Nykkie Lugosi-Schimpf, PhD, MA, BA Hons.

Assistant Professor, Faculty of Native Studies

Pronouns: she/her/hers

Contact

Assistant Professor, Faculty of Native Studies
Email
nicole.lugosi@ualberta.ca

Overview

Area of Study / Keywords

International Indigeneity Racism Nationhood Discourse/Frame/Media Analysis


About

Nicole (Nykkie) Lugosi-Schimpf is an Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Native Studies at the University of Alberta. She is Métis and Eastern European, originally from Winnipeg, MB.



Research

Nykkie is a qualitative scholar specializing in: International Indigeneity, BIPOC-Indigenous relations (Canada and Central Europe), nation(hood), identity, and structural racism. Current projects include: Confronting Nationalist Narratives: Educating Newcomers about Indigenous Canada, Beyond the Deficit: Indigenous and Romani Insights on Resistance and Resilience, and No Outsides: Underground Arts as a Catalyst for Pluralism in an Era of Polarization.

Media:

University Affairs Story by Sparrow McGowan.

April 14, 2022. “Multi-university project uses digital literacy to fight discrimination.”

https://www.universityaffairs.ca/news/news-article/multi-university-project-uses-digital-literacy-to-fight-discrimination/


CBC Radio-Canada (in French)

May 8, 2021. "Des étudiants augmentent la représentativité autochtone sur Wikipédia."

https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/1791592/wikipedia-autochtone-diversite-culture-alberta-education


University of Alberta Folio Story by Jordan M. Cook.

April 30, 2021. "Bringing Indigenous Perspectives to Wikipedia."

https://www.ualberta.ca/folio/2021/04/students-bring-indigenous-perspectives-to-wikipedia.html


Dan Levy talks with Dr. Tracy Bear and Dr. Paul Gareau from the University of Alberta, with special guest Dr. Nykkie Lugosi. YouTube.

September 27, 2020. "Indigenous Canada Module 6: A Modern Indian?"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tn2nxgAhf7I&t=3045s


HUM 101 Radio Segment

October 16, 2020. "Introduction and thinking about were we are."

https://hum101onair.wordpress.com/2020/10/11/week-1/


WikiEdu Blog Post by Helaine Blumenthal 

January 13, 2021. "Improving Wikipedia's Coverage of Indigenous Canadians."

https://wikiedu.org/blog/2021/01/13/improving-wikipedias-coverage-of-indigenous-canadians/

Featured Publications

Nicole VT Lugosi[-Schimpf], Nicole Patrie, and Kris Cromwell

Critical Studies in Education . 2022 May; Online First 10.1080/17508487.2022.2074489


Mariam Georgis and Nicole Lugosi-Schimpf

Millennium Journal of International Studies . 2021 December; 50 (1):174-198 10.1177/03058298211055218


Nicole Lugosi-Schimpf and Lori Thorlakson

London: Routledge. 2021 February;


Nicole V.T. Lugosi

Alberta Journal of Educational Research. 61


Nicole V.T. Lugosi

Journal of International and Comparative Social Policy. 34 (3):210-233


Mariam Georgis and Nicole V.T. Lugosi

Global Change, Peace & Security. 26 (1):71-83


Nicole V.T. Lugosi

Canadian Journal of Political Science/Revue canadienne de science politique. 44 (2):299-315


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