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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. 

Jose Arias-Bustamente

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

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

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
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Natalia Balyasnikova

Russian Federation

Doctor of Philosophy in Teaching English as a Second Language (PhD)

Exchanging Stories: A narrative inquiry into the learning experiences of seniors studying English as an additional language

Kaitlyn Jaffe

Kaitlyn Jaffe

United States of America

Doctor of Philosophy in Sociology (PhD)

Experiences of Medical Research Participation among People who use Drugs: An Ethno-epidemiological Approach
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Analise Hofmann

Canada

Doctor of Philosophy in Genome Science and Technology (PhD)

Re-contextualizing interdisciplinary knowledge in biology laboratory courses to improve student learning outcomes.

Sarah Shamash

Sarah Shamash

Canada

Doctor of Philosophy in Interdisciplinary Studies (PhD)

Screen Cosmologies: Resistance and Sovereignty in Indigenous Cinema in Brazil

Kate McLeod

Kate McLeod

Canada

Doctor of Philosophy in Population and Public Health (PhD)

Evaluating the Integration of Health Care in Provincial Correctional Facilities Under the Ministry of Health
Neila Miled

Neila Miled

Tunisia

Doctor of Philosophy in Educational Studies (PhD)

Negotiating identity and belonging: A critical ethnography of Muslim youths’ lived school experiences in a British Columbian high school

Sina Fazelpour

Sina Fazelpour

Iran

Doctor of Philosophy in Philosophy (PhD)

The Sense of a Possibility: The Nature and Significance of Counterfactual Imagination
Bronwyn Bragg

Bronwyn Bragg

Canada

Doctor of Philosophy in Geography (PhD)

Citizenship and the city: How migrant status shapes neighbourhood life
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Andrea Johnson

Canada

Doctor of Philosophy in Social Work (PhD)

Cancer as interruption: Exploring the experiences of adolescents who have recently completed treatment for cancer
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Sophie Lewis

United Kingdom

Doctor of Philosophy in Forestry (PhD)

The interaction of the International Forest Regime with forest governance and forest dependent peoples in Cambodia.

Bushra Mahmood

Bushra Mahmood

Pakistan

Doctor of Philosophy in Experimental Medicine (PhD)

Assessment of Physical Activity and Sedentary time in South Asian adults at risk for diabetes
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Claudia Diaz-Diaz

Chile

Doctor of Philosophy in Educational Studies (PhD)

Places that Speak: Children, Subjectivities, and Diversity in Canadian Early Childhood Education
Nina Ebner

Nina Ebner

United States of America

Doctor of Philosophy in Geography (PhD)

Working the Border: Economic Restructuring and Uneven Development on the US-Mexico Border
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Heather Palis

Canada

Doctor of Philosophy in Population and Public Health (PhD)

The relationship between illicit stimulant use and treatment outcomes among patients receiving supervised injectable opioid assisted treatment in Vancouver
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Tugce Conger

Turkey

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

Green Infrastructure as a Resilience Building Tool to Reduce Coastal Flooding Risk
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Kyle Loewen

United States of America

Doctor of Philosophy in Geography (PhD)

To Market: Experimentation, Labor, and the Re-structuring of Last Mile Logistics
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Severn Cullis-Suzuki

Canada

Doctor of Philosophy in Anthropology (PhD)

Learning the Ancestral Language of My Children: Charting a Course to Fluency in Xaayda Kil
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Celestin Hategeka

Rwanda

Doctor of Philosophy in Population and Public Health (PhD)

Improving Access and Quality of Emergency Care for Newborns and Children in Rwanda
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Ashli Akins

Canada

Doctor of Philosophy in Interdisciplinary Studies (PhD)

Dismantling Voicelessness: Culturally Significant Art as a Tool to Deconstruct Embedded Racism, Inequity, and Poverty
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Laura Yvonne Bulk

Canada

Doctor of Philosophy in Rehabilitation Sciences (PhD)

Being Blind in a Sighted World
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Maggie Low

Canada

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

Indigenous Rights and Environmental Governance: Implications of the Reconciliation Protocol Agreement for Heiltsuk Nation
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Lily Ivanova

Canada

Doctor of Philosophy in Sociology (PhD)

Institutionalizing empathy: The Role of Culture in the Representation and Interpretation of Genocide
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Evan Taylor

Canada

Doctor of Philosophy in Language and Literacy Education (PhD)

Doing Cancer While Trans*: Biopolitical Intersections of Gendered Embodiment and Cancer Regimes
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Francois Lachapelle

Canada

Doctor of Philosophy in Sociology (PhD)

Two Case-Studies in the Sociology of Global Scientific Field
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Chantelle Recsky

Canada

Doctor of Philosophy in Nursing (PhD)

Developing a Taxonomy of Technology-Mediated Adverse Events
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Mollie Chapman

United States of America

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

Agr-'culture' and Biodiversity: Rethinking Payments for Ecosystem Services in Light of Agrarian Values
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Laura Melissa Guzman

Colombia

Doctor of Philosophy in Zoology (PhD)

Improving R Instruction in Undergraduate Statistics Courses Using Educational Theories
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Bulmaro Valdés Benavides

Mexico

Doctor of Philosophy in Biomedical Engineering (PhD)

Reducing Compensatory Movements in Stroke Therapy through the Use of Robotic Devices and Augmented Feedback
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Jocelyn Fraser

Canada

Doctor of Philosophy in Mining Engineering (PhD)

From Social Risk to Shared Purpose: Can the Mining Sector Transform Social Responsibility
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Sereana Naepi

New Zealand

Doctor of Philosophy in Educational Studies (PhD)

Nai tavi ni na marama ena matavuvale: How Indigenous Women Agitate for Change in Higher Education
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Jamie Fenneman

Canada

Doctor of Philosophy in Botany (PhD)

A Taxonomic Revision of the Sunflower Family (Asteraceae) in British Columbia
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Hassan Halawa

Egypt

Doctor of Philosophy in Electrical and Computer Engineering (PhD)

Artemis: Defending Against Automated Large-Scale Cyber Intrusions by Focusing on the Vulnerable Population
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Yemi Adeyeye

Nigeria

Doctor of Philosophy in Forestry (PhD)

The Politics of Knowledge in Multi-Level Forest Governance: Perceptions, Roles and Contested Narratives of Knowledge across Scales
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Sarah Fessenden

United States of America

Doctor of Philosophy in Anthropology (PhD)

"We just Wanna Warm some Bellies": Food Not Bombs, Anarchism, and Recycling Wasted Food for Protest
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Emma Feltes

Canada

Doctor of Philosophy in Anthropology (PhD)

The Constitution Express and the Making of Indigenous Rights in Canada
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Claire Fogal

Canada

Doctor of Philosophy in Theatre (PhD)

Western Canadian Evolutions of Decroux and Grotowski in Theatre Pedagogy, Practice and Performance
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Teilhard Paradela

Canada

Doctor of Philosophy in History (PhD)

Audiences Exposed: Communication and Discipline in the Philippines in the late 20th Century
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Evan Bowness

Canada

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

Transformative Food Activism: Food Sovereignty and Urban Agriculture

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Katie Warfield

Canada

Doctor of Philosophy in Language and Literacy Education (PhD)

#TheRealMe: Phenomenology, New Materialism, and Social Media Self-Imaging
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Stephanie Nakagawa

Canada

Doctor of Musical Arts in Voice (DMA)

Canadian Opera Aria Anthology for Soprano
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Takuro Ishikawa

Colombia

Doctor of Philosophy in Experimental Medicine (PhD)

Communicating the Safety Benefit of Booster Seats
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Aarthi Gobinath

United States of America

Doctor of Philosophy in Neuroscience (PhD)

Comparing Pharmacological and Non-Pharmacological Antidepressants in a Rat Model of Postpartum Stress
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Gregory Gan

Russian Federation

Doctor of Philosophy in Anthropology (PhD)

The World in A Suitcase: Experience of Place amongst Transnational Migrants of Russian Émigrés to France, Germany and the
 United States
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Steve Williams

Canada

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

The Splash and the Ripples: Evaluating the Societal Effects of Social Innovation Lab Processes

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Stephanie Glegg

Canada

Doctor of Philosophy in Rehabilitation Sciences (PhD)

Using Social Network Analysis to Advance Knowledge Translation in Pediatric Rehabilitation