Current PhD and MA Students

Doctoral Candidates

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

Photo	Name, Topic, and Contact Info
	Lia Acosta Rueda Care Trajectories and Wellbeing in Mexico: An Examination of Gender and Age Committee: Milkie and Ruppanner (Co-Supervisors), Peng lia.acosta@mail.utoronto.ca
	Natalie Adamyk Analyzing Academic Emotion Management in the Context of the New Economy. Committee: Milkie and Alegria (Co-Supervisors); Welsh natalie.adamyk@mail.utoronto.ca Research Gate
	Ferdouse Asefi The Lions of Afghanistan: Experiencing the watan (homeland) through the Afghan-Canadian Diaspora Committee: Farah Schwartzman (Supervisor), Berrey, Mojab ferdouse.asefi@mail.utoronto.ca
	Amny Athamny Keeping It All A Halal Muslim Was Never Harder: Identity Formation Among Second Generation Muslims in Canadian Urban Centers Committee: Landolt (Supervisor), Milkie, D. Silver amny.athamny@mail.utoronto.ca academia.edu
	Cheery Attia The Gendered Racialization of Ecosystems of Embodied Rights: Bodies and Bodily Autonomy During a Pandemic Committee: Anna Korteweg (Co-Supervisor), Jessica Fields (Co-Supervisor), Miray Philips cheerymaria.attia@mail.utoronto.ca
	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
	Olimpia Bidian Toward a Holistic Understanding of Public Place Identity Formation Committee: Berry (Supervisor), Lee, D. Silver olimpia.bidian@mail.utoronto.ca
	Natalia Bittencourt Otto Gender and Violence in the Narratives of Teenage Girls Working in Illicit Drug Economies in Brazil Committee: Kruttschnit (Supervisor), Goodman, Levi natalia.otto@mail.utoronto.ca
	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
	Brigid Burke Violence and Interactional Boundary Work: Understanding, Controlling & Challenging Violence through Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Committee: J. Lee (Supervisor), D. Silver, B. Erickson b.burke@mail.utoronto.ca
	Erika Canossini Towards a Sociology of Clemency: An Exploration of Pardons and Record Suspensions in Canada Committee: Goodman (Supervisor), Levi, Owusu-Bempah erika.canossini@mail.utoronto.ca
	Alexa Carson Looking after los abuelos: How Latin American and Caribbean Immigrant Families Make Sense of Senior Care Committee: Peng (Supervisor), Elcioglu, Milkie alexa.carson@mail.utoronto.ca
	Eduardo Cornelius Lawyers and Penal Change: A Field Analysis of White-Collar Criminal Law Transformations in Brazil Committee: Liu and Levi (Co-Supervisors), Smith e.cornelius@mail.utoronto.ca
	Yvonne Daoleuxay Driving Hacks: Automation, Driverless Cars, and the Future of (Auto)mobility Committee: D. Silver (Supervisor), Hoffman, Waslander y.daoleuxay@mail.utoronto.ca
	Soli Dubash The Dynamic Interplay of Social Networks and Health Across the Life Course Committee: Erickson (Supervisor), Schafer (Co-Supervisor), Wheaton, Miles soli.dubash@mail.utoronto.ca Website
	Eugene Emeka Dim Political Institutions and Gender Gap in Political Participation in Africa Committee: Professor Peng (supervisor); Goodman; Handley eugene.dim@mail.utoronto.ca
	Maria Sigridur Finnsdottir Radical Women? Investigating Gender Disparities on the European Radical Right Committee: Veugelers (Supervisors), Y. Lee, Dokshin maria.finnsdottir@mail.utoronto.ca
	Jordan Foster Birkin Bags and Beautiful People: How Fashion, Capital, and Fame Collide Online Committee: Johnston and Baumann (Co-Supervisors), Pettinicchio jordann.foster@mail.utoronto.ca
	Ali Greey Agency, Inequality, and Privilege: Examining the Experiences of Trans and Non-binary Youth in Elite K-12 Schools Committee members: Choo (Supervisor), Locklear, D. Silver ali.greey@mail.utoronto.ca
	Mircea Gherghina Dealing with Carbon: Environmental Policy, Organizations, and Technological Answers to Climate Change Committee: Hoffman and Dokshin (Co-Supervisors), Richter mircea.gherghina@mail.utoronto.ca Website
	Cinthya Guzman Boredom in (Inter)action: A Sociological Study Committee: D.Silver (Supervisor), Milkie, Fosse c.guzman@mail.utoronto.ca academia.edu
	Emily Hammond Dancing with Capitalism: Exploring the Lives of Students and their Experiences of Work Committee: Taylor (Supervisor), Cranford, Cohen e.hammond@utoronto.ca
	Andy Holmes Competing or Stable Approaches to Law: How LGBTQ2+ Organizations Navigate Assimilationist, Abolitionist, and Ambivalent Relationships with the Police Committee: Smith and Pettinicchio (Co-Supervisors), Bryan andy.holmes@mail.utoronto.ca academia.edu
	Sara Hormozinejad Assembling Iran’s Cultures of Return: Investigating the Meanings of Return Migrations and Mobilities Committee: Landolt (Supervisor), Elcioglu (Co-Supervisor), Salem Website
	Storm Jeffers On the Co-constitutionalism of Families & The Criminal Justice System: Narratives of Families as Penal Subjects & Penal Mediators Committee: Goodman and Owusu-Bempah (Co-Supervisors), Flores storm.jeffers@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
	James Gerald Patrick Lannigan Caffeine, Communities, and Crises: An Examination of the Networks, Discourse, and Operational Strategies of Independent Specialty Coffee Retailers Committee: Erickson (Supervisor), Johnston, McEvily james.lannigan@mail.utoronto.ca
	Jin A. Lee How do Social Networks Shape Loneliness among Older Adults? Effects of Widowhood transitions, Precarious Network Forms, and Neighbor Networks Committee: Schafer and Milkie (Co-Supervisors), Miles, Spence jinasarah.lee@mail.utoronto.ca
	Youngrong Lee The Contested Making of Gig Workers: A Comparative Study of Global Capital in the Gig Economy in Seoul and Toronto Committee: Cranford (Supervisor), Choo, Lee youngr.lee@mail.utoronto.ca academia.edu
	Yifang Li Reclaiming Through Leisure? How Young Migrant Workers Navigate Cultural Exclusion in Urban China Committee: Daniel Silver (Supervisor), Shyon Baumann, Ruoyun Bai yifang.li@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
	Sophie Marois White nationalist violence and the politics of mourning: Commemorations, courts, and political coalitions. Committee: Korteweg (supervisor), Bryan, Levi sophie.marois@mail.utoronto.ca
	Umaima Miraj Ghadarite Women: Intimacy, Labor, and Revolution in the Ghadar Moment, 1913-1918 Committee: Kristin Plys (Supervisor), Zaheer Baber, Alissa Trotz (Women and Gender Studies Institute), Kanishka Goonewardena (Geography and Planning) umaima.miraj@mail.utoronto.ca
	Andreea Mogosanu Gender Inequality: Taking a Long View Committee: Dinovitzer (Supervisor), Milkie, Eads andreea.mogosanu@mail.utoronto.ca
	Mitra Mokhtari Committe: Goodman (Supervisor), Maurutto, Bryan mitra.mokhtari@mail.utoronto.ca
	Jaime Nikolaou Gauging Longevity: Indicators from Canada's Reproductive Health Movement Committee: Taylor and Korteweg (Co-Supervisors), Fox, Pettinicchio j.nikolaou@utoronto.ca
	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
	Roberta Silveira Pamplona From Reckoning with Violence to Institutionalizing Rights: The Feminist Politics of Feminicídio in Brazil Committee: Taylor (Supervisor), Schwartzman, Trotz roberta.pamplona@mail.utoronto.ca
	Sebastien Parker Continuity and Change in French Democracy Committee: Veugelers (Supervisor), Dokshin, Fosse sebastien.parker@mail.utoronto.ca
	Jennifer Peruniak On the Margins: An Exploration of Transracial Adoptees Conceptualization of their Racial Identity Within White Adopting Families Committee: Schwartzman (Supervisor), Elcioglu, Maghbouleh jennifer.peruniak@utoronto.ca
	Kayla Preston An Analysis of Youth Activists in Canada and the United States Committee: Elcioglu (Co-Supervisor), Berrey (Co-Supervisor), Y. Lee kayla.preston@mail.utoronto.ca academia.edu
	Paul Pritchard Indigenous Education and the Youth Politics of Belonging Committee: Landolt (Supervisor), Gaztambide-Fernandez, DeGagné paul.pritchard@mail.utoronto.ca
	Sagi Ramaj Residential Contexts and the Labour Market and Housing Outcomes of Sexual Minority Immigrants Committee: Geoffrey Wodtke, Markus Shafer (Co-Supervisors), Jonathan Horowitz sagi.ramaj@mail.utoronto.ca Google Scholar
	Patricia Roach patricia.roach@mail.utoronto.ca
	Andrea Roman Alfaro Navigating the Continuum of Violence: An Ethnographic Study of Women’s Experiences of Violence in Peru Committee: Taylor (Supervisor), Contreras, Smith andrea.romanalfaro@mail.utoronto.ca Website
	Yagana Samim An Integrated Theoretical Framework for Understanding Predictors of Family Planning Decisions. Committee: Spence (Supervisor), Miles, Flores yagana.samim@mail.utoronto.ca
	Isra Saymour "A Mansion of Ruins": Manuscript Looting, Colonial Crime, and the Plunder of the Mughal Imperial Library Committee: Plys and Baber (Co-Supervisors), Smith and Gillespie (Advisors) isra.saymour@utoronto.ca
	Kyla Simms Canadian Blackness: Racialization, Ethnic Diversity, and National Belonging Among Black Second-Generation Canadians Committee: Schwartzman (Supervisor), Elcioglu, Dantzler k.simms@mail.utoronto.ca
	Jessica Stallone The Politics of Nationmaking: An Ethnographic Study of Whiteness in Quebec Committee: Korteweg and Elcioglu (Co-Supervisors) jessica.stallone@mail.utoronto.ca Website
	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
	Jillian Sunderland From Crisis to Recovery: The Role of Gender Violence and State Power in Reshaping RCMP Legitimacy Committee: Korteweg (Supervisor), Bryan, Maurutto jillian.sunderland@mail.utoronto.ca Website
	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
	Brody Trottier #NoEthicalConsumptionUnderCapitalism: Critical Discourses, Eco-Narratives, and Everyday Life Committee: Josée Johnston (Supervisor), Steve Hoffman, and Scott Prudham brody.trottier@mail.utoronto.ca
	Pamela Tsui Transnational economic relationality among Hongkongers in Hong Kong and Toronto Committee: Y Lee and Liu (Co-Supervisors), Choo pamela.tsui@mail.utoronto.ca
	S.W. Underwood Modern Daddies and Papas: Family, Parenting and Masculinities among Gay Co-Fathers Committee: Fox (Supervisor), Salem, Adam s.underwood@mail.utoronto.ca
	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
	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
	Catherine Yeh Gender Inequality and Knowledge Production in the New Knowledge Economy Committee: Baumann (Supervisor), Dokshin, Johnston catherine.yeh@mail.utoronto.ca

PhD Students (Pre-Dissertation)

Harmata Aboubakar
harmata.aboubakar@mail.utoronto.ca

Shady Al Hafez
shady.alhafez@mail.utoronto.ca

Kristen Bass
kristen.bass@mail.utoronto.ca

Ash Catonio
ash.catonio@mail.utoronto.ca

Dawei Chen
dw.chen@mail.utoronto.ca
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Madelaine Coelho
madelaine.coelho@utoronto.ca

Andrew Cooper
Areas of Interest: Virtual Communities, Social Networks, and Qualitative Methods
cal.cooper@mail.utoronto.ca

Roberta De Avillez

Roberta De Avillez
roberta.deavillez@mail.utoronto.ca

Alysia De Melo

Alysia De Melo
alysia.demelo@mail.utoronto.ca

Dorian DiTommaso
dorian.ditommaso@mail.utoronto.ca

Amanda Deeley Profile Picture

Amanda Deeley
Areas of Interest: Sociology of Family, Health & Mental Health, and Sociology of Culture
amanda.deeley@mail.utoronto.ca

Miranda Elizabeth Craig Doff
miranda.doff@mail.utoronto.ca

Aurélie Etienne
aurelie.etienne@mail.utoronto.ca

Elliot Fonarev
elliot.fonarev@mail.utoronto.ca

Rena Friesen
rena.friesen@mail.utoronto.ca

Selay Ghaffar
selay.ghaffar@mail.utoronto.ca

Ikee Gibson
ikee.gibson@utoronto.ca

Maria Gilbert

Maria Gilbert
maria.gilbert@mail.utoronto.ca

Ori Gilboa
ori.gilboa@mail.utoronto.ca

Jimin Gim

Jimin Gim
jimin.gim@mail.utoronto.ca

pelin-gul

Pelin Gül
Areas of Interest: Political Sociology, Social Theory, Environmental Sociology, Immigration Politics and Qualitative Methods
pelin.gul@mail.utoronto.ca

Carae Henry
carae.henry@mail.utoronto.ca

Leo Henry
Areas of Interest: Sociology of Culture, Political Sociology, and Theory
leo.henry@mail.utoronto.ca

Daniel Hill
hill.hill@mail.utoronto.ca

Maleeha Iqbal
maleeha.iqbal@mail.utoronto.ca

Shahed Ishak
shahed.ishak@mail.utoronto.ca

Paul Jakhu
paul.jakhu@mail.utoronto.ca

Emma Jennings-Fitz-Gerald

Emma Jennings-Fitz-Gerald
Areas of Interest: Sociology of Gender, Military Sociology, and Sociology of Crime and Law
emma.jenningsfitzgerald@mail.utoronto.ca

Chantel Jeremiah