Dr. Dylan Cyr

Instructor

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Biography

Trained historian, Dylan's research focuses on war environment, specifically American environmental experience during the Pacific War. His work is manifested in an upcoming monograph about the U.S. 1st Marine Division in the South Pacific, along with an article for Water History titled 'Campaigning Wet Land: Water, Militarized Landscapes, Battle Guadalcanal'. He is also working on a primary source reader featuring veteran recollections from the Great Depression related to the surviving Pacific campaigning. Dylan regularly lectures at institutions in Southern Ontario on topics such as American history and American Studies, typically instructing undergraduates on the world wars, civil rights movement, and North American physical environment. He holds a B.A. (2002) and M.A. (2003) degree from the University of Waterloo and completed his PhD at the University of Western Ontario in 2009. His research and teaching interests include environmental history, oral history, and modern American politics.

Research Interests

Experience

Sessional Instructor

2010-01-01 — Present

University of Waterloo • Waterloo, ON

Instructing undergraduate courses in History and American Studies.

Awards

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Travel Grant

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Research Grant

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Beeler-Raider Fellowship

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Graduate Student Teaching Award

Courses

HIST 258 United States 1877 HIST 291 Ground Environmental History Modern North America HIST 314 Freedom Struggle: American Civil Rights Movement

Requirements for University of Waterloo

Master Program
Requirements
GPA Requirement
Required:3
IELTS
Listening
Required:6.5
Reading
Required:6.5
Writing
Required:6.5
Speaking
Required:6.5
Overall
Required:7
TOEFL
Listening
Required:22
Reading
Required:22
Writing
Required:22
Speaking
Required:22
Total
Required:90
Prerequisites
Honours Bachelor's degree in Psychology or related field Strong background in Statistics
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Specialization Notes

Includes fields like Clinical, Cognitive, Developmental, and Industrial/Organizational Psychology.