Krista Collier-Jarvis is a proud Mi’kmaw pursuing a PhD in English at Dalhousie University. With the help of the FG Foundation, she has been able to focus on her research and goals of integrating Indigenous ways of knowing, bring her research into the classroom, share at conferences, contribute to academic journals, and mentor other students.

Krista’s academic career has given her the opportunity to engage in Talking Circles, join discussions surrounding decolonizing museum spaces, bring her recent research on Netukulimk and Etuaptmumk into the classrooms, work on collaborative research on Indigenous Métissage, and write for the Dalhousie University blog, OpenThink about the unmarked grave sites at residential schools on Turtle Island.  Krista’s research builds upon her American gothic work and New Wave Indigenous culture that provides an interdisciplinary approach to Indigenous Gothic film and literature. She has also published writings on contagion and Indigenous survival stories. You can read Krista’s published OpenThink articles here.