Friendly Small Talk or Rude Interrogation? Who Decides What is Polite?
New Article Out in JBILD! “I get asked that all the time”: Confronting Polite, White Canadians and the Politics of Belonging in...
Our Research Papers on "People’s Names: Identities and Inequalities"
Sharing UWO Anthropology research on names: Dr. Karen Pennesi's keynote address and a paper by PhD candidate Federica Guccini, both...
More First Nations parents share baby name challenges with Vital Statistics
Government offices need to do better to include Indigenous writing systems in identification documents. Six years later, it’s the same...
CBC Radio Interview: What's the story behind your name?
I spoke about names and identity on the January 26 episode of BC Today with Michelle Eliot - give it a listen! The segment on names...
Step taken toward possibly renaming school
What do you know about the person your school was named after? It may be time to consider changing it. https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/...
Fix databases that fail with two surnames
We know it's possible. We just need people who create databases of names to design for naming diversity. https://www.nature.com/articles/...
Radio Interviews: Moment of Truth on ELMNT FM with David Moses and Kitchener Today with Brian Bourke
Following our piece for The Conversation on "How to get someone’s name right if it’s unfamiliar to you," we were invited to several radio...
How to get someone’s name right if it’s unfamiliar to you
We are excited to share our recommendations on how to treat names respectfully in our first article for The Conversation. Read, share and...
Attention science: some people have only one name
For scholars, our name is like our brand. Consistency in how our names are represented by others is crucial to building a proper research...
Changing Your Name
It's not only immigrants who change their names and they don't always do it to assimilate. Find out more in my interview with Jennifer...