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: Alegria and Milkie (Co-Supervisors); Welsh natalie.adamyk@mail.utoronto.ca Research Gate
	Shady Al Hafez Merging of Others: Religion, Race, and Ethnicity in Articulations of Indigenous Identity Committee: Adese, Baber, and Sherwood shady.alhafez@mail.utoronto.ca
	Ferdouse Asefi The Lions of Afghanistan: Experiencing the watan (homeland) through the Afghan-Canadian Diaspora Committee: Schwartzman (Supervisor), Berrey, Mojab ferdouse.asefi@mail.utoronto.ca
	Cheery Attia The Gendered Racialization of Ecosystems of Embodied Rights: Bodies and Bodily Autonomy During a Pandemic Committee: Korteweg and Fields (Co-Supervisors), Philips cheerymaria.attia@mail.utoronto.ca
	Kristen Bass Oil and Beef: Labour in a Time of Climate Crisis Committee: Berrey and Johnston (Co-supervisors), Dokshin kristen.bass@mail.utoronto.ca Website
	Olimpia Bidian Toward a Holistic Understanding of Public Place Identity Formation Committee: Berry (Supervisor), Lee, D. Silver olimpia.bidian@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
	Madelaine Coehlo Undertanding Technologically Facilitated Gender-Based Violence Among Survivors in Mumbai, India Committee: Fields (Supervisor), Plys, C. Logie madelaine.coelho@mail.utoronto.ca
	Andrew Cooper Playing to Prop Up: How is Social Support Provided with Online Communities which Interact through Video Games? Committee: McEwan (Supervisor), Berry, Spence cal.cooper@mail.utoronto.ca
	Yvonne Daoleuxay Driving Hacks: Automation, Driverless Cars, and the Future of (Auto)mobility Committee: 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
	Elliot Fonarev Configurations of a Jewish social field in unsettled times Committee: Levi (Supervisor), Doering, Shternshis (Anne Tanenbaum Centre for Jewish Studies) elliot.fonarev@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, Locklear, D. Silver ali.greey@mail.utoronto.ca
	Pelin Gul Seeing the State in Crisis: Resistance, Survival, and Compliance among Arab-Alawites in Post-Disaster Hatay, Turkey Committee members: Elcioglu (Supervisor), Newman, Salem pelin.gul@mail.utoronto.ca
	Emily Hammond Dancing with Capitalism: Exploring the Lives of Students and their Experiences of Work Committee: Taylor (Supervisor), Cranford, Cohen e.hammond@utoronto.ca
	Leo Henry Negotiating Postimperial Identities: Everyday Culture and National Belonging in Estonia Committee: Levi (Supervisor), Leschziner, Kasekamp, Baumann leo.henry@mail.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 Migrate, Settle, or Return?: Migration Aspirations and Transnational Mobility Among Iranian Dual Citizens in Canada Committee: Landolt and Elcioglu (Co-Supervisor), Salem Website sara.hormozinejad@mail.utoronto.ca
	Maleeha Iqbal Becoming Muslim Parents: Race, Religion, and Parenting Among Second-Generation Muslims in Canada Committee: Salem (Supervisor), Elcioglu, Landolt maleeha.iqbal@mail.utoronto.ca
	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
	Jonathan Kauenhowen Thesis will be updated soon... Committee: Pending jonathan.kauenhowen@mail.utoronto.ca academia.edu
	Noam Keren Through the Unsettled Looking Glass: An inquiry into the Production of Sociological Knowledge in Times of Unsettledness, the Case of Israeli Sociology post October 7th Committee: Veugelers (Supervisor), Baber, Hoffman noam.keren@mail.utoronto.ca
	Salwa Khan Occupational Pathways to Anti-Expert Attitudes and Constructions of Expertise Committee: Hoffman (Supervisor), Miles, Alegria slw.khan@mail.utoronto.ca
	HaRyung Kim Women, Workers, and Citizens: Analyzing Labor, Gendered Citizenship, and Militarization through the Case of Professional Servicewomen in South Korea Committee: Choo and Korteweg (Co-Supervisor), Alegria hryh.kim@mail.utoronto.ca
	Joonsik (Joon) Kim Earmarking People's Money: The (Non-) Financialization of National Pensions in the US, Canada, and South Korea Committee: Y. Lee (Supervisor), Eads, Newman joonsik.kim@mail.utoronto.ca
	Carmen Lamothe Platforms of Governance and Power: Home Care Workers Mediating Risk and Surveillance Committee: Maurutto (Supervisor), Cranford, Hoffman carmen.lamothe@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
	Yifang Li Reclaiming Through Leisure? How Young Migrant Workers Navigate Cultural Exclusion in Urban China Committee: Silver (Supervisor), Baumann, Bai yifang.li@mail.utoronto.ca
	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: Plys (Supervisor), Baber, Trotz (Women and Gender Studies Institute), Goonewardena (Geography and Planning) umaima.miraj@mail.utoronto.ca
	Mitra Mokhtari Committe: Goodman (Supervisor), Maurutto, Bryan mitra.mokhtari@mail.utoronto.ca
	Izumi Niki Connecting through Care: Personal Transformation and Social Connectivity Among Japanese Immigrant Careworkers in Canada Committee: Peng (Supervisor), Cranford, Milkie izumi.niki@mail.utoronto.ca Website: https://izuminiki.mystrikingly.com/
	Shabnoor Nabi Education, Marriage, and Power Dynamics: Gendered Pathways to Women’s Empowerment in Pakistan Committee: Salem (Supervisor), Milkie, Pepin s.nabi@mail.utoronto.ca
	Jaime Nikolaou Gauging Longevity: Indicators from Canada's Reproductive Health Movement Committee: Taylor (Supervisor), Pettinicchio, Welsh j.nikolaou@utoronto.ca
	Aida Parnia The Archives of Expendable Labour: A Critical Quantitative Study of Labour Migration in Canada Committee: Alexander (Supervisor), Ye, Grigoryeva a.parnia@utoronto.ca
	Marie-Aminata Peron Homes of the Republic: Housing the Other in Contemporary France Committee: Dantzler and Korteweg (Co-Supervisors), Goffe ma.peron@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
	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 and Berrey (Co-Supervisors), 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: Wodtke, Shafer (Co-Supervisors), Horowitz sagi.ramaj@mail.utoronto.ca Google Scholar
	Patricia Roach patricia.roach@mail.utoronto.ca
	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 Nation-Making: An Ethnographic Study of Québécois Seniors in Old-Age Homes in Québec Committee: Korteweg and Elcioglu (Co-Supervisors), Adese, Berrey jessica.stallone@mail.utoronto.ca Website
	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
	Brody Trottier #NoEthicalConsumptionUnderCapitalism: Critical Discourses, Eco-Narratives, and Everyday Life Committee: Johnston (Supervisor), Hoffman, and 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
	Zhen Wang No Free Lunch: Reconfiguration of Risks in the Financial Sector in a Post-2008 World Committee: Dinovitzer (Supervisor), Eads, Doering theotherzhen.wang@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

PhD Students (Pre-Dissertation)

Harmata Aboubakar
harmata.aboubakar@mail.utoronto.ca

Ash Catonio
Areas of Interest: Sociology of Sexualities, Sociology of Gender, and Qualitative Methods
ash.catonio@mail.utoronto.ca

Dawei Chen
Areas of Interest: Economic Sociology, Political Sociology,International Political Economy, Social Networks, and Quantitative Methods
dw.chen@mail.utoronto.ca
Website

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

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

Dorian DiTommaso
dorian.ditommaso@mail.utoronto.ca

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

Aurélie Etienne
Areas of Interest: Environmental Sociology, Sociology of Migration, Political Economy
aurelie.etienne@mail.utoronto.ca

Elliot Fonarev
elliot.fonarev@mail.utoronto.ca

Tomiris Frants
tomiris.frants@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@mail.utoronto.ca

Ori Gilboa
ori.gilboa@mail.utoronto.ca

Jimin Gim
jimin.gim@mail.utoronto.ca

Samuel Hartling
sam.hartling@mail.utoronto.ca

Aryssa Hasham
aryssa.hasham@mail.utoronto.ca

Carae Henry
carae.henry@mail.utoronto.ca

Daniel Hill
Areas of Interest: Social Mobility, Social Determinants of Health, and Factors Influencing Occupational and Educational Attainment
hill.hill@mail.utoronto.ca

Zifan Huang
zifan.huang@mail.utoronto.ca

Shahed Ishak
shahed.ishak@mail.utoronto.ca

Paul Jakhu
paul.jakhu@mail.utoronto.ca

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
chantel.jeremiah@mail.utoronto.ca

Ahmad Khan Nadeem
ahmad.khannadeem@mail.utoronto.ca

Jinri Kim
jinri.kim@mail.utoronto.ca

Ching (Miffy) Kuan
miffy.kuan@mail.utoronto.ca

Anna Kuznetsov
anna.kuznetsov@mail.utoronto.ca

Yang Li
yangsoc.li@mail.utoronto.ca

Nakharathep Lo
Areas of Interest: Theory, Health and Mental Health, Sociology of Crime and Law, and Qualitative Methods
nakharathep.lo@mail.utoronto.ca

Hasani Rose
hasani.rose@mail.utoronto.ca

Khalil Martin
Areas of Interest: Culture, Urban Life, and Communication
khalil.martin@mail.utoronto.ca

Jacynthe McDonald Spence
jacynthe.spence@mail.utoronto.ca

Lisa Moore
ld.moore@mail.utoronto.ca

Rebecca Nachtigall
rebecca.nachtigall@mail.utoronto.ca

Michelle Nadon Belanger
Areas of Interest: Culture, Networks, Work
michelle.nadonbelanger@mail.utoronto.ca

Adam Palmquist
adam.palmquist@mail.utoronto.ca

Kevin Park
ke.park@mail.utoronto.ca

Sydney Patterson
Areas of Interest: Sociology of Health, Sociology of Culture
sydney.patterson@mail.utoronto.ca

Devin Pratchler
Areas of Interest: Sociology of Crime and Law and Qualitative Methods
d.pratchler@mail.utoronto.ca

Cesar Ramirez
ccj.ramirez@mail.utoronto.ca

Fabio Robibaro
fabio.robibaro@mail.utoronto.ca