{"id":1632,"date":"2021-06-18T15:40:12","date_gmt":"2021-06-18T18:40:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/projects.upei.ca\/mais\/?page_id=1632"},"modified":"2023-12-11T14:56:44","modified_gmt":"2023-12-11T18:56:44","slug":"megan-lane-macdonald","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/projects.upei.ca\/mais\/graduate-profiles\/megan-lane-macdonald\/","title":{"rendered":"Graduate Profile: Megan Lane MacDonald"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div style=\"height:45px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">GRADUATE STUDENT PROFILE<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-accent-color has-text-color\" style=\"font-size:45px\"><strong>Megan Lane MacDonald<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color\" style=\"color:#2b2b2b;font-size:18px\"><strong>MASTER OF ARTS IN ISLAND STUDIES<\/strong> |  THESIS PROGRAM<br> <\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-default\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"280\" height=\"357\" src=\"https:\/\/projects.upei.ca\/mais\/files\/2021\/06\/Megan-Lane-MacDonald-Profile-photo-Island-Studies.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1633\" srcset=\"https:\/\/projects.upei.ca\/mais\/files\/2021\/06\/Megan-Lane-MacDonald-Profile-photo-Island-Studies.jpeg 280w, https:\/\/projects.upei.ca\/mais\/files\/2021\/06\/Megan-Lane-MacDonald-Profile-photo-Island-Studies-235x300.jpeg 235w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 280px) 100vw, 280px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-white-color has-text-color\"> .<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color\" style=\"font-size:14px\"><strong>THESIS DETAILS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-normal-font-size\">Island Exceptionalism in J.R.R. Tolkien&#8217;s Island of N\u00famenor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:15px\">Supervisor: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.islandscholar.ca\/people\/brinklow\">Dr. Laurie Brinklow<\/a>; Dr. Shannon Murray<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:38px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-layout-1 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:70.1%\">\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color\" style=\"font-size:14px\"><strong>RESEARCH INTERESTS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul id=\"block-2e0c771e-7b85-4678-ac85-f446bda0d9d7\"><li>Tolkien Studies<\/li><\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:10.2%\">\n<div style=\"height:118px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:31.9%\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left has-black-color has-text-color has-small-font-size\"><strong>CONNECT WITH MEGAN<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-social-links is-layout-flex wp-block-social-links-is-layout-flex\">\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<li class=\"wp-social-link wp-social-link-linkedin  wp-block-social-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/megan-macdonald-b59a97124\/\" class=\"wp-block-social-link-anchor\"><svg width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.1\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\"><path d=\"M19.7,3H4.3C3.582,3,3,3.582,3,4.3v15.4C3,20.418,3.582,21,4.3,21h15.4c0.718,0,1.3-0.582,1.3-1.3V4.3 C21,3.582,20.418,3,19.7,3z M8.339,18.338H5.667v-8.59h2.672V18.338z M7.004,8.574c-0.857,0-1.549-0.694-1.549-1.548 c0-0.855,0.691-1.548,1.549-1.548c0.854,0,1.547,0.694,1.547,1.548C8.551,7.881,7.858,8.574,7.004,8.574z M18.339,18.338h-2.669 v-4.177c0-0.996-0.017-2.278-1.387-2.278c-1.389,0-1.601,1.086-1.601,2.206v4.249h-2.667v-8.59h2.559v1.174h0.037 c0.356-0.675,1.227-1.387,2.526-1.387c2.703,0,3.203,1.779,3.203,4.092V18.338z\"><\/path><\/svg><span class=\"wp-block-social-link-label screen-reader-text\">LinkedIn<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n\n<li class=\"wp-social-link wp-social-link-mail  wp-block-social-link\"><a href=\"mailto:megmacdonal2@upei.ca\" class=\"wp-block-social-link-anchor\"><svg width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.1\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\"><path d=\"M19,5H5c-1.1,0-2,.9-2,2v10c0,1.1.9,2,2,2h14c1.1,0,2-.9,2-2V7c0-1.1-.9-2-2-2zm.5,12c0,.3-.2.5-.5.5H5c-.3,0-.5-.2-.5-.5V9.8l7.5,5.6,7.5-5.6V17zm0-9.1L12,13.6,4.5,7.9V7c0-.3.2-.5.5-.5h14c.3,0,.5.2.5.5v.9z\"><\/path><\/svg><span class=\"wp-block-social-link-label screen-reader-text\">Mail<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\" style=\"font-size:14px\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color\" style=\"font-size:14px\"><strong>BIOGRAPHY<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Megan is a life-long Islander from Eastern PEI. Megan holds a BA (English and history) from the <a href=\"http:\/\/upei.ca\">University of Prince Edward Island<\/a> where she is now doing her research as a MAIS thesis student. Megan&#8217;s research analyzes the fictional island of N\u00famenor from Tolkien\u2019s Middle-earth mythology through an Island Studies lens. Her work examines The Fall of N\u00famenor through the concept of \u201cIsland Exceptionalism\u201d. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:32px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:14px\"><strong>SCHOLARSHIPS &amp; AWARDS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>2021: Canadian Federation of University Women Graduate Studies Scholarship in Arts or Education; Roderick Stirling MacDonald Scholarship <\/li><li>2020: Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) &#8211; Joseph-Armand Bombardier Canada Graduate Scholarships <\/li><li>2019: UPEI Graduate Studies Scholarship in MAIS<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:32px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color\" style=\"font-size:14px\"><strong>PUBLICATIONS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>MacDonald, M. L. (2020). <em>Shore lines<\/em>. Island Studies Chapbooks. <a href=\"https:\/\/islandpines.roblib.upei.ca\/eg\/opac\/record\/1980283\">https:\/\/islandpines.roblib.upei.ca\/eg\/opac\/record\/1980283<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>MacDonald, M. L. (2020). Breakwater. In <em>UPEI Arts Review IX: Tinge<\/em>. <a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.upei.ca\/artsreview-ix\/chapter\/breakwater\/\">https:\/\/pressbooks.library.upei.ca\/artsreview-ix\/chapter\/breakwater\/ <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>MacDonald, M. L. (2020). Passenger. In <em>UPEI Arts Review IX: Tinge<\/em>. <a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.upei.ca\/artsreview-ix\/chapter\/passenger\/\">https:\/\/pressbooks.library.upei.ca\/artsreview-ix\/chapter\/passenger\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>MacDonald, M. L. (2020). <em>Sails and tales: A new journal of Island Studies<\/em>. UPEI MAIS Projects. <a href=\"https:\/\/projects.upei.ca\/mais\/sails-tales\/\">https:\/\/projects.upei.ca\/mais\/sails-tales\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:38px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity is-style-wide\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/projects.upei.ca\/mais\/graduate-profiles\/megan-lane-macdonald\">BACK TO TOP<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\" style=\"font-size:15px\"><a href=\"http:\/\/projects.upei.ca\/mais\/graduate-profiles\">BACK TO GRADUATE PROFILES HOME<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>GRADUATE STUDENT PROFILE Megan Lane MacDonald MASTER OF ARTS IN ISLAND STUDIES | THESIS PROGRAM . THESIS DETAILS Island Exceptionalism in J.R.R. Tolkien&#8217;s Island of N\u00famenor. Supervisor: Dr. Laurie Brinklow; Dr. Shannon Murray RESEARCH INTERESTS Tolkien Studies CONNECT WITH MEGAN BIOGRAPHY Megan is a life-long Islander from Eastern PEI. 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