Meet our scholars

The PSI Network consists of almost 400 doctoral students and PhDs from across the full range of disciplines at UBC.

Below you can navigate their profiles based on year of scholarship, faculty, theme; read about their research; and watch brief videos of their talks.

Adriana Brodyn

United States of America

Doctor of Philosophy in Sociology (PhD)

A Comparative Analysis of How the Law Affects the Family Forms and Practices of LGBQ and Straight Households

Javiera Pumarino

Chile

Doctor of Philosophy in Population and Public Health (PhD)

Examining the role of mental health disorders on adult functioning among emerging adults with a history of foster care: A mixed methods study

Stephanie Glick

United States of America

Doctor of Philosophy in Educational Studies (PhD)

From Graphic Violence to Graphic Novel: Engaging Art as Public Pedagogy to Disarm Public Mass Gun Violence

Jennifer Adkins

Canada

Doctor of Philosophy in Sociology (PhD)

Dismantling Racial Ideology Through Intimacy: A Cross National Investigation of Black/White Interracial Couples

Emily Logan

Canada

Doctor of Musical Arts in Piano (DMA)

The effectiveness of a psychological intervention program for University Music Students as a way to manage Music Performance Anxiety

Dana James

United States of America

Doctor of Philosophy in Resources, Environment and Sustainability (PhD)

Enabling and Assessing the Transformative Potential of Agroecology

Magdalena Vergara

Chile

Doctor of Philosophy in Language and Literacy Education (PhD)

Reading the South in the North: A mixed method approach for the study of Latin American literature through educational practices in Vancouver

Emily Amburgey

United States of America

Doctor of Philosophy in Anthropology (PhD)

The “condition” of migration: a multi-sited ethnography of belonging and transformation in Nepal, Northeast India, and New York City

Eric Simons

Canada

Doctor of Philosophy in Anthropology (PhD)

Archaeological Contributions to Canadian Indian Residential School Reconciliation

Molly Sweeney Magee

Ireland

Doctor of Philosophy in Population and Public Health (PhD)

Colorectal Cancer and Health Behaviours: Primary Prevention, Early Detection, and Improved Survivorship

Yujie Ji

China

Doctor of Philosophy in Anthropology (PhD)

Preserving the Tibetan Dialect Through the Documentation of Oral Tradition

Hossein Foroozand

Canada

Doctor of Philosophy in Civil Engineering (PhD)

Hydrological monitoring networks design

Susanna Klassen

Canada

Doctor of Philosophy in Resources, Environment and Sustainability (PhD)

Assessing the contributions of organic agriculture to food system sustainability

Kirsten McIlveen

Canada

Doctor of Philosophy in Geography (PhD)

Prison Paradox and Post-Secondary Education: Challenges to Developing Innovative Curriculum in Women’s Prisons

Denali YoungWolfe

Canada

Doctor of Philosophy in Political Science (PhD)

Âhkameyihtamowin: We Rise, Mapping Indigenous Assurgency Across Turtle Island

Sandeep Pai

India

Doctor of Philosophy in Resources, Environment and Sustainability (PhD)

Evaluating ‘Just Transition’ policies for coal workers in Alberta, Canada

Roseanna Gamlen-Greene

New Zealand

Doctor of Philosophy in Forestry (PhD)

Western Toad ecology on Haida Gwaii: threats, genetics and conservation

Keith Dormond

Canada

Doctor of Philosophy in Educational Studies (PhD)

Understanding Honour Related Violence and Oppression in Ways that are Helpful for Victims, their Communities and Canadian Society

Gerald Tembrevilla

Philippines

Doctor of Philosophy in Curriculum Studies (PhD)

Technological [in]accessibility:Transnational Divide on Digital Literacy in STEM Education

Khia Johnson

United States of America

Doctor of Philosophy in Linguistics (PhD)

Investigating how Cantonese-English bilinguals produce and perceive speech sounds

Anamaria Crisan

Canada

Doctor of Philosophy in Computer Science (PhD)

Visualizing Public Health Data

Natasha Orr

Canada

Doctor of Philosophy in Reproductive and Developmental Sciences (PhD)

Educational videos on the pathophysiology of sexual pain in women with endometriosis

Estefanía Milla-Moreno

Chile

Doctor of Philosophy in Forestry (PhD)

Phytoremediation of Tailings from a Chilean Copper Mine

Sandra Schinnerl

Canada

Doctor of Philosophy in Interdisciplinary Studies (PhD)

Higher Education influence on Immigration Policy in Canada

Simon Lisaingo

Canada

Small Challenges, Big Challenges: A Collaborative Approach to Understanding and Supporting the Development of Emotion-Related Self-Regulation in Schools

Marie Paul Nisingizwe

Rwanda

Doctor of Philosophy in Population and Public Health (PhD)

Evaluation of mass screening and treatment program for hepatitis C virus in Rwanda

Grace Nosek

United States of America

Doctor of Philosophy in Law (PhD)

Restorying the Climate Crisis

Colin Dring

Canada

Doctor of Philosophy in Integrated Studies in Land and Food Systems (PhD)

Agricultural Planning, Equity, Participation, Food Sovereignty

Jennica Nichols

Canada

Doctor of Philosophy in Interdisciplinary Studies (PhD)

Reimagining Research-Based Theatre: An Arts-Based Approach to Engaging Veterans, Families, and Service Providers in the Co-Design of an Intervention to Improve Veterans' Success in Higher Education

Amir Michalovich

Israel

Doctor of Philosophy in Language and Literacy Education (PhD)

Language and literacy education of youth refugees

Erika Gavenus

United States of America

Doctor of Philosophy in Resources, Environment and Sustainability (PhD)

Interrogating Crown-imposed governance of First Nations’ fisheries through the lens of food justice

Saori Ogura

Japan

Doctor of Philosophy in Rehabilitation Sciences (PhD)

Devising Strategies for Food Security and Responses to Climate Change in Indigenous Villages in Zimbabwe and the Himalayas: Folding Visual Art into an Evidence-Based Project

Emily Acheson

Canada

Doctor of Philosophy in Geography (PhD)

Climate change, land use change, or both? How spatio-temporal modelling of the Cryptococcus gattii fungus in the Pacific Northwest may reveal determinants of emerging infectious diseases

Lindsay Cole

Canada

Doctor of Philosophy in Interdisciplinary Studies (PhD)

Building a public sector innovation lab in the City of Vancouver

Tebogo Thandie Leepile

Botswana

Doctor of Philosophy in Integrated Studies in Land and Food Systems (PhD)

Is household food security associated with nutritional status of indigenous women of childbearing age and young children? The case of the San in rural Botswana.

José Arias-Bustamante

Chile

Doctor of Philosophy in Forestry (PhD)

Contested lands and climate change: A case study of adaptation to change in the context of Mapuche People

Harini Rajagopal

India

Doctor of Philosophy in Language and Literacy Education (PhD)

Valuing ‘multilayeryed lifeworlds’: Working with children and teachers to explore the multimodal communicative practices and identities of young English language learners.

Helina Jolly

India

Doctor of Philosophy in Resources, Environment and Sustainability (PhD)

Investigating the perceptions and values of ecosystem functions through gender lens - A socioecological inquiry of Indigenous (Adivasi) communities in Kerala, India