Meet our scholars

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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. 

Kristine Theurer

Canada
Doctor of Philosophy in Rehabilitation Sciences (PhD)
Peer Support and Mental Health in Residential Care

Kirk King

Canada
Doctor of Philosophy in Music, Emphasis Ethnomusicology (PhD)
Kadekaru Rinsho: His Life, His Music, and His Role in Restoring Okinawan Identity

Andrea Vasquez Fernandez

Peru
Doctor of Philosophy in Forestry (PhD)
Addressing violent conflicts through understandings of “respect”: A collaborative research with the Asheninka and Yine Peoples from the Peruvian Amazon

Ana Elia Ramón Hidalgo

Spain
Doctor of Philosophy in Forestry (PhD)
Empowering Communities in Two Ecotourism Villages in Ghana

Will Plowright

Canada
Doctor of Philosophy in Political Science (PhD)
Child Soldiers and Armed Non‐State Groups: Legitimacy and the Negotiation of Humanitarian Space in Intra‐state War

Espen Stranger-Johannessen

Norway
Doctor of Philosophy in Language and Literacy Education (PhD)
Digital Storytelling and Early Literacy in Uganda

Jessica Hallenbeck

Canada
Doctor of Philosophy in Geography (PhD)
Gone Fishing: Indigenous Women’s Labor and the Urbanization of Vancouver

Ashley Whillans

Canada
Doctor of Philosophy in Psychology (PhD)
The Benefits & Barriers of Buying Happier Time

Janna Fabris

Australia
Doctor of Philosophy in Materials Engineering (PhD)
Establishing a Knowledge Framework for the Advancement of Composites Manufacturing and Design Practice

Sara Ortiz Escalante

Spain
Doctor of Philosophy in Planning (PhD)
Transgressing Space and Time: Everyday/Everynight Life of Women Working the Night-Shift

Kaylee Byers

Canada
Doctor of Philosophy in Interdisciplinary Studies (PhD)
Rats as a Source of Emerging Zoonoses: Understanding the Interactions between Rats, Pathogens, and the Urban Environment

Gloria Borona

Kenya
Doctor of Philosophy in Forestry (PhD)
Investigating People-Forest Relationships around Central Kenya’s Aberdare Forest Reserve

Manjeet Birk

Canada
Racialized and Indigenous Girls and Women in Non-Profit Organizations

Ajay Bhardwaj

India
Doctor of Philosophy in Asian Studies (PhD)
Cultural Exchange and Cooperation among Socially Marginalised Musicians in Punjab: The Muslim Mirasis and the Dalits

Dorian Tung

Canada
Doctor of Philosophy in Civil Engineering (PhD)
Design Procedure and Advanced Simulation for Innovative Earthquake Resilient Structures

Shelly Benjaminy

Israel
Doctor of Philosophy in Experimental Medicine (PhD)
Stakeholder Perspectives about the Pace of Stem Cell Research for Neurodegenerative Diseases

Angèle Beausoleil

Canada
Doctor of Philosophy in Interdisciplinary Studies (PhD)
Mapping the Innovation Process inside the Creative Industries

Curtis Andrews

Canada
Doctor of Philosophy in Music, Emphasis Ethnomusicology (PhD)
Traditional Music and Religion as a Means of Resistance to Cultural Hegemony in Rural Ghana

Julia Ulehla

United States of America
Doctor of Philosophy in Music, Emphasis Ethnomusicology (PhD)
Living Song: A Multi-Generational Investigation of Moravian Folk Song

Ron Darvin

Philippines
Doctor of Philosophy in Teaching English as a Second Language (PhD)
Digital Identities, Educational Inequities: Investigating Social Class and New Literacies of Migrant Filipino Youth in the Knowledge Economy

Jeremy Stone

United States of America
Doctor of Philosophy in Planning (PhD)
Discursive Gentrification: Neighborhoods, Resistance, and the Urban Commons

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