All theses or projects completed by Cultural Studies students are listed below by date. Click on the title of a thesis or project to see its abstract; it may be possible to review the whole work. Some theses may be restricted, which means they are unavailable to the public for 5 years. If you wish to see a restricted thesis you can submit a request by following the link to the thesis and using the form provided. Please note the decision to share the document is at the discretion of the author.
PhD Graduates
| Name | Title of Final Project or Thesis |
|---|---|
| Angela Alberry | |
| Hiba Ali | |
| Ozlem Atar | |
| Lindsay Brant | |
| Dian Day | |
| Christina Fabiani | |
| Sanita Fejzic | |
| Mo Horner | |
| Izabeau Legendre | |
| Benedictus Mattson | |
| Jill Price | |
| Melanie Proulx | |
| Jessica Sealey | |
| Angela Silver | |
| Sarah Stanley | |
| Camille Usher |
| Name | Title of Final Project or Thesis |
|---|---|
| Daphne Brouwer | |
| Sean Callaghan | |
| Teresa Carlesimo | |
| Sebastian De Line | |
| Simge Erdogan O'Connor | |
| Rena Karanouh | |
| Sunny Kerr | |
| Michael Lukaszuk | |
| Tanya Lukin-Linklater | |
| Prerna Subramanian |
| Name | Title of Final Project or Thesis |
|---|---|
| Bronwyn Jaques | |
| James Kwatang-Yeboah | |
| Robin McDonald | |
| Lorinda Peterson | |
| Laura Phillips | |
| Samia Saad | |
| Colin Simonds | |
| Tanzina Tahereen |
| Name | Title of Final Project or Thesis |
|---|---|
| Daniel Asante | |
| Rawaa Bakhsh | &Բ; |
| Andre Basheir | |
| Yasmine Djerbal | |
| Sydney Hart | |
| El Jones | |
| Miles Howe | |
| Golam Rabbani | |
| Natasha Stirrett | |
| Ellyn Walker |
| Name | Title of Final Project or Thesis |
|---|---|
| Julia Chan | |
| Kaziwa Dylan | |
| Stefy McKnight | |
| Morgan Oddie | |
| Lindsay Rodgers | |
| Lib Spry | |
| Maya Stitski | |
| Galen Watts |
| Name | Title of Final Project or Thesis |
|---|---|
| Mohamed Abdou | |
| Taylor Currie | |
| Sarindar Dhaliwal | |
| Milad Dokhanchi | |
| Mimi Gellman | |
| Jamie Jelinski | |
| Lois Klassen | |
| Jennifer Lemche | |
| Spencer Revoy | |
| Adam Saifer | |
| Daniel Vena | |
| Amanda White |
| Name | Title of Final Project or Thesis |
|---|---|
| Pia Banzhaf | |
| Leah Decter | |
| Elizabeth Diggon | |
| Ian Fanning | |
| Steven Maynard | |
| Freddy Monasterio-Barso | |
| Shawn Newman |
| Name | Title of Final Project or Thesis |
|---|---|
| Tabasum Akseer | |
| Michael Gauthier | |
| Reena Kukreja | |
| Nicholas Montgomery | |
| Erin Sutherland | |
| Ayca Tomac | |
| Deniz Zorlu |
| Name | Title of Final Project or Thesis |
|---|---|
| Ian Alexander Cuthbertson | |
| Lisa Figge | |
| Meaghan Frauts | |
| Lara Fullenwieder |
| Name | Title of Final Project or Thesis |
|---|---|
| Shelley Aylesworth-Spink | |
| Jaspreet Bal | |
| Jessica Marion Barr | |
| Mansoor Behnam | |
| Zaira Zarza Blanco | |
| May Chew | |
| Karl Hardy | |
| Jessica Jacobson-Konefall | |
| A.W Lee | |
| Noel K. McDermott | |
| Barbara Meneley | |
| Sharday Mosurinjohn | |
| Joanne Rotermundt-de la Parra |
| Name | Title of Final Project or Thesis |
|---|---|
| Jobb Arnold |
MA Graduates
| Name | Title of Final Project or Thesis |
|---|---|
| Re Parsons | |
| Toleen Touq | |
| Emily Veysey |
| Name | Title of Final Project or Thesis |
|---|---|
| Paul Clifford | |
| Tianna Edwards | |
| Em Harmsen | |
| Christopher Hemer | |
| Melissa Morris | |
| Evalyn Parry | |
| Xavier Philippe-Beauchamp |
| Name | Title of Final Project or Thesis |
|---|---|
| Dylan Chenier | |
| Darrell Christie | |
| Antoine Devroede | |
| Angela Shi | |
| Maite Simard |
| Name | Title of Final Project or Thesis |
|---|---|
| Lubna Alarda | |
| Chloée Godin-Jacques | |
| Paul Hanlon | |
| Shoni Nerenberg | Brief Exploration of American State Militarism and White Supremacy and its Relationship to Contemporary Non-State-Sanctioned White Supremacist Organizing in the US Military |
| Isabelle Semmelhack | |
| Isaac White | |
| Rebecca Wissink | |
| Roy Zheng |
| Name | Title of Final Project or Thesis |
|---|---|
| Usman Ahmed | Chinese-Canadian relations: Highlighting the Unifying Past, Tense Present, and Uncertain Yet Hopeful Future (From an Insider’s Perspective) |
| Danae Elon | |
| Megan LaPierre | |
| Rebecca Marquez | |
| Barbara Constance Matthews Wiedmaier | |
| Lea Mauas | |
| Lauren Paparousis | |
| Isabel Whitehead | Siding with the Bad Guys: Villainous Protagonists in Crime Media |
| Name | Title of Final Project or Thesis |
|---|---|
| Alejandro Bascope Alipaz | |
| Emma Bass | |
| Joshua Hawley | |
| Lisa Ravensbergen | |
| Xenia Reloba de la Cruz | |
| Dana Sidebottom | |
| Daniel Simpson | |
| Rachel Wyatt |
| Name | Title of Final Project or Thesis |
|---|---|
| Natalia Equihua Bracho | |
| Daphne Brouwer | |
| Priscila de Oliveira Falcao | |
| Lauren Jaques | |
| Nichol Kaiser | |
| Emma Konst | |
| Michelle O'Halloran | |
| Gözde Öncil | |
| Ky Pearce | |
| Sylvie St-Jacques | Protesting after the Fall: An analysis of how Qualitative and Participatory Action Research methods can support a deeper understanding of the student protest movement at UKZN |
| Name | Title of Final Project or Thesis |
|---|---|
| Adil Ahmed | |
| Maria Kyres | |
| Chengcheng Ma | Deadpool Playing Myth: An Analysis of the "Secondary Narrative" in Deadpool's Promotional Images |
| Julia Blakey | |
| Andrea Ried | |
| Victoria Sicilia | |
| Kristen Cochrane |
| Name | Title of Final Project or Thesis |
|---|---|
| Kala Bechard | |
| Jessica Davey-Quantick | |
| Bronwyn Jaques | |
| Junyu Ke | |
| Katherine Kopiak | |
| Nicole MacDougall | |
| Carina Magazzeni | |
| Stéfy McKnight | |
| Dalia Thamin | |
| Andrew Rabyniuk | |
| Galen Watts | |
| Shalon Webber-Heffernan |
| Name | Title of Final Project or Thesis |
|---|---|
| Pansee H. Abou El Atta | |
| Jessica Burgess | |
| Elena Cecchetto | Visual Entrapment in Colonial Discourse: Perpetuation of New Racism through Forms of Stereotyped Bodies in Food Products Logos |
| Filza Naveed | |
| Lorinda Peterson | |
| Lisa Pietersma | “A Shimmer in Depth”: Farming, Memory, and the Domestic Rural Aerial |
| Karen Raddon |
| Name | Title of Final Project or Thesis |
|---|---|
| Craig Berggold | |
| Paul Ebbs | |
| Adam Lewis | |
| Smita Mitra | Can the Baul Speak? Development Hegemony and Baul cultural production in West Bengal |
| Christine Shu | Wooing the Domestic Audience: Recent Trends in Contemporary Taiwan Cinema |
| Emily Tamfo | AIDS, Citizenship & Multiculturalism: An Analysis of Canadian HIV/AIDS Media Discourses and Representations |
| Jennifer Turner | From Swimming to Singing: Life after High Performance Sport – Exploring the Embodied Experience of a Female in Sport and Music |
| Name | Title of Final Project or Thesis |
|---|---|
| Nicole Bedford | |
| Julie Bourassa | Radio, What’s New? Exploring the Meaning of Web-Based Radio in Canada |
| Mohammad Dokhanchi | Islamic Governmentality –Was Foucault wrong about Iran? |
| Alia Elmasry | The why now question: Egyptian revolution and the role of visual media (Aperture) |
| Amy Freier | |
| Colin Hastings | |
| Raissa Killoran | |
| Nafisa Murji | Multiplicity in Cinema: Filmic Representations of South Asian Canadian Experiences |
| Sarah Stanley |
| Name | Title of Final Project or Thesis |
|---|---|
| Gianna Aldrovandi | Screened Latinas: The Changing Stereotypes of Latinas in Modern American Television |
| Sara Aly | “Reviving the Islamic Spirit Convention”: Re-Thinking Muslim Religious Diasporic Identity |
| Zhi Lei | The Portrayal of Vancouver's Chinatown as a Porous and Transgressive Contact Zone in Contemporary Chinese Canadian Fiction |
| Cynthia Mykytyshyn | “Where the Wild Things…Aren’t?” |
| Aida-Sofia Rivera-Sotelo | |
| Fumi Sakata | |
| Erin Sutherland | |
| Victoria Millious | Babes, Booby Traps and Milk Banks: Healthism and the ontology of breastfeeding |
| Name | Title of Final Project or Thesis |
|---|---|
| Ellyn Clost | |
| Meredith Dault | |
| Carissa Di Gangi | |
| Claire Grady-Smith | |
| Nadia Franceschetti | |
| Ciara Murphy | |
| Sharday Mosurinjohn | |
| Jessica Parker | Exhibiting Nationalism: Representations of Israel in the Permanent Exhibition of the Museum of the Jewish Diaspora |