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==Early life and education==
==Early life and education==
Quinn was born in 1973.<ref>{{cite web |title=Joanna R. Quinn, 1973 |url=http://viaf.org/viaf/95455936/#Quinn,_Joanna_R. |website=viaf.org |accessdate=August 4, 2020}}</ref> She 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]].<ref name = "rsc bio">{{cite web |title=Joanna Quinn |url=https://rsc-src.ca/en/governance-programmes/council/joanna-quinn |website=rsc-src.ca |accessdate=August 4, 2020}}</ref> She wrote her thesis under the guidance of [[Rhoda Howard-Hassmann]] titled ''The Politics of Acknowledgement: Truth Commissions in Uganda and Haiti.''<ref>{{cite web |title=The Politics of Acknowledgement: Truth Commissions in Uganda and Haiti |url=https://macsphere.mcmaster.ca/handle/11375/14189 |website=macsphere.mcmaster.ca |accessdate=August 4, 2020}}</ref> Upon completing her master's degree, Quinn began conducting research in [[Uganda]].<ref name = "Mayne">{{cite web |last1=Mayne |first1=Paul |title=New institute expands expertise in Africa |url=https://news.westernu.ca/2011/04/new-institute-expands-expertise-in-africa/ |website=news.westernu.ca |accessdate=August 4, 2020 |date=April 28, 2011}}</ref>
Quinn was born in 1973.<ref>{{cite web |title=Joanna R. Quinn, 1973 |url=http://viaf.org/viaf/95455936/#Quinn,_Joanna_R. |website=viaf.org |accessdate=August 4, 2020}}</ref> She 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]].<ref name = "rsc bio">{{cite web |title=Joanna Quinn |url=https://rsc-src.ca/en/governance-programmes/council/joanna-quinn |website=rsc-src.ca |accessdate=August 4, 2020}}</ref> She wrote her thesis under the guidance of [[Rhoda Howard-Hassmann]] titled ''The Politics of Acknowledgement: Truth Commissions in Uganda and Haiti.''<ref>{{cite web |title=The Politics of Acknowledgement: Truth Commissions in Uganda and Haiti |url=https://macsphere.mcmaster.ca/handle/11375/14189 |website=macsphere.mcmaster.ca |accessdate=August 4, 2020}}</ref> Upon completing her master's degree, Quinn began conducting research in [[Uganda]]<ref name = "Mayne">{{cite web |last1=Mayne |first1=Paul |title=New institute expands expertise in Africa |url=https://news.westernu.ca/2011/04/new-institute-expands-expertise-in-africa/ |website=news.westernu.ca |accessdate=August 4, 2020 |date=April 28, 2011}}</ref> and Haiti.<ref>{{Cite web|title=UBC Press {{!}} The Politics of Acknowledgement - Truth Commissions in Uganda and Haiti, By Joanna R. Quinn|url=https://www.ubcpress.ca/the-politics-of-acknowledgement|access-date=2020-11-04|website=UBC Press|language=en-US}}</ref> She has since carried out research in Fiji<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Quinn|first=Joanna R.|date=2019|title=The Prospects for Customary Law in Transitional Justice: The Case of Fiji|url=https://wyaj.uwindsor.ca/index.php/wyaj/article/view/6424|journal=Windsor Yearbook of Access to Justice|language=en|volume=36|pages=249–262|doi=10.22329/wyaj.v36i0.6424|issn=2561-5017}}</ref> and Solomon Islands.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Quinn in Solomon Islands - Centre for Transitional Justice and Post-Conflict Reconstruction - Western University|url=https://tjcentre.uwo.ca/news/quinn_in_solomon_islands.html|access-date=2020-11-04|website=tjcentre.uwo.ca|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://www.palgrave.com/gp/book/9781137596949|title=Transitional Justice in Practice: Conflict, Justice, and Reconciliation in the Solomon Islands|date=2017|publisher=Palgrave Macmillan US|isbn=978-1-137-59694-9|editor-last=Jeffery|editor-first=Renée|language=en}}</ref>


==Career==
==Career==
As a member of the political science department at the [[University of Western Ontario]], Quinn became the inaugural director of the Africa Institute in 2011. She formed an agreement 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."<ref name = "Mayne"/> In her role as director, she organized a one-day symposium called ''True Partnerships with Africa'' which hosted academics and government officials across the African continent.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Quinn |first1=Joanna |title=Quinn: Western looks to expand partnership with Africa |url=https://news.westernu.ca/2012/10/quinn-western-looks-to-expand-partnership-with-africa/ |website=news.westernu.ca |accessdate=August 4, 2020 |date=October 11, 2012}}</ref> During the 2012–13 academic year, Quinn earned funding from the Western Interdisciplinary Development Initiatives Program for her project ''Building Teaching and Research Excellence Through the Africa Institute.''<ref>{{cite web |last1=Talbot |first1=Adela |title=New project targets financial crisis fallout |url=https://news.westernu.ca/2013/05/new-project-targets-financial-crisis-fallout/ |website=news.westernu.ca |accessdate=August 4, 2020 |date=May 23, 2013}}</ref> The following year, she traveled to [[Solomon Islands]] to see how Post-Conflict Reconstruction methods were being applied within the sovereign state.<ref>{{cite web |title=Quinn in Solomon Islands |url=https://tjcentre.uwo.ca/news/quinn_in_solomon_islands.html |website=tjcentre.uwo.ca |accessdate=August 4, 2020}}</ref> When she returned, she was nominated for a Trudeau Fellowship and named a Faculty Scholar.<ref name = "uwo bio">{{cite web |title=Joanna Quinn |url=https://politicalscience.uwo.ca/people/faculty/full-time_faculty/joanna_quinn.html |website=politicalscience.uwo.ca |accessdate=August 4, 2020}}</ref>
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."<ref name = "Mayne"/> 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.''<ref>{{cite web |last1=Talbot |first1=Adela |title=New project targets financial crisis fallout |url=https://news.westernu.ca/2013/05/new-project-targets-financial-crisis-fallout/ |website=news.westernu.ca |accessdate=August 4, 2020 |date=May 23, 2013}}</ref>


Quinn also founded the Centre for Transitional Justice and Post-Conflict Reconstruction<ref>{{Cite web|title=About the Centre - Centre for Transitional Justice and Post-Conflict Reconstruction - Western University|url=https://www.tjcentre.uwo.ca/about/index.html|access-date=2020-11-04|website=www.tjcentre.uwo.ca|language=en}}</ref> 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<ref>{{Cite web|title=Undergraduate Minor|url=http://tjcentre.uwo.ca//academic_programs/undergraduate_minor.html|access-date=2020-11-04|website=tjcentre.uwo.ca|language=en}}</ref> and a Collaborative Graduate Specialization in Transitional Justice and Post-Conflict Reconstruction.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Collaborative Graduate Specialization|url=http://tjcentre.uwo.ca//academic_programs/collaborative_graduate_specialization.html|access-date=2020-11-04|website=tjcentre.uwo.ca|language=en}}</ref> In 2010, the TJ Centre received substantial funding from Western University to develop these programs.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Centre for Transitional Justice and Post-Conflict Reconstruction|url=http://www.uwo.ca/facultyrelations/academic_planning/idi/Centre%20for%20Transitional%20Justice%20and%20Post-Conflict%20Reconstruction.html|access-date=2020-11-04|website=www.uwo.ca|language=en}}</ref>
As a result of her research, Quinn was nominated for the 2015 Grawemeyer Award for idea improving World Order from the [[University of Louisville]].<ref name = "uwo bio"/> She was also appointed a member of the [[Royal Society of Canada]]s (RSC) College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Winders |first1=Jason |title=Scholars named among emerging generation of leaders |url=https://news.westernu.ca/2015/09/scholars-named-among-emerging-generation-of-leaders/ |website=news.westernu.ca |accessdate=August 4, 2020 |date=September 22, 2015}}</ref> The following year, Quinn was awarded a SSHRC Insight Grant for her project ''Building Teaching and Research Excellence Through the Africa Institute''.<ref>{{cite web |title=Faculty of Social Science awarded more than 15 SSHRC & NSERC grants. |url=https://www.ssc.uwo.ca/news/2016/2016Grants.html |website=ssc.uwo.ca |accessdate=August 4, 2020 |date=April 15, 2016}}</ref><ref name = "uwo bio"/> In 2017, Quinn was recognized by the RSC with the appointment of President-Elect of College of New Scholars for a two-year term.<ref>{{cite web |title=Joanna Quinn selected President-Elect of College of New Scholars |url=https://www.ssc.uwo.ca/news/2017/joanna_quinn_selected_presidentelect_of_college_of_new_scholars.html |website=ssc.uwo.ca |accessdate=August 4, 2020 |date=November 22, 2017}}</ref>


In February 2020, Quinn co-edited a book titled ''Transitional Justice in Comparative Perspective: Preconditions for Success'' with [[Samar El-Masri]] and [[Tammy Lambert]]. The book focused on identifying challenges and factors preventing the transitional justice mechanism from succeeding.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Winder |first1=Jasin |title=New book eyes rethink of transitional justice |url=https://news.westernu.ca/2020/02/book-eyes-rethink-of-transitional-justice/ |website=news.westernu.ca |accessdate=August 4, 2020 |date=February 5, 2020}}</ref> By May, she was considered for a promotion to the rank of Full professor.<ref>{{cite tweet|user=westernuPoliSci|number=1260991445428842499|date=May 14, 2020|title=Professor Joanna Quinn is being considered for Promotion to the Rank of Professor. Anyone wishing to make a written submission can do so by Friday, September 4, 2020. Written input from Faculty, Staff, and Students are appreciated}}</ref> She also was selected to sit on the editorial board for the ''[[Canadian Foreign Policy Journal]]''<ref>{{cite web |title=Staff & Editorial Board |url=https://www3.carleton.ca/cfpj/About/about-staff.html#14 |website=carleton.ca |accessdate=August 4, 2020}}</ref> and awarded a Broadbent Fellowship.<ref>{{cite web |title=Broadbent Fellow |url=https://www.broadbentinstitute.ca/joannaquinn |website=broadbentinstitute.ca |accessdate=August 4, 2020}}</ref>
She was inducted as a member of the College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists of the [[Royal Society of Canada]] in 2015.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Winders |first1=Jason |title=Scholars named among emerging generation of leaders |url=https://news.westernu.ca/2015/09/scholars-named-among-emerging-generation-of-leaders/ |website=news.westernu.ca |accessdate=August 4, 2020 |date=September 22, 2015}}</ref> In 2018, Quinn was elected President of the College of New Scholars for a two-year term.<ref>{{cite web|date=November 22, 2017|title=Joanna Quinn selected President-Elect of College of New Scholars|url=https://www.ssc.uwo.ca/news/2017/joanna_quinn_selected_presidentelect_of_college_of_new_scholars.html|accessdate=August 4, 2020|website=ssc.uwo.ca}}</ref>

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";<ref>{{Cite web|last=SSHRC|first=SSHRC|date=30 June 2009|title=ProActive Disclosure for SSHRC's Grants and Contributions/Divulgation proactive des subventions et des contributions du CRSH
04/01/2009 - 06/30/2009|url=www.sshrc-crsh.gc.ca›grants-subventions›april_2009|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020 11 04|website=SSHRC}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Faculty of Social Science awarded more than 15 SSHRC & NSERC grants. |url=https://www.ssc.uwo.ca/news/2016/2016Grants.html |website=ssc.uwo.ca |accessdate=August 4, 2020 |date=April 15, 2016}}</ref><ref name="uwo bio">{{cite web|title=Joanna Quinn|url=https://politicalscience.uwo.ca/people/faculty/full-time_faculty/joanna_quinn.html|accessdate=August 4, 2020|website=politicalscience.uwo.ca}}</ref> and "Collective Unsettlement and the Politics of Acknowledgement."<ref>{{Cite web|last=Government of Canada|first=Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council|date=2012-05-11|title=Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council|url=https://www.sshrc-crsh.gc.ca/results-resultats/recipients-recipiendaires/2015/insight-savoir-eng.aspx|access-date=2020-11-04|website=www.sshrc-crsh.gc.ca}}</ref>

Her edited book, ''Reconciliation(s): Transitional Justice in Postconflict Societies'' was published by McGill-Queens University Press in 2009''.''<ref>{{Cite web|title=Reconciliation(s) {{!}} McGill-Queen’s University Press|url=https://www.mqup.ca/reconciliation-s--products-9780773534629.php|access-date=2020-11-04|website=www.mqup.ca}}</ref> In 2010, UBC Press published ''The Politics of Acknowledgement: Truth Commissions in Uganda and Haiti''.<ref>{{Cite web|title=UBC Press {{!}} The Politics of Acknowledgement - Truth Commissions in Uganda and Haiti, By Joanna R. Quinn|url=https://www.ubcpress.ca/the-politics-of-acknowledgement|access-date=2020-11-04|website=UBC Press|language=en-US}}</ref> In February 2020, Quinn co-edited a book titled ''Transitional Justice in Comparative Perspective: Preconditions for Success'' with [[Samar El-Masri]] and [[Tammy Lambert]], published by Palgrave Macmillan.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://www.palgrave.com/gp/book/9783030349165|title=Transitional Justice in Comparative Perspective: Preconditions for Success|date=2020|publisher=Palgrave Macmillan|isbn=978-3-030-34916-5|editor-last=El-Masri|editor-first=Samar|series=Memory Politics and Transitional Justice|language=en|editor-last2=Lambert|editor-first2=Tammy|editor-last3=Quinn|editor-first3=Joanna R.}}</ref> The book focused on ameliorating the pre-conditions that exist in post-conflict societies to make them more conducive to transitional justice efforts.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Winders|first1=Jason|date=February 5, 2020|title=New book eyes rethink of transitional justice|url=https://news.westernu.ca/2020/02/book-eyes-rethink-of-transitional-justice/|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|accessdate=August 4, 2020|website=news.westernu.ca}}</ref> Her new book, ''Thin Sympathy: A Strategy to Thicken Transitional Justice'' will be published by the University of Pennsylvania Press in 2021.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Thin Sympathy {{!}} Joanna R. Quinn|url=https://www.upenn.edu/pennpress/book/16236.html|access-date=2020-11-04|website=www.upenn.edu}}</ref>


==References==
==References==

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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 an assistant professor of political science and director of the Centre for Transitional Justice and Post-Conflict Reconstruction at the University of Western Ontario.

Early life and education

Quinn was born in 1973.[1] She 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.[2] She wrote her thesis under the guidance of Rhoda Howard-Hassmann titled The Politics of Acknowledgement: Truth Commissions in Uganda and Haiti.[3] Upon completing her master's degree, Quinn began conducting research in Uganda[4] and Haiti.[5] She has since carried out research in Fiji[6] and Solomon Islands.[7][8]

Career

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."[4] 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.[9]

Quinn also founded the Centre for Transitional Justice and Post-Conflict Reconstruction[10] 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[11] and a Collaborative Graduate Specialization in Transitional Justice and Post-Conflict Reconstruction.[12] In 2010, the TJ Centre received substantial funding from Western University to develop these programs.[13]

She was inducted as a member of the College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists of the Royal Society of Canada in 2015.[14] In 2018, Quinn was elected President of the College of New Scholars for a two-year term.[15]

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";[16][17][18] and "Collective Unsettlement and the Politics of Acknowledgement."[19]

Her edited book, Reconciliation(s): Transitional Justice in Postconflict Societies was published by McGill-Queens University Press in 2009.[20] In 2010, UBC Press published The Politics of Acknowledgement: Truth Commissions in Uganda and Haiti.[21] In February 2020, Quinn co-edited a book titled Transitional Justice in Comparative Perspective: Preconditions for Success with Samar El-Masri and Tammy Lambert, published by Palgrave Macmillan.[22] The book focused on ameliorating the pre-conditions that exist in post-conflict societies to make them more conducive to transitional justice efforts.[23] Her new book, Thin Sympathy: A Strategy to Thicken Transitional Justice will be published by the University of Pennsylvania Press in 2021.[24]

References

  1. ^ "Joanna R. Quinn, 1973". viaf.org. Retrieved August 4, 2020.
  2. ^ "Joanna Quinn". rsc-src.ca. Retrieved August 4, 2020.
  3. ^ "The Politics of Acknowledgement: Truth Commissions in Uganda and Haiti". macsphere.mcmaster.ca. Retrieved August 4, 2020.
  4. ^ a b Mayne, Paul (April 28, 2011). "New institute expands expertise in Africa". news.westernu.ca. Retrieved August 4, 2020.
  5. ^ "UBC Press | The Politics of Acknowledgement - Truth Commissions in Uganda and Haiti, By Joanna R. Quinn". UBC Press. Retrieved 2020-11-04.
  6. ^ 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.
  7. ^ "Quinn in Solomon Islands - Centre for Transitional Justice and Post-Conflict Reconstruction - Western University". tjcentre.uwo.ca. Retrieved 2020-11-04.
  8. ^ 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.
  9. ^ Talbot, Adela (May 23, 2013). "New project targets financial crisis fallout". news.westernu.ca. Retrieved August 4, 2020.
  10. ^ "About the Centre - Centre for Transitional Justice and Post-Conflict Reconstruction - Western University". www.tjcentre.uwo.ca. Retrieved 2020-11-04.
  11. ^ "Undergraduate Minor". tjcentre.uwo.ca. Retrieved 2020-11-04.
  12. ^ "Collaborative Graduate Specialization". tjcentre.uwo.ca. Retrieved 2020-11-04.
  13. ^ "Centre for Transitional Justice and Post-Conflict Reconstruction". www.uwo.ca. Retrieved 2020-11-04.
  14. ^ Winders, Jason (September 22, 2015). "Scholars named among emerging generation of leaders". news.westernu.ca. Retrieved August 4, 2020.
  15. ^ "Joanna Quinn selected President-Elect of College of New Scholars". ssc.uwo.ca. November 22, 2017. Retrieved August 4, 2020.
  16. ^ SSHRC, SSHRC (30 June 2009). [www.sshrc-crsh.gc.ca›grants-subventions›april_2009 "ProActive Disclosure for SSHRC's Grants and Contributions/Divulgation proactive des subventions et des contributions du CRSH 04/01/2009 - 06/30/2009"]. SSHRC. Retrieved 2020 11 04. {{cite web}}: Check |url= value (help); Check date values in: |access-date= (help); line feed character in |title= at position 125 (help)CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  17. ^ "Faculty of Social Science awarded more than 15 SSHRC & NSERC grants". ssc.uwo.ca. April 15, 2016. Retrieved August 4, 2020.
  18. ^ "Joanna Quinn". politicalscience.uwo.ca. Retrieved August 4, 2020.
  19. ^ 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.
  20. ^ "Reconciliation(s) | McGill-Queen's University Press". www.mqup.ca. Retrieved 2020-11-04.
  21. ^ "UBC Press | The Politics of Acknowledgement - Truth Commissions in Uganda and Haiti, By Joanna R. Quinn". UBC Press. Retrieved 2020-11-04.
  22. ^ 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.
  23. ^ Winders, Jason (February 5, 2020). "New book eyes rethink of transitional justice". news.westernu.ca. Retrieved August 4, 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  24. ^ "Thin Sympathy | Joanna R. Quinn". www.upenn.edu. Retrieved 2020-11-04.

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