People
Lab Directors
Steven Bednarski
Director
Director for the Environments of Change since 2019, Director for The Herstmonceux Project (2012 – 2017) and the DRAGEN Lab since 2016.
stevenb@uwaterloo.ca
Ann Marie Rasmussen
Co-Director
Right Honourable John G. Diefenbaker Memorial Chair in German Literary Studies at the University of Waterloo since 2015, Director of the Medieval Badges and Community Formation.
amrasmus@uwaterloo.ca
David Porreca
Associate Director
Professor of Classical and Medieval Studies, St. Jeromes University.
dporreca@uwaterloo.ca
Andrew Moore
Assistant Director
PhD History, University of Waterloo; MA History, University of Waterloo (2013); DRAGEN Lab Member since 2016. Research Facilitator for Environments of Change.
a5moore@uwaterloo.ca
Caley McCarthy
Assistant Director & Lab Manager
PhD History, McGill University (2020); MA History, University of Waterloo (2011); DRAGEN Lab Member since 2016; Project Manager for Environments of Change.
caley.mccarthy@uwaterloo.ca
Zack MacDonald
Associate Director
Map Librarian, Archives and Special Collections at Western University, Digital Librarian for Environments of Change
zack.macdonald@uwo.ca
Research Fellows
Senior Research Fellows
Richard Hoffmann
Professor Emeritus, York University; Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada.
PhD Medieval Studies, Yale University.
medfish@yorku.ca
Chris L. Nighman
Professor, History; Coordinator, Medieval and Medievalism Studies Program, Wilfrid Laurier University
cnighman@wlu.ca
Research Fellows
Nicholas Must
Sessional Lecturer, Wilfrid Laurier University; PhD History, McMaster University (2014), MA History, Wilfrid Laurier University (2007).
nmust@wlu.ca
Owais Hamid
MASc System Design Engineering, University of Waterloo; DRAGEN Lab member since 2019.
owais.mateen.abdul.hamid@uwaterloo.ca
Stephanie Hartmann
BEd, Wilfrid Laurier
University (2019); MA History, University of Waterloo (2017); DRAGEN Lab Member since 2016.
kentigurn@hotmail.com
Hannah Gardiner
MA Literary Studies (2022), University of Waterloo; BKI, University of Waterloo (2019); DRAGEN Lab Member since 2021.
hagardin@uwaterloo.ca
Graduate Fellows
Jamie Zettle
PhD History Candidate, University of Waterloo; MA History, University of Windsor (1994); DRAGEN Lab Member (since 2019).
jamie.zettle@yahoo.ca
Patrick Shaghaghi
PhD Candidate, Systems Design Engineering, University of Waterloo; MASc Engineering, Ryerson University (2019). DRAGEN Lab Member & Associate Manager, Maker Space (since 2019).
sahand.shaghaghi@uwaterloo.ca
Erin Kurian
PhD History Candidate, University of Waterloo; MA History, University of Waterloo (2021); DRAGEN Lab Member (Since 2017) & Communications Coordinator for Environments of Change.
erin.kurian@uwaterloo.ca
Gillian Wagenaar
PhD History Student, University of Waterloo; MA History, University of Waterloo (2023). DRAGEN Lab Member (since 2021).
gawagenaar@uwaterloo.ca
Muràd Alizada-Hamidlinski
PhD History Student, University of Waterloo; MA History, University of Waterloo (2023). DRAGEN Lab Member (since 2021) DRAGEN Lab Member (since 2021).
malizada@uwaterloo.ca
John Loudfoot
PhD History Student, University of Waterloo; MA History, University of Waterloo (2023). DRAGEN Lab Member (since 2022).
jchloudfoot@uwaterloo.ca
Kian Drew
MSc Earth Science (Geology) Candidate, University of Waterloo; BSc, University of Waterloo (2022); DRAGEN Lab Member (since 2022).
kian.drew@uwaterloo.ca
Nicole Vankooten
MA History Candidate, University of Waterloo; BAS, University of Guelph (2023), DRAGEN Lab Member (since 2023).
nvankooten@uwaterloo.ca
Undergraduate Interns
Caileigh Davies-Kneiss
BA, University of Waterloo; DRAGEN Lab Member since 2020.
John Stapleton
BA Honours, University of Waterloo; DRAGEN Lab Member since 2021.
Juan Paguaga
BA, Undergraduate at University of Waterloo; DRAGEN Lab Member since 2019.
Melissa Gatti
BA, Arts and Business, University of Waterloo; DRAGEN Lab Member since 2023.
Past Members
Andrei Tudorancea
BA History & English, University of Waterloo (2018); DRAGEN Lab Member (2018).
David Zelek
BA, University of Waterloo; DRAGEN Lab Member (2019 - 2021).
Daphne van Delst
B.Sc. (Env.), University of Waterloo (2019); DRAGEN Lab Member (2016 - 2018).
Ellen Siebel-Achenbach
BA, University of Waterloo (2023); DRAGEN Lab Member (2019-2023).
Hayley Ellis
MA History, University of Waterloo (2020); BA, University of Waterloo (2018); DRAGEN Lab Member (2018 - 2020).
Jack McCart
PhD Candidate, University of Toronto; MA Medieval Studies, University of Guelph (2020); BA, University of Guelph (2018); DRAGEN Lab Member (2018).
Jack Zhou
BMath, BA Medieval Studies, University of Waterloo; DRAGEN Lab Member (2016-2017).
Jacqueline Gergal
MA History, University of Waterloo (2021); BA, University of Waterloo (2019); DRAGEN Lab Member & Social Media Coordinator (2019 - 2021).
Jason Lee
Harvard Law School (2022-2024), BA Honours History, University of Waterloo (2022); DRAGEN Lab Member (2019 - 2022).
Jessica Verschoor
MS Geological and Earth Sciences, University of Toronto (2023); BSc Honours Earth Science, University of Waterloo (2021); DRAGEN Lab Member (2019 - 2021).
Jolanta Komornicka
Assistant Director of Medieval History at St. Jeromes University (2017 - 2019); DRAGEN Lab Associate Director (2017 - 2020).
Jordan Tardif
MLIS, Western University (2023), MA Classical Studies, University of Waterloo (2021); BA, University of Waterloo (2019); DRAGEN Lab Member (2016 - 2020).
Kendall Diemer
MA Medieval Studies Candidate, University College London; BA Medieval Studies, University of Waterloo (2023); BSc Biological Sciences, University of Windsor; DRAGEN Lab Member (2021-2023).
Mackenzie Pritchard
MA Classical Studies, University of Waterloo (2021); BA, University of Waterloo (2019); DRAGEN Lab Member (2016 - 2020).
Max Wang
BA History, University of Waterloo; DRAGEN Lab Member (2019 - 2021).
Megan Lucas
BA Classical Studies and Medieval Studies, University of Waterloo (2021); DRAGEN Lab Member (2019-2021).
Melanie Brunet
MSc Candidate, University of Waterloo; BSc Honours, University of Waterloo; DRAGEN Lab Member (2019 - 2021).
Michelle Serrano-Sandoval
BA History, University of Waterloo (2019); DRAGEN Lab Member (2016 - 2020).
Moira Scully
MA Classical Studies, University of Waterloo (2021); BA, University of Waterloo (2019); DRAGEN Lab Member (2017 - 2020).
Monika Novta
MA, TESOL Candidate. University of Birmingham; TESL Certificate, Conestoga College; MA History, University of Waterloo; DRAGEN Lab Member (2016-2017).
Peter del Rosso
MA Medieval, University of Waterloo (2022); BA, University of Waterloo (2020); DRAGEN Lab Member (2017 - 2021).
Rebecca MacAlpine
PhD History Candidate, University of Waterloo; MT, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (2018); MA History, University of Waterloo (2016), DRAGEN Lab Member (2017-2019).
Rebecca Nickerson
MA History, University of Waterloo (2021); BA Geography and History, Brock University (2019)
Sara Fontes
MI, MMsT, University of Toronto (2021); BA, University of Waterloo (2019); DRAGEN Lab Member & Web Developer (2019 - 2021).
Sarah Johnston
MLIS, Western University (2021); MA History, University of Waterloo (2019); BA, University of Waterloo (2018); DRAGEN Lab Member (2018 - 2020).
Shannon Phaneuf
BA History, University of Waterloo (2019); DRAGEN Lab Member (2017-2019).
Sonya Pihura
PhD History, McGill University (2021); MA, University of Waterloo (2017); BSc, University of Waterloo (2016); DRAGEN Lab Member (2017).
Steven Casta
MA History, University of Waterloo (2017); DRAGEN Lab Member (2016 - 2017).
Zack Kachuk
MA History, University of Waterloo; BA, Mount Royal University (2019), DRAGEN Lab Member (2020 - 2021).
Ziad Wadi
BA Medieval Studies, University of Waterloo; DRAGEN Lab Member (2016-2018).
Zohra Faqiri
MA History, University of Waterloo (2020); BSc, University of Toronto (2017); DRAGEN Lab Member (2018 - 2020).