Isabelle Avakumovic-Pointon

PhD Candidate in History - Disability Policy Researcher

Greater Vancouver Metropolitan Area

About

I am a PhD candidate in History at the University of British Columbia researching the history of disability policy in the Balkans. I have an MA in European and Russian Affairs from the Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy at the University of Toronto, a BA (Hons) in History and International Relations from the University of British Columbia, and a licence from Sciences Po Paris. While my research focuses on disability and gender in pre-WWI Bosnia and Serbia, I am also interested in contemporary global disability studies and current affairs in the Balkans.

Experience

  • Graduate Teaching Assistant at The University of British Columbia
    Jan 2026 - Present · 7 mos

    Head Teaching Assistant for HIST 113 "Global History since 1900"

  • The PROUD Project (5 yrs 1 mo)
    • Research Associate
      Sep 2023 - Present · 2 yrs 11 mos

    • Research & Production Assistant
      Jul 2021 - Sep 2023 · 2 yrs 3 mos

  • Graduate Teaching Assistant at The University of British Columbia
    Sep 2024 - Dec 2024 · 4 mos

    Teaching Assistant for HIST 240 "Health, Illness, and Medicine (1): Ancient World to Modern Period"

  • Graduate Teaching Assistant at The University of British Columbia
    Sep 2023 - May 2024 · 9 mos

    Teaching Assistant for HIST 432 "International Relations in the Twentieth Century"

  • Teaching Assistant at University of Toronto - Department of Political Science
    Jan 2023 - Apr 2023 · 4 mos

    I worked as a Teaching Assistant for POL211: "Intelligence, Disinformation, and Deception: Challenges of Global Governance in the Digital Age" and for POL338: "Queer International Relations." In these positions I met with instructors, planned lessons, taught tutorials, graded assignments, and answered student inquiries.