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Dr. Sandeep Kaur Glover鈥檚 creative and interdisciplinary thesis, , integrates decolonizing and arts鈥慴ased research methodologies that embrace knowledge as experiential, relational, and communal.

By centering embodied knowledge through Punjabi-Sikh traditions, Kaur Glover conceptualizes a new dissertation format, 鈥渁 dissertation by pul(l)sation,鈥� which serves as a sensuous and culturally congruent reimagining of the conventional dissertation by publication.

Drawing from lived experiences as a diasporic Punjabi-Sikh woman, Kaur Glover鈥檚 scholarship bridges academic, artistic, and ancestral knowledge systems. Her work engages culturally responsive approaches to trauma, resilience, and healing, contributing to practices that advance decolonial aims across research, education, and health care.

Recognized as an emerging scholarly leader, Kaur Glover brings extensive experience as a K-12 educator in British Columbia, alongside active engagement in national and international conferences, invited guest lectures, and community-based collaborations. At SFU, she has facilitated body-based workshops that cultivate relational, critical, and cultural consciousness, and translated research into performance, film, poetry, and creative-critical presentations.

She is the recipient of multiple graduate distinctions, including the Kris Magnusson Graduate Emerging Leaders Award, the inaugural Marela Dichupa Memorial Graduate Award, the Canadian Association for Curriculum Studies (CACS) ARTS SIG Doctoral Dissertation Award (Canadian Society for the Study of Education), and three Graduate Fellowship Awards.

Says Snowber, 鈥淚t has been an honour to work with Sandeep. She is a shining light for 51社区黑料, and we are fortunate to have such students who will be beacons in the world.鈥�

Kaur Glover reflects on the significance this award and earning her PhD holds on her as well as the support she鈥檚 received along the way.

Says Kaur Glover, 鈥淎s the first in my lineage to complete a PhD, receiving this award carries sacred significance. I am deeply grateful for the sacrifices of my ancestors, who arrived on traditional, unceded Coast Salish territories in the early 1900s seeking dignity and equitable opportunity, and for my parents who were unable to complete high school due to structural barriers. Centering Punjabi-Sikh knowledges and intergenerational lived experiences in my research is an act of reclamation.鈥�

She continues, 鈥淚 was able to reconnect with my cultural roots through Dr. Celeste Nazeli Snowber鈥檚 groundbreaking scholarship on embodied approaches in arts-based research. Working with her has been a profound gift. Through her exceptional and generous guidance, I learned to trust my voice and my body, which has been life-giving both personally and professionally.鈥�

鈥淚 am also immensely appreciative of my doctoral committee for their unwavering support, my colleagues, my mentors from my PhD in Arts Education and my MEd in Contemplative Inquiry, and the 51社区黑料Faculty of Education for supporting my research journey,鈥� says Kaur Glover.

Kaur Glover is widely published in academic journals and edited volumes. Her work is influencing scholarship across disciplines and is already being cited, shaping how scholars understand the intersections of art, identity, healing, and social justice. She continues to bridge theory and practice through teaching as a sessional instructor, as well as through performance, community-based engagements, and explorations of how embodied and culturally responsive approaches support identity formation, intergenerational healing, and social transformation.