Graduate Students
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Soroor Aghaei Afshar
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Thesis topic: Latin American Cinema My research focuses on Latin American cinema, with particular attention to the representation of women and Indigenous communities in film. I examine how Latin American cinema exposes the enduring legacies of colonialism and the ways in which colonial power structures continue to shape the lives of Indigenous peoples and women. |
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Dorothy Akaelu |
Thesis topic: Machine Translation |
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Timothy Alayo |
Thesis Title: Translating Resistance: The Politics of Reception and the Reconstruction of Anglophone Nigerian Drama in the Francosphere My research aim to investigate the translation and cultural reception of Nigerian playwright Femi Osofisan’s Once Upon Four Robbers in the Francophone world. It examines how translating culture-specific elements like Nigerian Pidgin and Yoruba into French affects the play's Marxist, anti-colonial resistance. Using comparative textual analysis, reception history, and Extended Reality (XR) tools, the research explores whether French translations preserve or erase the socio-political realities of post-colonial Anglophone Nigerian drama. |
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Jordan Ashworson (Ashworth) |
Thesis title: On the Nature of Doing Glitches in Speedrunning Glitches, speedrunning, emergent gameplay, metagames, ethnomethodology, conversation analysis, EMCA |
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Hend Atallah |
Thesis title: Palestinians in Diaspora & Homeland Literature How do Palestinians from different generations engage with their homeland literature? Do they read it in Arabic? If they belong to a younger generation whose fluency in Arabic is struggling, do they read homeland literature through English translation? How do these translation help (re)shape cultural and linguistic identity? What is preserved and what is lost through English translations of Palestinian homeland literature? |
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Houssem Ben Lazreg
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Thesis title: General Haftar vs. Government of National Accord in Libya: Translation, Ideology, and Geopolitics in Global News His research explores the role of news translation in shaping and reframing geopolitical narratives in conflict zones, particularly the MENA region. He recently completed his doctorate at the University of Alberta, where his dissertation examined the translation of media narratives surrounding the 2019 Libyan conflict through the lens of Socio-Narrative Theory in Translation and Critical Discourse Analysis. His research interests include social movements in the MENA region, politics and translation, and Journalism. |
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Reilly Bohan |
Thesis title: Publics to Watch Out For: Fan Engagement and Affect in Dykes to Watch Out For My research interests intersect with queer media studies, lesbian studies, comics studies, affect theory, and archival research. I am interested in how queer media represents and preserves histories of collective life, and how audiences engage with these representations through varied and contested responses. My research examines lesbian counterpublics and how cultural texts create spaces for queer community and memory across generations. |
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Mariia Burtseva |
Thesis title: LGBTQI+ People from Ukraine in Canada from 1991 to nowadays The main research interests include the Canadian Studies, Immigration Studies, LGBTQI+, Oral History, Contemporary Myths in History and Mass Media. |
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Maryna Chernyavska |
Thesis title: Unorthodox archiving in the archival multiverse |
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Derya Cinar |
Thesis title: Too Crowded Here: Humanimal Bodies in Flux Posthumanist and Affect Theories in Contemporary Comperative Literatures regarding onscreen and in-fiction metaphorpic bodies. |
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Amirhossein Firuzkohi
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Thesis title: The Writing on the Wall: A Comparative Ethnographic Analysis of Protest Signs in the Political Semiotic Landscape of Iran between 1979 and 2022 My research focuses on multimodality, critical discourse analysis, semiotic landscapes, and interactional sociolinguistics. At the core of my research is a commitment to understanding how linguistic and semiotic practices shape human behaviour and social interaction. Through my work, I seek to uncover how language and ideology interact across different modes of communication, ultimately contributing to a deeper understanding of the social and cultural aspects of meaning-making. |
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Qian Feng |
Thesis Topic: Travel writing |
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Xiyuan Feng |
Thesis Topic: Chinese Social Media |
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Amir Firuzkohi |
Thesis Topic: My research interests are multifaceted and span a range of disciplines, including sociology, linguistics, and education. Central to my research is an interest in understanding the complexities of human behavior, particularly as it relates to linguistic, ,social, and cultural factors. I am particularly interested in exploring issues related to language use and language attitudes, and how these impact social dynamics, identity formation, and education. My research is driven by a desire to uncover insights into the intricate relationships between language, culture, and society, with the ultimate goal of improving our understanding of the world we live in and the people who inhabit it. |
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Ana Juana (Anneka) Vicente Foster |
Thesis topic: Literary translation Translation and interpretation (Spanish, English and French), general and applied linguistics, sociolinguistics, dialectology, language teaching Publication: Vicente Foster, Ana Juana. “Interpreting in conflict zones: do interpreters need to be military trained.” Interpreting in a Changing World: New Scenarios, Technologies, Training Challenges and Vulnerable Groups, edited by Encarnación Postigo Pinazo, Peter Lang, 2020. |
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Steven Gillis |
Thesis topic: Steven's current research interests include speaker identities, language planning, and education planning in terms of second language acquisition, with a particular emphasis on the role that this planning plays in fostering student and teacher motivation throughout the language learning process. |
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Kenzie Gordon |
Thesis title: Press ‘X’ to Crush the Patriarchy: Video Games as Sites for Sexual Violence Prevention Gender-based violence in video games; intersectional feminist video game analysis; interventionist game design; equity and representation in the game industry; police abolition and abolitionist digital archives; digital humanities |
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Jonathan Grossman
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Thesis topic: Ukrainian Folklore In the Northern Territories of Canada ● Ukrainian Canadian diaspora studies. |
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Wangtaolue Guo |
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Hongyang Ji |
Thesis topic: Translation and ecology |
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Evgeny Kuznetsov |
Thesis title: Interesections of ADHD and games production culture I’m interested in ADHD as a cultural phenomenon, and as a condition viewed through the lenses of critical disability and neurodiversity studies. I’m especially intrigued by the intersections of ADHD and media and technology. What is ADHD media? How is it co-produced with and through community culture? What are the experiences of media producers with ADHD? How are views on ADHD reshaped and reformulated through media representations? |
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Lisa Lawrence |
Thesis topic: My area of research involves topics around post-1950 Italy, as well as second-language pedagogy. |
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Rou Li |
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Wenzhu Li |
Thesis Topic: Modern and contemporary Chinese literature and media culture; critical theory of techno-human hybridity; abolitionist and transformative studies; contemporary Chinese poetry and poetics; women’s poetry and feminism |
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Kai Lin |
Thesis topic: Russian and Translation Studies |
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Sean Lis |
Thesis topic: Information Warfare My research exists at the intersection of new technologies (particularly AI) and culture, both material and digital. From the ways communications technologies have revolutionized diaspora relations and preserved old country traditions, to the ways that social medias can be used as tools of hybrid warfare. |
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Bingli Liu |
Thesis Topic: Ancient Chinese, Latin American literature and art; science fiction; fantasy; comparative literature |
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Ana Magalhaes |
Thesis title: Erotic cinema and pornochanchada, the leading vehicles of formative discourses in authoritarian Brazil (1964-1985) My research delves into how popular erotic cinema served as the primary vehicle for disseminating and structuring narratives of the different phases of the military period. This includes examining the discourse of national affirmation and integration promoted by the regime, the controversies surrounding the emergence of the "new” modern woman, the specificities of the subject's experience in times of hyper-surveillance and trivialized violence, and the portrayal of everyday life amidst an economic crisis and an uncertain future. |
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Asma M'Barek |
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Seyed Mohammadhossein Mirfakhraei
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Thesis title: Persian–Arabic Literary and Linguistic Interactions I am interested in Persian and Arabic literary traditions, especially where they intersect. My research focuses on bilingual writing, intertextuality, and the role of language in shaping literary expression. More broadly, I hope to study the Arabic literary heritage of Persian-speaking poets and contribute to a better understanding of Persian–Arabic cultural and literary exchange within the Persianate world. |
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Peter Morley |
Thesis title: Move Faster and Break Everything: A Network Genealogy of Accelerationism and the Dark Enlightenment My doctoral research concerns the offline and online development of the post-fascist political movement known as neoreactionism (NRx), its position within the Dark Enlightenment pseudophilosophical milieu, and its relationship with accelerationism, occultism, conspiracy theories, and post-ironic internet subcultures. My research also investigates neoreactionism’s disproportionate antidemocratic influence on the broader American political landscape through wealthy, well-connected adherents and sympathizers in the technology, finance, and political communications sectors. |
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Adamma Nnamele |
Thesis topic: Plurilingualism and Identity |
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Maria Carla O'Connor Barrios |
Thesis topic: Artificial Intelligence, media and the digital public sphere |
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Anna Olenenko |
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Adégòkè Owóṣení
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Thesis title: The Politics of Memory, Identity, and Autofictional Agency in 21st Century Francophone Narratives My research explores the intersection of personal and collective memory, examining how identities are constructed, deconstructed, and reimagined in 21st-century postcolonial autofictional, autobiographical, and historical narratives. |
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Madi Poulin
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Thesis Title: The Lesbian Vampire as Colonial Other: Queer Bodies and Uncanny Horror My research focuses on queer and postcolonial theoretical perspectives on the vampire in film, literature, and broader receptive culture. My thesis research investigates the link between colonial processes of othering and the tradition of vampire fiction by locating the colonial prejudice mapped onto the body of the lesbian vampire, while my broader work aims to highlight the decolonial potential of the contemporary vampire genre. |
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Ali Rajabi Esterabadi |
Thesis topic: Linguistic Imperialism, Neocolonialism, Indigenous Communities, Immigrant Narratives My research focuses on Canada’s positioning as a multicultural and multilingual nation, shaped by initiatives such as the Numbered Treaties and the Canadian Multiculturalism Act, which helped establish Canada as a global destination for immigrants. While these policies encourage diversity and growth, the dominance of English continues to marginalize Indigenous languages and cultures, creating tensions within Canada’s multicultural identity. Despite programs like Supporting Indigenous Language Revitalization, linguistic inequities persist. My work therefore investigates the dynamics of linguistic imperialism and neocolonialism in Canada, with particular attention to their impact on both Indigenous communities and immigrant experiences. |
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Haining Ren |
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Saman Rezaei |
Thesis title: Ontological Semiosis of Particles of Light in Suhrawardi's Ishraqi Philosophy |
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Kylee Schmitt |
Research topic: Womens Mental Health and Illness in Old Norse Society, specifically in the Icelandic Family Sagas |
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Jianru Song |
Thesis topic: Early Chinese Immigrants; Chinese Canadian Literature; diaspora My research centers on the representation of Chinese workers in the construction of the Canadian Pacific Railway as depicted in Chinese Canadian literary works. I examine texts by both Canadian-born and immigrant writers, with particular attention to how their portrayals engage with questions of memory, identity, and cultural belonging. |
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Wenbin Wei |
Thesis topic: Science Fiction |
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Meiling Xiao |
Thesis title: Being Together Apart: The Poetics of Autonomy in Contemporary Chinese Poetry/field of study: aesthetics, global modernism, modern Chinese poetry, translation studies Beleaguered yet inspired by the precarious status of today's humanities disciplines, I am interested in how our poetic predecessors in mid-1980s China—no less disarmed by the crisis of legitimacy unleashed by the market economy and the rise of new media forms—maintained their aesthetic autonomy amid various sources of social pressure. |
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Dmytro Yesypenko |
Thesis title: "Neverending Epidemics” in Ukrainian and Polish Literatures, 1820s–1900s Dmytro's interests include Ukrainian historical and literary process of the 19th–early 20th centuries, Slavic studies and medical humanities. He co-authored “Lena and Thomas Gushul: Life in Front and behind the Camera" (jointly with Mariya Mayerchyk and Jelena Pogosjan; Edmonton: 2022–2023) and edited “Borys Hrinchenko: Povisti” (Kyiv: Krytyka, 2020), “Cossacks in Jamaica, Ukraine at the Antipodes: Essays in Honor of Marko Pavlyshyn” (jointly with Alessandro Achilli and Serhy Yekelchyk; Boston: Academic Studies Press, 2020) and “Oksana Kowacka. Ukrains'ka postkolonialnist' u tekstakh i kontekstakh” (jointly with Karol Kowacki; Brusturiv: Discursus, 2022). |