Graduate Students

The Department of Sociology and Criminology has diverse and vibrant cohorts of Graduate students. Currently there are 39 graduate students in our programs (13 Ph.D., 24 MA, and 2 Pre-MA). Below are profiles from some of our students. 

 

Tiffany Hall (Ph.D.)

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Advisor: Dr. Sonia Bookman

Research Interests: Culture, Consumption, Hoarding Behavior, Qualitative Methods

 

Chase Harms (MA)

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Research Interests: Political Sociology, Sociology of Religion, Power and Inequality, Immigration and Refugee Studies

Email: harmsc1@myumanitoba.ca

 

Renée Hoffart (Ph.D.)

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Research Interests: Violence against Women, Feminist Criminology, Indigenous Justice

Email: hoffartr@myumanitoba.ca

Office: 301-B Isbister

 

Wanda June (Ph.D.)

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Advisor: Dr. Andrew Woolford

Research Interests: Gender, Ecology and Genocide, Qualitative Methods, Critical and Feminist Criminology

Thesis: Gendered Ecologies and Social Death in Genocide: An Ecofeminist Criminology of Symbiotic Destruction

Email: hounslow@myumanitoba.ca

 

Ley D. Fraser (Ph.D.)

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Advisor: Dr. Tracey Peter

Research Interests: Gender Minorities, Intersectionality, Social Inequality, Mixed Methods Research

Thesis Title: At the Identity Crossroads: Transgender Canadians and Intersectional Discrimination

Email: lfraser@myumanitoba.ca

  

Kaitlyn Obedzinski Kuryk (Ph.D.)

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Advisor: Dr. Christopher Fries

Research Interests: Medicalization, Home Care, Medical Gaze, Private/Public Care, Family, and Family Caregivers

Email: obedzink@myumanitoba.ca

  

Jihad K. Othman (Ph.D.)

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Advisor: Dr. Lori Wilkinson

Research Interests: Migration & Refugee Studies, Race & Ethnicity, National Identity, Gender, Health, Research Methods, NGOs

Email: othmanj@myumanitoba.ca

 

Labe Songose (MA)

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Advisor: Dr. Lori Wilkinson

Research Interests: Immigration Policies and Gender Inequality

Thesis Description: My thesis aims at analyzing how violence against immigrant and refugee women affect their psychological well-being and integration process in the Canadian society. The intent of this study is also to analyze how immigration policies influence violence against immigrant and refugee women in Canada.

 

Janice Tilly (Ph.D., I.I.S.)

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Advisor: Dr. Christopher Fries

Research Interests: Qualitative Research, Military/Veteran Health, Civilian to Military Transition, Military Culture, Health Promotion from a Salutogenesis Perspective

Thesis Description: My proposed interdisciplinary doctoral research will examine those whom have effectively transitioned from a military career to civilian life, in order to understand the personal and structural factors which contribute to successful and healthy transitioning out of the military.

Email: Janice.Tilly@umanitoba.ca

   

Xiyuan Xia (Marvin) (Ph.D.)

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Advisor: Dr. Andrew Woolford

Research Interests: Ethnic Conflicts and Genocide