Meet our scholars

The PSI Network consists of 303 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.

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

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

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

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.

Lindsay Cole

Canada

Doctor of Philosophy in Interdisciplinary Studies (PhD)

Building a public sector innovation lab in the City of Vancouver

Barnini Bhattacharyya

India

Doctor of Philosophy in Business Administration in Organizational Behaviour (PhD)

An Intersectional Study of the Invisibility of Women of Colour

Zarina Giannone

Canada

Doctor of Philosophy in Counselling Psychology (PhD)

Athletes in Transition: A novel intervention targeting elite athletes' identity development

Vinny Ricciardi

United States of America

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

Examining the food security, climate resilience, and equity implications of farm size

Katrina Dunn

Canada

Doctor of Philosophy in Theatre (PhD)

Real Estate and Theatricality in Vancouver’s Downtown Core

Alexander Held

Germany

Doctor of Philosophy in Political Science (PhD)

Essays on Civic Participation and the Quality of Democracy

Tonya Smith

Canada

Doctor of Philosophy in Forestry (PhD)

Lil'wat Food Security and Ecosystem Services

Assadullah Sadiq

Afghanistan

Doctor of Philosophy in Language and Literacy Education (PhD)

Language and Literacy from the Periphery: Understanding the Language and Literacy Practices of Afghan Refugees in Pakistan

Jens Vent-Schmidt

Germany

Doctor of Philosophy in Experimental Medicine (PhD)

Patient Integrated Development of a New Cell Therapy for Inflammatory Bowel Disease.

Simangele Mabena

South Africa

Doctor of Philosophy in Language and Literacy Education (PhD)

The Team Effort Project: A South African Deaf and Hearing teaching partnership for d/Deaf education

Sharon Provost

Canada

Doctor of Philosophy in Interdisciplinary Studies (PhD)

A realist evaluation of violence prevention education in BC healthcare

Ketty Anyeko

Uganda

Doctor of Philosophy in Interdisciplinary Studies (PhD)

Senses of Justice and Reparations: Women's Decision Making After Wartime Sexual Violence in Northern Uganda

Kelsey Copes-Gerbitz

United States of America

Doctor of Philosophy in Forestry (PhD)

Wildfire: Building Socially and Ecologically Resilient Communities in the British Columbia Interior

Kelsey Johnson

United States of America

Doctor of Philosophy in Geography (PhD)

Social and economic geographies of blood plasma donation in the United States

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