Recent PhD Graduates
Department of Sociology
Chaisson, Kristen Ph.D.
Examining the World Health Organization’s Governance and Response to Noncommunicable Diseases: A Foucauldian Analysis.
Supervisor: Dr. A. Ducey
2019
Claussen, Caroline Ph.D.
The WiseGuyz program and gender transformative change: Playing the long game
Supervisor: Dr. F. Nelson
Konnikov, Alla Ph.D.
Gender, International Training and Ethnic Visibility: An Intersectional Approach to Studying Engineers in Canada
Supervisor: Dr. E. J. Wallace
Robles Bastida, Nazario Ph.D.
Beyond Subcultural Community: A Sociological Analysis of Japanese Animation Fans and Fandoms
Supervisor: Dr. K. Young and Dr. S. McLean
2018
Field, Diane Ph.D.
Achieving Publicly Funded Midwifery in Alberta: A Case Study of the Changing Nature of Midwifery Work
Supervisor: Dr. T. Langford and Dr. A. Ducey
2017
Humphrey, Tamara Ph.D.
An Exploration of Persistence and Desistance in Offending: Accumulating Disadvantage?
Supervisor: Dr. E. Gibbs Van Brunschot
Ponto, Jason Ph.D.
Cycling through Intersections: Regimes of Velomobility in Calgary and Amsterdam
Supervisor: Dr. A. Ducey and Dr. B. Miller
Zaami, Mariama Ph.D.
Experiences of Social Exclusion and Inclusion among Black African Immigrant Youth in Calgary, Alberta
Supervisor: Dr. A. Madibbo
2016
Bailey, Monetta Ph.D.
Achieving Restorative Justice in the Extra-Judicial Sanctions Program: Working with Racialized Immigrant Youth
Supervisor: Dr. L. Wong
Esselmont, Christopher Ph.D.
Are Bullying and Crime Distinct Phenomena? How Criminology Can Inform Research on Bullying
Supervisor: Dr. E. Gibbs Van Brunschot
Litviniuc, Ana Ph.D.
Multiculturalism is Dead, Long Live Nationalism: The Identitarian Projects of the Centre Right and the Far Right in Great Britain, France and Germany
Supervisor: Dr. L. Wong
Mikita, Kiara Ph.D.
Talk About [Men's Perpetration of] Sexual Assault [Against Women]
Supervisor: Dr. E. Gibbs Van Brunschot
Sonpal-Valias, Nilima Ph.D.
Paradoxes in Paradise: Neoliberalism in Alberta's Developmental Disability Field
Supervisor: Dr. T. Langford
2015
Desjarlais-de Klerk, Kirsten Ph.D.
Supportive Transitions and Health: A mixed Methods Study of Formerly Homeless Persons and Street Exits
Supervisor: Dr. J. Wallace
Thilly, Patty Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow, Wilson Centre, University of Toronto/University Hospital Network
The Imperatives of Health and Weight in Primary Care Clinics: Current and Envisioned Practices
Supervisors: Dr. A. Frank and Dr. L. McCoy
2014
Atwood, Kristen Ph.D.
Maintaining "The Family" during deployment: Presence work by military families.
Supervisor: Dr. G. Ranson
Berenson, Carol Ph.D.
Educational Development Consultant, Taylor Institute for Teaching and Learning, University of Calgary
Pondering Periods: Young women talk about menstruation in the age of menstrual suppression
Supervisor: Dr. L. McCoy
Gondek, Jyoti Ph.D.
Director, Westman Centre, Haskayne School of Business, University of Calgary
Pressures of Hybridity: an Analysis of the Urban-Rural Nexus
Supervisor: Dr. H. Hiller
Hira-Friesen, Parv Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Sociology, University of Saskatchewan
Precarious Work and the Economic Integration of Immigrants to Canada
Supervisor: Dr. R. Wanner
Kofman, Michal Ph.D.
Citizenship and State Power in Cuba - Legal Practices and Socialist Education After the "Special Period"
Supervisor: Dr. T. Langford
Parsons Leigh, Jeanna Ph.D.
Assistant Scientific Director, Critical Care Strategic Network, Alberta Health Services
Immigration, Work and Family Life: Exploring the Settlement Experiences of Skilled Immigrants and Their Families
Supervisor: Dr. L. McCoy
Victorino, Charlemaigne Ph.D.
The Determinants of Childhood Injury
Supervisors: Dr. A. Gauthier & Dr. D. Johnson
2013
Ranu, Koyel Ph.D.
Mapping the Social Participation of South Asians and mainstream/Dominant Canadians: A Comparative Study
Supervisor: Dr. L. Wong
Tezli, Annette Ph.D.
Instructor, University of Calgary
Captain of the Ship, Not Master of the Sea: The Social Organization of Service Delivery to Sheltered Hompless Families
Supervisor: Dr. L. McCoy
2012
Gish, Jessica Ph.D.
Instructor, Department of Health, Aging & Society, McMaster University
Making Anti-Aging Cosmetic Enhancement Happen: Empirical Stories about Patient Desire, Objects, and the Working Practices of the Medical Cosmetic Enhancement Actor-Network.
Supervisor: Dr. A. Frank
2011
Jovanovic, Alyssa Ph.D.
Clinical Quality Improvement Consultant, Alberta Health Services, Calgary Alberta
Spousal Support for Physicians: do Occupational Similarity, Gender or Parental Status Matter?
Supervisor: Dr. J. Wallace
Rahman, Zia Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Sociology, Dhaka University, Bangladesh
Labour Unions and Labour Movements in the Readymade Garment Industry in Bangladesh in the Era of Globalization (1980-2009)
Supervisor: Dr. T. Langford
Rollwagen, Heather Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Ryerson University, Toronto
Safe Places and Friendy Faces: The Social Ecology of Perceptions of Crime and Social Control in Canadian Neighbourhoods.
Supervisor: Dr. E. Gibbs Van Brunschot
2010
Ambrose, Michelle Ph.D.
Qualitative Research Specialist, Michelle Ambrose Consulting
Voluntary Simplicity As An Urban Lifestyle: Resisting A Consumer Economy.
Supervisor: Dr. R. Stebbins
Dumas, Steve Ph.D.
Instructor, University of Calgary
Reading the Play: Interpreting Deviance in North American Ice Hockey
Supervisor: Dr. K Young
O'Connor, Christopher Ph.D.
University of Wisconsin, Superior
Young People in Fort McMurray: An Examinations of Youth Transition
Supervisor: Dr. G. Ranson
2009
Fogel, Curtis Ph.D.
LakeHead University, Orillia Campus, Ontario
Discerning Consent on the Gridiron: Violence Hazing and Performance-Enhancing Drug Use in Canadian Football
Supervisor: Dr. R. Stebbins
Godderis, Rebecca Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Wilfrid Laurier University, Brantford Campus, Ontario
Managing Mad Mothers: Postpartum Depression and the Psychiatric Gaze
Supervisor: Dr. L. McCoy
Lahtinen, Markus Ph.D.
Health Care Quality Analyst at the Health Quality Council of Alberta
Psychosocial Stress and Major Depression: A Comparative Analysis of Canadian Armed Forces Personnel and Members of the General Canadian Population
Supervisor: Dr. R. Wanner
2008
Silverberg, Shane
Ph.D. RBC Securities, London, Ontario
Employee Perceptuions and Organizational Commitment: An Exploratory Study
Supervisor: Dr. R. Stebbins
2007
Keown, Leslie-Anne Ph.D.
Research Data Center Hdqtrs, Ottawa
Personal Crime Preventions in Canada (1993-2004): An Exploration
Supervisor: Dr. E. Gibbs Van Brunschot
Laliberte, Ronald Ph.D.
Associate Professor Department of Native Studies, University of Saskatchewan
Why Move Aboriginal Labour In and Then Out? The Transition of Migrant Labour from Aboriginal to Mexican Workers in Southern Alberta's Sugar Beet Industry.
Supervisor: Dr. T. Langford
Laurendeau, Jason Ph.D.
Department of Sociology, University of Lethbridge
"In Defense of Mother Earth": A Radical Environmentalism, Moral Regulations, and Ecotage
Supervisor: Dr. E. Gibbs Van Brunschot