Meet our scholars

The PSI Network consists of 347 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.

Raphael Roccor

Germany

Doctor of Philosophy in Microbiology and Immunology (PhD)

Spinning Straw into Golden Liquids – Making High-value Oils from Biomass Residues

Rishad Habib

Bangladesh

Doctor of Philosophy in Business Administration in Marketing and Behavioural Science (PhD)

Understanding the socio-cultural dynamics that shape our perceptions of morality and determine whether and why we act in ethical ways

Sarah Dickson-Hoyle

Australia

Doctor of Philosophy in Forestry (PhD)

Wildfire as a catalyst for co-management: Indigenous knowledge, stewardship and restoration of (post)fire landscapes in British Columbia

Michael W Brunt

Canada

Doctor of Philosophy in Applied Animal Biology (PhD)

How perceptions of transparency influence the social acceptability of animal use in science

Andrea Hoff

Canada

Doctor of Philosophy in Language and Literacy Education (PhD)

Future Tense: Exploring young people’s agency and resilience towards the future through the creation of autobiographical comics

Alexa Tanner

Canada

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

Natural hazard risk in context: Examining contextual factors that influence risk perceptions and associated decisions

Dacotah-Victoria Splichalova

United States of America

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

Narratives of Water: Exploring Hydrosocial Relations and Water (In)security in Canada and New Zealand

Courtney van Ballegooie

Switzerland

Doctor of Philosophy in Interdisciplinary Oncology (PhD)

Patient Understanding of Modern Chemotherapeutics: Has the increasing complexity of chemotherapy impacted patients quality of life and understanding?

Aidan Nikiforuk

Canada

Doctor of Philosophy in Population and Public Health (PhD)

Decentralization of Hepatitis C Virus Diagnostics to Rural Canadian Communities

Kaye Hare

Canada

Doctor of Philosophy in Language and Literacy Education (PhD)

All the Feels’ – Exploring Educators’ Embodied Experiences of Sex Education

William Harding

Canada

Doctor of Philosophy in Nursing (PhD)

Educational Virtual Reality Simulations

Lois Evans

Canada

Doctor of Philosophy in Library, Archival and Information Studies (PhD)

More Zeros, Less Ones: Digital Storage Management, Big Data, and Climate Change

Benjamin Hopkins

United States of America

Doctor of Musical Arts in Piano (DMA)

Performance & Protest: The Political Pianist

Patrick Dowd

United States of America

Doctor of Philosophy in Anthropology (PhD)

Golden Letters Arranged like Stars and Planets: An Ethnography of the Contemporary Life of Tibetan Language

Gabrielle Berry

Canada

Doctor of Philosophy in Cinema and Media Studies (PhD)

[♪♪♪]: The Sonic Resonances of Captions

Mai-Lei (Maggie) Woo Kinshella

Canada

Doctor of Philosophy in Women+ and Children's Health Sciences (PhD)

Investigating the relationship between maternal diet and pregnancy hypertension in sub-Saharan Africa

Jonathan Eaton

United States of America

Doctor of Philosophy in Anthropology (PhD)

Exploring Cultural Heritage as an Opportunity for Recovery in the Aftermath of Disaster

Kate Wahl

Germany

Doctor of Philosophy in Reproductive and Developmental Sciences (PhD)

Storytelling as a tool for sharing knowledge with health policy makers

Karl Zimmermann

Canada

Doctor of Philosophy in Chemical and Biological Engineering (PhD)

Biological ion exchange: the power of biological water treatment

Fernanda Rojas-Marchini

Chile

Doctor of Philosophy in Geography (PhD)

'Naturalezas emergentes': The Turn toward Market-based Biodiversity Conservation in the South of Chile

Taeh Haddock

Canada

Doctor of Philosophy in Psychology (PhD)

Testing the Efficacy of Parental Intervention Workshops on Children's Social Cognition and Social-Emotional Health

Áurea Vericat Rocha

Canada

Braiding Lived Experiences: The Making of a Collaborative Inquiring Community of Indigenous Early Childhood Educators

Yeeun Lee

Korea, Republic of

Doctor of Philosophy in Psychology (PhD)

Acts of kindness as an antidote to social disconnection: Validating an online intervention program to increase social engagement in Lower Mainland communities

Sokyee Angela Low

Malaysia

Doctor of Philosophy in Human Development, Learning, and Culture (PhD)

Parenting pains and pleasures: examining the effects of cultivating happiness and self-compassion on parents' efficacy and well-being

Evan Koike

United States of America

Doctor of Philosophy in Anthropology (PhD)

Raising Smiling Fathers: The Construction of Masculinity in Japanese Nonprofit Organizations That Promote Engaged Parenting

Angelina Lee

Canada

Forgotten need: Re-constructing a sense of belonging through culturally grounded participatory action research with a local refugee community

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

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