GRADUATE STUDENT PROFILES

DOCTORAL (PHD) 

 

 

AIROLA, ALICE

BUHRIG, RYAN

Education: BA Commerce - University of British Columbia, MA Criminal Justice - University of the Fraser Valley 
Research Interests: Police organizational culture; hegemonic masculinity in policing; police recruitment and training; politicization of policing.
Supervisor/Supervisory Committee: Dr. Garth Davies
Email: ryan_buhrig@sfu.ca

BURK, KEVIN

CALLAHAN, ISABELLE

Education: Criminology and Criminal Justice (BA Hons. with High Distinction) - Carleton University, MA Criminology - Simon Fraser University
Research Interests: Identity theories of desistance; developmental and life course criminology; young offenders.
Supervisor/Supervisory Committee: Dr. Zachary Rowan
Email: isabelle_callahan@sfu.ca

CHAMPION AMANDA R. (SHE/HER)

Education: BA (Hon.) psychology - Kwantlen Polytechnic University, MA Criminology - Simon Fraser University
Research Interests: Terrorism; misogynist extremism; sexual assault; human sexuality.
Supervisor/Supervisory Committee: Dr. Garth Davies; Dr. Richard Frank; Dr. Raymond Corrado
Email: amanda_champion@sfu.ca

CHIANG, ANITA

CHU, NATALIE

Education: Bachelor of Commerce (Specialization in Accounting), Master of Science in Business Administration (Management Information Systems) - University of  British Columbia  
Research Interests: Fraud and scams; cybercrime; digital surveillance.
Supervisor/Supervisory Committee: Dr. Richard Frank
Email: natalie_chu_2@sfu.ca

DAVIS, KAYON

DE VRIES, SAMANTHA

DEMIR, GOKSEL

DHALIWAL, MIRA (SHE/HER)

Education: Bachelors of Science (Hons) in Psychology - University of Toronto, MA Criminology - Wilfrid Laurier University   
Research Interests: Homicide; biopsychological explanations of crime; serial homicide; evidence based profiling; life history analysis.
Supervisor/Supervisory Committee: Dr. Eric Beauregard
Email: mira_dhaliwal@sfu.ca

DOERING, SARA (SHE/HER)

Education: BA (Hon), MA Criminology - Simon Fraser University 
Research Interests: Terrorism and violent extremism; right-wing extremism; quantitative research methods; terrorism risk assessment; mental health and violence; adolescent offending
Supervisor/Supervisory Committee: Dr. Garth Davies, Dr. Ray Corrado
Email: sdoering@sfu.ca

DOWDALL, COURTNEY (SHE/HER)

Education: BA Criminal Justice - University of the Fraser Valley, MA Criminal Justice - University of Winnipeg
Research Interests: Homicide; intimate partner violence/homicide; sense-making; coping; hauntology; police culture; law enforcement; abolition; emotional labour; firearm policy; intergenerational violence; indigenous justice; critical criminology.
Supervisor/Supervisory Committee: Dr. Alexandra Lysova and Dr. Curt Griffiths
Email: Courtney_Dowdall@sfu.ca

DUB, DILVUR

Education:  BA (Hon) Criminology and Justice - Ontario Tech University, MA Criminal Justice - University of the Fraser Valley
Research Interests: Criminal justice system; perceptions of the police; youth gangs; youth gang prevention/intervention programs; mixed methods research
Supervisor/Supervisory Committee: Dr. Curt Griffiths
Email: dilvur_dub@sfu.ca

FARRELL, JACK (HE/HIM)

Education: LL.B - Trinity College Dublin, MA Global Criminology - Utrecht University
Research Interests: Drug policy; harm reduction; social constructions of deviance; community-engaged research
Supervisor/Supervisory Committee: Dr. Alissa Greer  
Email:  jfa93@sfu.ca

GEORGOULIS, HANA (SHE/HER)

Education: BKin - University of Calgary, MA Criminology - Simon Fraser University 
Research Interests: Sexual violence; sex offending; homicide; criminal investigations; victimology; crime commission.  
Supervisor/Supervisory Committee: Dr. Eric Beauregard
Email: hana_georgoulis@sfu.ca

GIRAD, SERENA (SHE/HER)

Education: BA in Sociology and Pholosophy, MA of Science in Environmental Science - Thompson Rivers University
Research Interests: Intimate partner violence; animal abuse; non-anthropocentrism.
Supervisor/Supervisory Committee: Dr. Alexandra Lysova
Email: serena_girard@sfu.ca

GLOWATSKI, KRYSTAL

GREGG, MELISSA

GUSHUE, KELSEY

Education: BA, MA - Simon Fraser University
Research Interests: Young offenders; developmental and life course criminology; criminological theory; quantitative research methods
Supervisor/Supervisory Committee: Dr. Evan McCuish
Email: kgushue@sfu.ca

HART, MACKENZIE

HYSLOP-MARGISON, CAITLIN (SHE/HER)

Education: BA in Sociology and History (Hons), MA in Sociology - University of New Brunswick
Research Interests: Violent extremism
Supervisor/Supervisory Committee: Dr. Garth Davies
Email: caitlin_hyslop-margison@sfu.ca

JANUS, SORAYA

Education: BA, MA - Simon Fraser University
Research Interests: Wrongful convictions; miscarriages of justice; false confessions; expert testimony; policing; commissions of inquiry; innocence projects; victimology; Canadian law
Supervisor/Supervisory Committee: Dr. Gail S. Anderson
Email: sjanus@sfu.ca

KEUM, BOMIN (SHE/HER)

Education: BA (Hon), MA Criminology - Simon Fraser University, MPhil Criminological Research - University of Cambridge.
Research Interests: Digital subcultures and radicalization; violent extremism; approaches to deradicalisation/disengagement.
Supervisor/Supervisory Committee: Richard Frank
Email: bkeum@sfu.ca

KING, STEFF (THEY/THEM)

Education: BSc - University of Idaho
Research Interests: Forensic investigative practice; Indigenous justice; MMIWG2
Supervisor/Supervisory Committee: Dr. Gail S. Anderson (senior supervisor), Dr. Ted Palys
Email: steff_king@sfu.ca

KOCSIS, KRISTINA (SHE/HER)

Education: BA - St. Thomas University, MA - Wilfrid Laurier University 
Research Interests: Corrections; risk-assessment; sentencing; mental health and stress; policy analysis.
Supervisor/Supervisory Committee: Dr. Evan McCuish, Dr. Zachary Rowan, Dr. Danielle Murdoch.
Email:kristina_kocsis@sfu.ca

LAM, VIENNA (SHE/HER)

Education: BA, MA - Simon Fraser University
Research Interests: Forensic anthropology; aquatic body decomposition (taphonomy); water rescue, detection, and recovery; medicolegal investigations; evidence admissibility; environmental criminology; crime analysis; research ethics; thanatology; aquatic deaths; drowning prevention.
Supervisor/Supervisory Committee: Dr. Gail S. Anderson (senior supervisor), Dr. Bryan Kinney
Email: vienna_lam@sfu.ca

LEE, CHELSEY (SHE/HER)

Education: BA (Hons.) Psychology, Major Criminology, MA Criminology - Simon Fraser University
Research Interests: Program evaluation; campus-based sexual violence; gender-based violence; gang crime; crime prevention/intervention; meta-analysis
Supervisor/Supervisory Committee: Jennifer Wong
Email: chelsey_lee@sfu.ca

LOUDEN, RACHELLE (SHE/HER)

Education: BA (Hons.) Criminology - Kwantlen Polytechnic University, MA Criminology - Simon Fraser University
Research Interests: Disinformation; information warfare; hybrid warfare; cybercrime; cyberterrorism; technology facilitated political violence; policing
Supervisor/Supervisory Committee: Dr. Richard Frank
Email: rlouden@sfu.ca

MARTLIN, BRITNY (SHE/HER)

Education: BA in Anthropology and Political science - University of Victoria, MSc in Bioarcheological and Forensic Anthropology - University College London
Research Interests: Forensic Anthropology; underwater body recovery; aquatic taphonomy; humanitarian action; citizen science; detection technology; trauma analysis; bioarchaeology
Supervisor/Supervisory Committee: Dr. Lynne S. Bell (supervisor),Dr. Bryan J. Kinney (committee member)
Email: britny_martlin@sfu.ca

MASSINGALE, KELLEY (SHE/HER)

Education: BS Sociology (criminology emphasis) - University of Idaho, MA Criminology - Simon Fraser University 
Research interests: Extremism; religious violence and movements; terrorism; organized crime; criminal networks; research methods; criminological theory
Supervisor/Supervisory Committee: Dr. Martin Bouchard and Dr. Eric Beauregard (Co-Supervisors)
Email:  kelley_massingale@sfu.ca

MAURE, BEN

Education: BTech (Hon) - BCIT, MA in Social Justice - University of the Fraser Valley
Research interests: Peacekeeping; peacebuilding; international policing; failed states
Supervisor/Supervisory Committee: Dr. Ray Corrado
Email: benoit_maure@sfu.ca

MCGUIRE, MICHAELA | JAAD GUDGIHLJIWAH

Education: BA, MA - Simon Fraser University
Research Interests: Haida justice; decolonization and resurgence; Haida identity & belonging; racism against Indigenous peoples; Indigenous rights and sovereignty; self-governance; Indigenous women and corrections
Supervisor/Supervisory Committee: Dr. Ted Palys
Email: michaela_mcguire@sfu.ca

MICHENER, SUZANNA (SHE/HER)

Education: BA - University of British Columbia, MSc - The University of Sheffield
Research Interests: Forensic anthropology; forensic science; miscarriages of justice; biological anthropology; biological explanations of crime; epigenetics
Supervisor/Supervisory Committee: Dr. Lynne Bell
Email: smichene@sfu.ca

MONAGHAN, JORDYN

PASTIA, CRISTINA

PESCITELLI, AYNSLEY

ROBINS, EMMET

Education: BA in Criminology and Policing - Wilfrid Laurier University, MA Criminology - Simon Fraser University 
Research Interests: Online fraud; predictors of cyber crime victimization; cyber safety training and awareness.
Supervisor/Supervisory Committee: Dr. Richard Frank
Email: emmet_robins@sfu.ca

RUESS, SHANA

Ryu, Hana 

Education: BA, MA Criminology - Simon Fraser University
Research Interests: Developmental and life course criminology; family violence; gangs; intimate partner violence; quantitative/qualitative research methods; social network analysis; victimization; youth offending
Supervisor/Supervisory Committee: Dr. Evan McCuish, Dr. Martin Bouchard
Email: hana_ryu@sfu.ca

SANDRIN, RYAN (HE/HIM)

Education: BA, MA Criminology - Simon Fraser University
Research Interests: Emergency communications; experimental criminology; intimate partner violence; perceptions of police; policing; police recruitment; research methods; sociology of sport
Supervisor/Supervisory Committee: Dr. Rylan Simpson
Email: rsandrin@sfu.ca

SCHIESS, JAKE

SHEN, JEN-LI

WARKENTIN, NOELLE (SHE/HER)

Education: BA (Hon) major in psychology - University of Manitoba, MA Criminology - Simon Fraser University 
Research Interests: Cybercrime; cybersecurity; cyber warfare; the psychology of cyberoffenders
Supervisor/Supervisory Committee: Dr. Richard Frank
Email: noelle_warkentin@sfu.ca

WOOD, BECCA (SHE/HER)

Education:BA - University of Birmingham, MA - Simon Fraser University
Research Interests: Drug policy; qualitative research methods; violence against women.
Supervisor/Supervisory Committee: Dr. Alissa Greer (senior supervisor), Dr. Zachary Rowan and Dr. Dawn Rault 
Email: Beccaw@sfu.ca

WU, EDITH

ZAKIMI, NAOMI (SHE/HER)

Education:BA (Hon), MA Criminology - Simon Fraser University
Research Interests: Drug policy; experiences of people who use drugs across contexts/populations (workers, migrants, etc.); policing and enforcement of drug laws; qualitative research
Supervisor: Dr. Alissa Greer
Email: naomi_zakimi@sfu.ca

ZDJELAR, VANJA (SHE/HER)

Education: BA (Hon) Criminology, BA Political Science and Communications - Simon Fraser University
MA Criminology - Simon Fraser University
Research Interests: Terrorism, mysoginist extremism, right-wing extremism, left-wing extremism, research methods, policing
Supervisor/Supervisory Committee: Dr. Garth Davies
Email: vzdjelar@sfu.ca

ZHANG, YUXUAN (CICILIA)

Education: BA, MA - Simon Fraser University
Research Interests: Cybersecurity; critical infrastructure; open-source intelligence (OSINT); social engineering; cyberterrorism; cyber warfare
Supervisor/Supervisory Committee: Dr. Richard Frank
Email: ciciliaz@sfu.ca