Current position:
10/2020 - Present:
PhD Student in Global Histories, Cultures and Politics, University of Bologna, Department of History and Cultures. Thesis in Human Geography provisional title: Counter-mapping the makeshift camp and informal refugee mobilities along the Balkan Route, supervised by Prof. Claudio Minca
Education:
09/2017 - 04/2020:
Masters Degree in Human Geography, McGill University, Department of Geography. MA Thesis: Stuck en Route: Irregular Migration, Protracted Transit Situations, and Fragmented (Im)mobilities along the Balkan Route, supervised by Dr. Sarah Moser, Thesis Committee Members: Dr. Sarah Turner, Dr. Diana Allan
01/2019 - 03/2020:
Research Stay Abroad, TELEMMe Laboratory, Aix-Marseille Université, Host Supervisor: Dr. Pierre Sintès
09/2011 - 12/2014:
Bachelor of Arts, McGill University, Department of History (Graduating on Dean's Honour List - top 10% of faculty)
09/2012 - 05/2013:
International Exchange / Erasmus, Charles University, Prague, Department of History
Publications:
Jordan, J., Moser, S. 2020 Researching migrants in informal transit camps along the Balkan Route: Reflections on volunteer activism, access, and reciprocity. Area. 52 (3): 566-574. https://doi.org/10.1111/area.12614
Jordan, J., Minca, C. 2021 Translating the camp: Fieldwork and positionality along the refugee Western Balkan Route
Conference Papers:
‘Stuck en Route: Irregular Migrants and Protracted Transit Situations at the EU’s Periphery’ at Oral History Association Annual Conference, Concordia University, Montreal, QC, Canada, October 10-14, 2018
Teaching:
09/2017 - 01/2019:
Teaching Assistant, McGill University, Department of Geography: Fall 2017: GEOG 200 – Geographical Perspectives: World Environmental Problems; Winter 2018: GEOG 217 – Cities in the Modern World; Fall 2018: GEOG 331 – Urban Social Geography
Awards:
08/2020 Christ Church Geography Scholarship – Oxford University (Declined)
07/2020 Università di Bologna - Doctoral Scholarship
04/2020 Joseph-Armand Bombardier Canadian Graduate Scholarship – Doctoral (Declined)
04/2020 FQRSC Québec Social Sciences Research Council – Doctoral Scholarship (Declined)
03/2019 LERRN – Local Engagement Refugee Research Network: Tanzania Research Placement (Declined)
01/2019 Graduate Mobility Award – Department of Geography, McGill University
12/2018 Michael Smith Foreign Study Supplement – Government of Canada
11/2018 Globalink International Research Award – Mitacs
04/2018 SSHRC Canada Graduate Scholarship – Masters
03/2018 Graduate Field Research Award – Institute for the Study of International Development, McGill University
02/2018 Graduate Mobility Award – Department of Geography, McGill University
12/2017 Rathlyn Fieldwork Award – McGill University
12/2017 GREAT Research Enhancement Travel Award – Department of Geography, McGill University
09/2017 Graduate Excellence Award – Department of Geography, McGill University
05/2015 Dean’s Honour List (GPA in top 10% of faculty) – McGill University
09/2012 Undergraduate Mobility Travel Award – McGill University
05/2012 Principal’s Student-Athlete Honour Roll – McGill University
05/2012 Academic All-Canadian Honour Roll – CIS: Canadian Inter-University Sport
05/2011 Dean’s Honour List (GPA in top 10% of faculty) – Queen’s University
09/2010 Excellence Scholarship – Queen’s University
09/2010 Athletic Award for Varsity Team Members – Queen’s University
Languages:
English (native)
French (fluent)
Italian (receptive skills)
