Doctoral Candidates

Doctoral Candidates are PhD students who have completed their course work, and comprehensive exams, and have successfully defended their Dissertation proposals.

Amny Athamny Keeping It All A Halal Muslim Was Never Harder: Identity Formation Among Second Generation Muslims in Canadian Urban Centers Committee: Landolt (supervisor), Shams, D. Silver amny.athamny@mail.utoronto.ca academia.edu News		Jean-Francois Nault Culture and Private School Choice: Uncovering the Cultural Dimensions of School Choice as Action Committee: Childress and Baumann (Co-Supervisors), Davies jf.nault@mail.utoronto.ca News
Philip Badawy A “Holy Grail” of Work and Family Life? Complicating Schedule Control as a Resource Committee: Schieman (supervisor), Milkie, Schafer philip.badawy@mail.utoronto.ca researchgate.net News		Paul Andrew Nelson Scaling-Up Local Food Systems: The Role of Cultural Intermediaries in Shaping Value and Transmitting Ideas about “Alternative” Food Production Committee: Johnston (Supervisor), Baumann, Childress paul.nelson@mail.utoronto.ca
Aya Bar Oz The Sanctity of Life and Unsacred Death: Negotiating the Value of Life in the State Organization. Committee: Levi (Supervisor), Dinovitzer, D. Silver aya.baroz@mail.utoronto.ca academia.edu		Andrew Nevin New Directions in Cyber-Criminology: Evaluating Alternative Explanations for Online Deviance Committee: Kruttschnitt (supervisor), Miles, Schieman andrew.nevin@mail.utoronto.ca academia.edu News
Tyler Bateman Naturalist awakening: Disposition formation and autobiographical storytelling in naturalist awakening to the love of nature, practices to protect nature, and environmental justice Committee: Johnston and Berrey (co-supervisors), Hannigan, Baber tyler.bateman@mail.utoronto.ca academia.edu News		Jaime Nikolaou Gauging Longevity: Indicators from Canada’s Reproductive Health Movement Committee: Taylor (Supervisor), Fox, Pettinicchio j.nikolaou@utoronto.ca News
Rene Bogovic The Polyvalence of Language in Ethnoracial Categorization: A Case Study of Afrikaans Committee: Landolt (Supervisor), Farah Schwartzmann, Baber rene.bogovic@mail.utoronto.ca		Laila Omar Exploring Times of Uncertainty and Future Projections For Syrian Refugee Mothers and Youths in Canada Committee: Maghbouleh, Milkie (co-supervisors), Shams laila.omar@mail.utoronto.ca News
James Braun Local Culture” and the Problem of Coordination: The Case of Jamaica’s Diasporic Real Estate Market Committee: Landolt (Supervisor), Salem, Trotz james.braun@mail.utoronto.ca academia.edu News		Jason Pagaduan Mall Walking: Community, Pleasure, and Self-Preservation Among Racialized Older Adults Committee: Baumann and Johnston (co-supervisors), Schafer jason.pagaduan@mail.utoronto.ca News
Gordon Brett The Embodied Dimensions of Creativity Committee: Leschziner (Supervisor), D. Silver, Mullen gordon.brett@mail.utoronto.ca News		Matt Parbst The Moderating Role of Social Policies on the Association between Social Inequalities and Mental Health: Evidence from the Effects of SES, Gender, and Marital Status on Depression Committee: Wheaton (Supervisor), Milkie, Siddiqi, Boeckmann matt.parbst@mail.utoronto.ca academia.edu News
Milos Brocic Expression in Politics Committee: Silver (Supervisor), Veugelers, Miles milos.brocic@mail.utoronto.ca academia.edu News		Sebastien Parker Continuity and Change in French Democracy Committee: Veugelers(Supervisor), Dokshin, Fosse sebastien.parker@mail.utoronto.ca News
Brigid Burke Violence and Interactional Boundary Work: Understanding, Controlling & Challenging Violence through Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Committee: J. Lee (Supervisor), D. Silver, Paradis b.burke@mail.utoronto.ca News		Shawn Perron Moral Economies in Decline? Unions, Income Norms, and Inequality in American Communities Committee: D. Silver (Supervisor), Dokshin, Pettinicchio, Wodtke shawn.perron@mail.utoronto.ca academia.edu News
Fernando Calderón Figueroa The Spatial Context of Civic Engagement Committee: D. Silver (Supervisor), Farah Schwartzman, Grigoryeva f.calderonfigueroa@mail.utoronto.ca academia.edu News		Taylor Price Songs and Songwriters in the Digital Age Committee: Baumann (supervisor), Leschziner, Childress taylor.price@mail.utoronto.ca News
Marie-Lise Drappeau-Bisson Iconicity, Commemoration and Aesthetic Evaluation: The Case of the Reception of Québec’s Feminist “Big Book” L’Euguélionne Committee: Taylor (supervisor), Baumann, Johnston ml.drapeau.bisson@mail.utoronto.ca academia.edu News		Kaitlyn Quinn “Good intentions pave many roads. Not all of them lead to hell”: An investigation of Canadian voluntary organizations’ work with criminalized women Committee: Goodman and Schneiderhan (co-supervisors), Smith Kaitlyn.quinn@utoronto.ca News
Athena Engman Organ Transplantation and the Variability of ‘Embodied’ Experience Committee: Leschziner (Supervisor), D. Silver, Bryant, Schneiderhan athena.engman@utoronto.ca academia.edu News		Patricia Roach patricia.roach@mail.utoronto.ca News
Jordan Foster The Rich Kids of Instagram: Symbolic Wealth and Social Visibility in the Digital Era. Committee: Johnston, Baumann (co-supervisors), Pettinicchio jordann.foster@mail.utoronto.ca News		Andrea Roman Alfaro Navigating the Continuum of Violence: An Ethnographic Study of Women’s Experiences of Violence in Peru Committee: Goodman (Supervisor), Flores (Co-supervisor), Contreras, Taylorandre andrea.romanalfaro@mail.utoronto.ca andrearomanalfaro.com News
Cinthya Guzman Boredom in (Inter)action: A Sociological Study Committee: D.Silver (supervisor), Milkie, Fosse, Schneiderhan c.guzman@mail.utoronto.ca academia.edu News		Kate Rozad Spoiled Identity? Exploring Stigma and Reentry following Wrongful Imprisonment Committee: Goodman (Supervisor), Flores, Owusu-Bempah kate.rozad@mail.utoronto.ca News
Bahar Hashemi Women’s Negotiations over Citizenship Rights in Mixed Status Families in Canada: The Case of Sponsored Spouses and Parents and Grandparents who Arrive through the Super Visa Committee: Landolt (supervisor), Cranford, Choo bahar.hashemi@mail.utoronto.ca News		Kerri Scheer Producing Law and Governance: A case study of the College of Physicians & Surgeons of Ontario Disciplinary Process Committee: Maurutto (Supervisor), Goodman, Valverde kerri.scheer@mail.utoronto.ca News
Angela Hick Mark of the Non-Conviction Record: Police Contact and Employment Experiences Committee: Welsh and Hannah-Moffat (Co-Supervisors), Goodman angela.hick@mail.utoronto.ca News		Lance Stewart What it’s worth: Preferences and Expectations of Music Listeners in the Evaluation of Material Affordances. Committee: Leschziner (Supervisor), D. Silver, Childress lance.stewart@mail.utoronto.ca academia.edu News
Julia Ingenfeld Gender Inequality in the Labor Market: Trends and Mechanisms Committee: Schafer (supervisor), Boeckmann, Fosse julia.ingenfeld@mail.utoronto.ca News		Haosen Sun Social Networks in the Aging Process: Geographical Structure, Support Exchanges and Turnovers in Europe Committee: Schafer (Supervisor), Boeckmann, Berry haosen.sun@mail.utoronto.ca academia.edu
Storm Jeffers On the Co-constitutionalism of Families & The Criminal Justice System: Narratives of Families as Penal Subjects & Penal Mediators Committee: Goodman, Owusu-Bempah (Co-Supervisors), Flores storm.jeffers@mail.utoronto.ca		Yukiko Tanaka Decolonizing Immigrant Settlement: Immigrant Belonging in the Settler State Committee: Cranford (supervisor), Farah Schwartzman, Adese yukiko.tanaka@mail.utoronto.ca academia.edu News
James Jeong A Special Type of Social Control?: Explaining Victimization and Delinquent Behaviours of Immigrants and Their Children. Committee: Boyd and Tanner (Co-supervisors), Fong junmin.jeong@mail.utoronto.ca News		Chris Tatham Sexuality, Human Rights, Prevention and the Criminalization of Non-Disclosure of HIV in Canada Committee: Green (Supervisor), Maurutto, Kruttschnitt chris.tatham@mail.utoronto.ca
Hammad Khan The Crescent Moon through Maple Trees: An Examination of Settlement and National Belonging for Pakistani-Canadian Newcomers Committee: Schneiderhan (supervisor), Korteweg, Maghbouleh, hammad.khan@mail.utoronto.ca News		Samia Tecle A False Bifurcation?: Understanding Canada’s Inland Asylum Determination and Refugee Resettlement as an Interconnected System Committee: Schwartzman and Elcioglu (Co-Supervisors), Maghbouleh samia.tecle@mail.utoronto.ca
James Gerald Patrick Lannigan Discourse and Structure: An Examination of the Organizational Identities and Networks of Contemporary Specialty Coffee Retailers Committee: Erickson (Supervisor), Childress, Johnston james.lannigan@mail.utoronto.ca News		S.W. Underwood Modern Daddies and Papas: Family, Parenting and Masculinities among Gay Co-Fathers Committee: Fox (Supervisor), Taylor, Adam s.underwood@mail.utoronto.ca News
Chang Z. Lin Theorizing Dormancy Committee: Erickson (Supervisor), Schafer, Marin chang.lin@mail.utoronto.ca News		Meiyen Wong Assessing Victim Safety in the Processing of Concurrent Criminal and Family Law Cases in Canada’s Integrated Domestic Violence Court Committee: Maurutto (supervisor), Hannah-Moffat, Taylor mei.wong@mail.utoronto.ca
Martin Lukk The Distributional Question in Contemporary Nationalism Committee: Schneiderhan and Wodtke (Co-Supervisors), Pettinicchio, Leschziner martin.lukk@mail.utoronto.ca academia.edu News		Dana Wray How Do Work-Family Policies Shape Parents’ Time with Children? Committee: Milkie (Supervisor), Boeckmann, Peng dana.wray@mail.utoronto.ca Danawray.com News
Gabe Menard Explaining Variation in the Development of Regulatory Regimes: Network Neutrality and Internet Service Provision Regulations in the U.S. and UK, 1984-2015 Committee: Veugelers (Supervisor), Pettinicchio, Pernell, Myles gabe.menard@mail.utoronto.ca academia.edu News		Man Xu (Angela) Explaining Chinese Independent Migration to Iran: Dynamic Migration Trajectories and Flexible Adaptation Committee: Landolt and Hsiung (Co-supervisors), Hermer manx.xu@mail.utoronto.ca News
Andreea Mogosanu Gender Inequality Taking a Long View Committee: Dinovitzer (Supervisor), Milkie, Pernell-Gallagher andreea.mogosanu@mail.utoronto.ca News		Catherine Yeh Gender Inequality and Knowledge Production in the New Knowledge Economy Committee: Baumann (supervisor), Dokshin, Johnston catherine.yeh@mail.utoronto.ca News