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
	Shady Al Hafez Merging of Others: Religion, Race, and Ethnicity in Articulations of Indigenous Identity Committee: Jennifer Adese, Zaheer Baber, and Yvonne Sherwood shady.alhafez@mail.utoronto.ca
	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
	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
	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
	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
	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
	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
	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
	Carmen Lamothe Platforms of Governance and Power: Home Care Workers Mediating Risk and Surveillance Committee: Paula Maurutto (Supervisor), Cynthia Cranford, Steve Hoffman carmen.lamothe@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
	Sitao Li Code of the Court: Legality, Performance, and Punishment in Chinese Criminal Justice Committee: Goodman and Liu (Co-Supervisors), Super sitao.li@mail.utoronto.ca
	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 (Supervisor), 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 Nation-Making: An Ethnographic Study of Québécois Seniors in Old-Age Homes in Québec 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: Salem (Supervisor), Fox, 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

PhD Students (Pre-Dissertation)

Harmata Aboubakar
harmata.aboubakar@mail.utoronto.ca

Kristen Bass
kristen.bass@mail.utoronto.ca

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

David Chen

Dawei Chen
Areas of Interest: Economic Sociology, Political Sociology,International Political Economy, Social Networks, and Quantitative Methods
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

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

Aurelie Etienne

Aurélie Etienne
Areas of Interest: Environmental Sociology, Sociology of Migration, Political Economy
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
Areas of Interest: Social Mobility, Social Determinants of Health, and Factors Influencing Occupational and Educational Attainment
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

Chantel Jeremiah
chantel.jeremiah@mail.utoronto.ca

Jonathan Kauenhowen
jonathan.kauenhowen@mail.utoronto.ca
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Salwa Khan
slw.khan@mail.utoronto.ca

Ha Ryung Kim
hryh.kim@mail.utoronto.ca

Jinri Kim
jinri.kim@mail.utoronto.ca

Joonsik (Joon) Kim
Areas of Interest: Economic Sociology, Political Sociology, and Financialization of State
joonsik.kim@mail.utoronto.ca

Anna Kuznetsov
anna.kuznetsov@mail.utoronto.ca

Yang Li
yangsoc.li@mail.utoronto.ca

Nakharathep Lo

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

Khalil Martin