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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. 

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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
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Ana Elia Ramón Hidalgo

Spain

Doctor of Philosophy in Forestry (PhD)

Empowering Communities in Two Ecotourism Villages in Ghana
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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
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Espen Stranger-Johannessen

Norway

Doctor of Philosophy in Language and Literacy Education (PhD)

Digital Storytelling and Early Literacy in Uganda
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Jessica Hallenbeck

Canada

Doctor of Philosophy in Geography (PhD)

Gone Fishing: Indigenous Women’s Labor and the Urbanization of Vancouver
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Ashley Whillans

Canada

Doctor of Philosophy in Psychology (PhD)

The Benefits & Barriers of Buying Happier Time
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Janna Fabris

Australia

Doctor of Philosophy in Materials Engineering (PhD)

Establishing a Knowledge Framework for the Advancement of Composites Manufacturing and Design Practice
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Sara Ortiz Escalante

Spain

Doctor of Philosophy in Planning (PhD)

Transgressing Space and Time: Everyday/Everynight Life of Women Working the Night-Shift
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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
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Gloria Borona

Kenya

Doctor of Philosophy in Forestry (PhD)

Investigating People-Forest Relationships around Central Kenya’s Aberdare Forest Reserve
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Manjeet Birk

Canada

Racialized and Indigenous Girls and Women in Non-Profit Organizations
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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
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Dorian Tung

Canada

Doctor of Philosophy in Civil Engineering (PhD)

Design Procedure and Advanced Simulation for Innovative Earthquake Resilient Structures
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Shelly Benjaminy

Israel

Doctor of Philosophy in Experimental Medicine (PhD)

Stakeholder Perspectives about the Pace of Stem Cell Research for Neurodegenerative Diseases
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Angèle Beausoleil

Canada

Doctor of Philosophy in Interdisciplinary Studies (PhD)

Mapping the Innovation Process inside the Creative Industries
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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
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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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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
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Jeremy Stone

United States of America

Doctor of Philosophy in Planning (PhD)

Discursive Gentrification: Neighborhoods, Resistance, and the Urban Commons