Graduate Students

My research interest focuses on ICT (Information and Communication Technology) based sustainable development of agriculture. The examination of the socio-cultural perspectives of ICT insofar its potential to promote the livelihoods of farmers is of great interest to the advancement of this field.

Young Women Farmers in Rural Ontario, agriculture, women, farming, young farmers

violence against women, safety planning, feminism, sociology of space/place, decolonization, qualitative methods

women, work, education, race, diversity, culture, LGBTQ2S, identities, ethnicity, social change, marginalization, feminist theory, critical race theory, intersectionality, marxism, mixed methods, and community based research.

My doctoral dissertation explores young women’s experiences with undesired but consensual hookups. My research interests include women’s sexual health, rape culture, and feminist criminology.

Indigenous tourism, authenticity, representation, truth and reconciliation, decolonization, community engagement

foreign aid, humanitarian aid, refugees, citizenship, food aid distribution, food security, food sovereignty

Cyberbullying on Snapchat; Adolescent Snapchat Use; Routine Activity Theory

public health; chronic illness; Fibromyalgia; mothering; stigma; disability

Gendered consumption; diet and identity formation; habitus; veganism; sociology of the body

Sexual Violence, Feminist Theory, Critical Masculinity Studies, Qualitative Methods, University Campus Sexual Assault

Indigenous justice, specialized Indigenous courts, decolonization, Indigenous methodologies

voice of young Indigenous women, health and wellness, empowerment, decolonization, community-based participatory research, arts based methodologies 

Identity Politics; Men’s Rights Movements; Anti-Feminist Movements; Masculinity; Reactive Identity Formation

Public health, chronic illness, well-being, quality of life, inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), stigma, disability, social intervention, public awareness

South Asian women’s experiences with part-time work

(Im)migrant settlement and integration, social inclusion and belonging, (im)migration pathways and precarious status, ideologies and public discourse surrounding (im)migrants and (im)migration to Canada

Food Security, Nutrition, Public Health, International Students

Research interests/keywords: marginalized youth, youth justice, homelessness and crime, subcultures, specialized courts (MA)

Child abductions, Canada, news media, media portrayals, moral panic and moral regulation theory

Media constructions of the police.

self-harm online support forums, desistance from crime and deviance, symbolic interactionism