Doctoral Candidates

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

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		Andreea Mogosanu Gender Inequality Taking a Long View Committee: Dinovitzer (Supervisor), Boeckmann, Schieman andreea.mogosanu@mail.utoronto.ca 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		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
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		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
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		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
Gordon Brett The Embodied Dimensions of Creativity Committee: Leschziner (Supervisor), D. Silver, Mullen gordon.brett@mail.utoronto.ca News		Jaime Nikolaou Gauging Longevity: Indicators from Canada’s Reproductive Health Movement Committee: Taylor (Supervisor), Fox, Pettinicchio j.nikolaou@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		Merin Oleschuk Health and Cooking in Value and Practice: A Mixed Methods Study of Food in Family Life. Committee: Johnston (Supervisor), Baumann, Milkie merin.oleschuk@mail.utoronto.ca merinoleschuk.wordpress.com academia.edu News
Amanda Couture-Carron Pathways to Deviance Across Immigrant Generations Committee: Tanner and Wortley (co-supervisors), Boyd amanda.couture@mail.utoronto.ca		Jason Pagaduan Aging Fitness Communities: A Comparative Case Study of Active Aging Communities in Scarborough. Committee: Baumann and Johnston (co-supervisors), Schafer jason.pagaduan@mail.utoronto.ca
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		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
Athena Engman Organ Transplantation and the Variability of ‘Embodied’ Experience Committee: Leschziner (Supervisor), D. Silver, Bryant, Schneiderhan athena.engman@utoronto.ca academia.edu 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
Cinthya Guzman Boredom in (Inter)action: A Sociological Study Committee: D.Silver (supervisor), Milkie, Fosse, Schneiderhan c.guzman@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
Joshua Harold Mnemonic Boundaries: Historical Experience and Ethnic Boundary Making Committee: Fong (Supervisor), D. Silver, Baumann josh.harold@mail.utoronto.ca academia.edu		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
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		Rachel Schumann Families as Civilian Jailers: Exploring Accused-Family Relationships within the Context of Bail in Ontario Committee: Kruttschnitt (Supervisor), Goodman, Dinovitzer rachel.schumann@mail.utoronto.ca
Alexandra Hunter Continuum of Carelessness: Paradoxes of Mental Health Care in Corrections Committee: Hannah-Moffat, Goodman, Matheson alex.hunter@mail.utoronto.ca		Ioana Sendroiu Inventing Law: Legitimating Post-World War Two Political Regimes in Romania and France. Committee: Levi (Supervisor), Pernell, Dinovitzer, Liu ioana.sendroiu@mail.utoronto.ca ioanasendroiu.com 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		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
Timothy Kang Partners and Crime: Contemporary Unions and Desistance from Crime During the Transition to Adulthood Committee: Kruttschnitt (Supervisor), Apel, Boeckmann tim.kang@mail.utoronto.ca		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
Noga Keidar Cities and their Gurus: Why the Links Between Urban Studies and Cities Took the Shape of ‘Gurus’ and Their ‘Followers’? Committee: D. Silver (Supervisor), Liu, Hannigan noga.keidar@mail.utoronto.ca Urban Clinic Page Academia.edu		Yukiko Tanaka Decolonizing Immigrant Settlement: Immigrant Belonging in the Settler State Committee: Cranford (supervisor), Farah Schwartzman, Adese yukiko.tanaka@mail.utoronto.ca academia.edu
Yang-Sook Kim The Politics of Care: A Comparative Study of Co-ethnic and Local Women Workers in the Domestic and Long-term Care Market of South Korea Committee: Cranford (Supervisor), Choo, Chun yangsook.kim@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
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		Anelyse Weiler The Periphery in the Core: Investigating Migration, Agrarian Citizenship and Metabolic Rift Through a Case Study of the Apple Committee: Johnston (Supervisor), Chun, Whittman anelyse.weiler@mail.utoronto.ca www.anelyseweiler.com News
Patricia Louie Complicating Race in the Study of Mental and Physical Health Committee: Wheaton (Supervisor), Milkie, Siddiqi patricia.louie@mail.utoronto.ca patricialouie.com 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
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		Burin Yildiztekin The Liminality, Mundanity and Sacredness of Place: The Case of the Western Wall Committee: Z. Baber (Supervisor), Bryant, Ragab burin.yildiztekin@mail.utoronto.ca academica.edu