Education
September 2023 – Master of Arts in Anthropology, Specialisation: Sociocultural – McMaster University (Expected: Fall 2025)
September 2019 – December 2022 – Honours Bachelor of Arts in Anthropology (summa cum laude) – McMaster University
2021 – Employment Counselling Toolkit for Career Development Professionals (Course) – University of Calgary Continuing Education
2019 – Ontario College Diploma (with Honours), General Arts & Science – Mohawk College
2015 – Ontario College Certificate (with Honours), Cook Apprentice – George Brown College
Projects
September 2023 – August 2025: McMaster University Masters Research Violent Present, Spontaneous Futures: Urban Injustice and the Improvisation of Alternative Worlds in Chicago’s Comedy Theatres
- Awarded the Harry Lyman Hooker Sr. Graduate Fellowship – Masters (2023-2025)
- Received $17,500 in project funding from the Social Sciences Humanities Research Council of Canada, Canada Graduate Student – Masters Competition (2024 – 2025)
- Supervised by Dr. Yana Stainova. Committee: Dr. Cal Biruk
November 2020 – March 2021: McMaster University Dirty Dishes: Exploring Indigenous Foodways at the 17th Century Christianson (AiHa-2) and Hamilton (AiHa-5) Sites Through Ceramic Cooking Pots
- Recipient of the McMaster University Fall Undergraduate Student Research Award, supported by the Office of the Vice-President, Research and the Faculty of Social Sciences
- Supervised by Dr. Andrew Roddick and Dr. Scott Martin
Presentations
Charman, L.N., & Simms, C. April 2022. “Future Ready: Inspiring Student Development and Agency through Career Education.” Inspiring Minds Conference. Mohawk College Student Success and Centre for Teaching & Learning, Hamilton, ON (Virtual).
Charman, L.N. November 2021. “Dirty Dishes: Exploring Indigenous Foodways and Unlearning Colonial Ways of Knowing Through Sovereignty-Driven Archaeological Research.” Poster presented at: McMaster University USRA Poster Session, Hamilton, ON (Virtual).
Teaching Experience
Teaching Assistant, McMaster University Department of Anthropology – September – December 2023
- Course: Listening Across Difference: Introduction to Sociocultural Anthropology
Guest Lecturer, McMaster University Department of Anthropology – September 2023
- Topic: Anthropology as Art
- Course: Listening Across Difference: Introduction to Sociocultural Anthropology
Professor (Part-Time), Mohawk College Department of Liberal Studies – May – June 2023
- Course: Introduction to Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology
- Class sizes: 74 and 63
Professor (Part-Time), Mohawk College Department of Liberal Studies – January – April 2023
- Course: Introduction to Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology
Professor (Part-Time), Mohawk College Department of Liberal Studies – September – December 2022
- Course: First Year Foundations
Professor (Part-Time), Mohawk College Department of Liberal Studies – January – April 2022
- Course: Human Origins: Adaptation and Diet
Selected Professional Experience
Research Assistant, McMaster University Department of Anthropology. Supervisor: Dr. Basit Iqbal – 2024 – Present
Improvisational Theatre Instructor, Staircase Theatre Improv – 2018 – Present
Career Coach, Mohawk College Student and Graduate Employment – April 2021 – April 2023
Research Assistant I, Sustainable Archaeology McMaster University – 2020 – 2021
Student Success Mentor, Mohawk College Learning Support Centre, January 2018 – August 2019
Professional Organizations
Red Seal Interprovincial Certificate of Qualification – Journeyperson Cook (Branch 2)
Certifications & Continuing Education
2022 – Instructional Skills Workshop Certificate – Mohawk College Centre for Teaching and Learning
2021 – Responding to Disclosures on Campus – The Centre for Research & Education on Violence Against Women & Children
2020 – Red Cross Standard First Aid & CPR Level C/AED – Coast2Coast First Aid & Aquatics
2020 – Human Research Ethics Online Training Module for the Social Sciences and Humanities – Macquarie University
2019 – Suicide Bereavement Clinician Training – Suicide Prevention Community Council of Hamilton
2018 – Tri-Council Policy Statement: Ethical Conduct for Research Involving Humans Course on Research Ethics (TCPS 2: CORE) – Government of Canada
2018 – safeTALK Suicide Alertness Training – Living Works
2016 – Red Seal Certificate of Qualification (Cook Branch II) – Ontario College of Trades
Honours & Awards
2020 – Kneale Brothers ’37 Academic Grant for students in the Faculty of Social Sciences with a high Fall-Winter average
2019 – Mohawk College Outstanding Achievement Award for students who were actively involved in college life, community, and supportive to fellow students while maintaining a high grade point average
2019 – Mohawk College Learning Support Centre Leader of Distinction Award for academic excellence, contributions to the Learning Support Centre team and supporting student success
2015 – George Brown College The Chef’s House Scholarship for students who have demonstrated self-motivation, passion, higher-than-average abilities within their program and job-related social skills including positive attitude, enthusiasm and respect.
2015 – George Brown College The Russel Cottam Memorial Award for apprenticeship innovation and professional promise in the culinary field
Community Involvement & Activities
2019 – Present – Inclusivity Representative, Staircase Improv
2023 – 2024 – Masters Student Representative (representing the Faculty of Social Sciences and the Department of Anthropology), McMaster University Graduate Curriculum and Policy Committee
2020 – 2021 – Outreach Coordinator, McMaster Anthropology Society
2020 – Volunteered in McMaster Archaeology Teaching Lab
2020 – Volunteer Lab Assistant, Mohawk College: ANTR10003 Introduction to Forensic Anthropology
2019 – 2021 General Arts and Science Meet & Greet Participant, Mohawk College
2019 – Focus Group Participant, Mohawk College’s Sexual Violence Policy Focus Group
2018 – 2019 Campus to Community Volunteer, Mohawk College
- Able Living Services
- Stewards of the Red Hill
- Mission Services Food Bank
2018 – 2019 Co-founded and served as president of Mohawk College Improv Club
March 2018 – General Arts & Science Program Ambassador, Mohawk College Open House
2011 – 2014 Co-founding committee member and event organizer: The Walk of No Shame for sexualised violence awareness and prevention
- 2014 Keynote Speaker
Lauren Charman 