acknowledgement: Truth Commissions in Uganda and Haiti. macsphere.mcmaster.ca (thesis). Retrieved August 4, 2020.
  3. ^ a b Mayne, Paul (April 28, 2011). "New institute expands expertise in Africa". news.westernu.ca. Retrieved August 4, 2020.
  4. ^ a b "UBC Press | The Politics of Acknowledgement - Truth Commissions in Uganda and Haiti, By Joanna R. Quinn". UBC Press. Retrieved 2020-11-04.
  5. ^ Quinn, Joanna R. (2019). "The Prospects for Customary Law in Transitional Justice: The Case of Fiji". Windsor Yearbook of Access to Justice. 36: 249–262. doi:10.22329/wyaj.v36i0.6424. ISSN 2561-5017.
  6. ^ "Quinn in Solomon Islands - Centre for Transitional Justice and Post-Conflict Reconstruction - Western University". tjcentre.uwo.ca. Retrieved 2020-11-04.
  7. ^ Jeffery, Renée, ed. (2017). Transitional Justice in Practice: Conflict, Justice, and Reconciliation in the Solomon Islands. Palgrave Macmillan US. ISBN 978-1-137-59694-9.
  8. ^ Talbot, Adela (May 23, 2013). "New project targets financial crisis fallout". news.westernu.ca. Retrieved August 4, 2020.
  9. ^ "About the Centre - Centre for Transitional Justice and Post-Conflict Reconstruction - Western University". www.tjcentre.uwo.ca. Retrieved 2020-11-04.
  10. ^ "Undergraduate Minor". tjcentre.uwo.ca. Retrieved 2020-11-04.
  11. ^ "Collaborative Graduate Specialization". tjcentre.uwo.ca. Retrieved 2020-11-04.
  12. ^ "Centre for Transitional Justice and Post-Conflict Reconstruction". www.uwo.ca. Retrieved 2020-11-04.
  13. ^ Winders, Jason (September 22, 2015). "Scholars named among emerging generation of leaders". news.westernu.ca. Retrieved August 4, 2020.
  14. ^ "Joanna Quinn selected President-Elect of College of New Scholars". ssc.uwo.ca. November 22, 2017. Retrieved August 4, 2020.
  15. ^ SSHRC, SSHRC (30 June 2009). "ProActive Disclosure for SSHRC's Grants and Contributions/Divulgation proactive des subventions et des contributions du CRSH 04/01/2009 - 06/30/2009" (PDF). SSHRC. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2020-03-03. Retrieved 2020-11-04.
  16. ^ "Faculty of Social Science awarded more than 15 SSHRC & NSERC grants". ssc.uwo.ca. April 15, 2016. Retrieved August 4, 2020.
  17. ^ "Joanna Quinn". politicalscience.uwo.ca. Retrieved August 4, 2020.
  18. ^ Government of Canada, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (2012-05-11). "Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council". www.sshrc-crsh.gc.ca. Retrieved 2020-11-04.
  19. ^ "Reconciliation(s) | McGill-Queen's University Press". www.mqup.ca. Retrieved 2020-11-04.
  20. ^ El-Masri, Samar; Lambert, Tammy; Quinn, Joanna R., eds. (2020). Transitional Justice in Comparative Perspective: Preconditions for Success. Memory Politics and Transitional Justice. Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 978-3-030-34916-5.
  21. ^ Winders, Jason (February 5, 2020). "New book eyes rethink of transitional justice". news.westernu.ca. Retrieved August 4, 2020.
  22. ^ University of Pennsylvania Press. "Thin Sympathy | Joanna R. Quinn". www.upenn.edu. Retrieved 2021-05-11.
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