Meet our scholars

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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. 

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

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

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

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

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