Graduate Profile: Megan Lane MacDonald
GRADUATE STUDENT PROFILE
Megan Lane MacDonald
MASTER OF ARTS IN ISLAND STUDIES | THESIS PROGRAM
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THESIS DETAILS
Island Exceptionalism in J.R.R. Tolkien’s Island of Númenor.
Supervisor: Dr. Laurie Brinklow; Dr. Shannon Murray
RESEARCH INTERESTS
- Tolkien Studies
CONNECT WITH MEGAN
BIOGRAPHY
Megan is a life-long Islander from Eastern PEI. Megan holds a BA (English and history) from the University of Prince Edward Island where she is now doing her research as a MAIS thesis student. Megan’s research analyzes the fictional island of Númenor from Tolkien’s Middle-earth mythology through an Island Studies lens. Her work examines The Fall of Númenor through the concept of “Island Exceptionalism”.
SCHOLARSHIPS & AWARDS
- 2021: Canadian Federation of University Women Graduate Studies Scholarship in Arts or Education; Roderick Stirling MacDonald Scholarship
- 2020: Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) – Joseph-Armand Bombardier Canada Graduate Scholarships
- 2019: UPEI Graduate Studies Scholarship in MAIS
PUBLICATIONS
MacDonald, M. L. (2020). Shore lines. Island Studies Chapbooks. https://islandpines.roblib.upei.ca/eg/opac/record/1980283
MacDonald, M. L. (2020). Breakwater. In UPEI Arts Review IX: Tinge. https://pressbooks.library.upei.ca/artsreview-ix/chapter/breakwater/
MacDonald, M. L. (2020). Passenger. In UPEI Arts Review IX: Tinge. https://pressbooks.library.upei.ca/artsreview-ix/chapter/passenger/
MacDonald, M. L. (2020). Sails and tales: A new journal of Island Studies. UPEI MAIS Projects. https://projects.upei.ca/mais/sails-tales/