PhD Students

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Nicole McMahon

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Supervisor(s): Professor C. Alcantara
nmcmaho@uwo.ca
www.nicolefmcmahon.com

Dissertation
Transgender Visibility in Military Policy and Anti-Discrimination Legislation: Comparing Canada to Australia

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For more information on Nicole's research and teaching, please visit nicolefmcmahon.com.

Caleb Althorpe

Supervisor(s): Professors R. Vernon & C. Jones
calthorp@uwo.ca
calebalthorpe.com

Dissertation 
Justice and Meaningful Work

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For more information on Caleb's research and teaching, please visit: calebalthorpe.com.

PhD Candidates

Jacob Allin

Supervisor(s): Professor A. Harmes
jallin24@uwo.ca
SSC 7330

Dissertation 
Strategic Campaigning: Explaining Differences in Leadership Strategies

Hayl Al-Salehi

Supervisor(s): Professor TBD
halsale3@uwo.ca
SSC TBD

Dissertation 
TBD

Ryan Atkinson

Supervisor(s): Professor E. Simpson
ratkin23@uwo.ca
SSC 7313

Dissertation
NATO’s Cyber Defence Strategy; Deterrence; Hybrid Warfare

Merlin Beier

Supervisor(s): Professor M. Horak
mbeier@uwo.ca
SSC 4208

Dissertation
Self-Dismembering States: Peaceful Secessions As a Solution to Domestic Coalition-Building

Elise Brown

Supervisor(s): Professor C. Jones
ebrow73@uwo.ca
SSC 4207

Dissertation
Subjects in Water Justice

Michelle Caplan

Supervisor(s): Professor L. Stephenson 
mcaplan3@uwo.ca
SSC 4212

Dissertation
Interest Groups in an Online World: An Analysis in Three Parts

Jamie Chow

Supervisor(s): TBD
jchow244@uwo.ca 
SSC 7311

Dissertation 
TBD

James Collie

Supervisor(s): Professor Dick
jcollie5@uwo.ca
SSC 7332

Dissertation
The Dead Roots of the Living Tree: A Progressive Critique

Axel Dery

Supervisor(s): TBD
adery2@uwo.ca
SSC TBD

Dissertation 
TBD

Gabriel de Souza Barbosa

Supervisor(s): Professor M. Horak
gdesouz2@uwo.ca
SSC 7317

Dissertation
TBD

Michael Driggers

Supervisor(s): TBD
mdrigger@uwo.ca 
SSC 7325

Dissertation 
TBD

Jan Eckardt

Supervisor(s): TBD
jeckardt@uwo.ca 
SSC 7329

Dissertation 
TBD

Liddell Hastings

Supervisor(s): TBD
lhastin3@uwo.ca 
SSC 7325

Dissertation 
TBD

Jesse Helmer

Supervisor(s): Professor M. Horak
jhelmer@uwo.ca
SSC 4139

Dissertation
The Great Suppression: How The Rules Are Rigged Against Renters

Jenna Kawar

Supervisor(s): Professor TBD
jkawar@uwo.ca
SSC TBD

Dissertation 
TBD

Afifa Khwaja

Supervisor(s): Professor C. Jones
akhwaja5@uwo.ca

Dissertation
Dilemma of Duties: The Conflicting Demands of Human Rights and The Right of States to Self-Determination

Dianne Lalonde

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Supervisor(s): Professor C. Dick
dlalond3@uwo.ca
www.diannelalonde.com

Dissertation
The Political Problem of Cultural Appropriation

Juliette LeBlanc

Supervisor(s): Professor TBD
TBD@uwo.ca
SSC TBD

Dissertation 
TBD

Hugo Machado

Supervisor(s): TBD
hmachad2@uwo.ca
SSC 7332

Dissertation
TBD

Katharine McCoy

Supervisor(s): TBD
kmccoy7@uwo.ca
SSC 7311

Dissertation 
TBD

Jesse Mehravar

Supervisor(s): TBD
jmehrava@uwo.ca
SSC 7327

Dissertation 
TBD

Daniel Mosannef

Supervisor(s): Professor C. Dick
dmosanne@uwo.ca
SSC 7336

Dissertation
Accounting for The Overrepresentation of Indigenous Offenders in Canadian Prisons

Craig Mutter

Supervisor(s): Professor TBD
cmutter@uwo.ca
SSC TBD

Dissertation 
TBD

Megan Payler

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Supervisor(s): Professor D. Armstrong
mpayler@uwo.ca
https://www.meganpayler.com/
SSC 4205 

Dissertation
What Are The Determinants of International State Recognition?

Alvaro Pereira

Supervisor(s): Professor L. Stephenson
aperei65@uwo.ca
SSC 7328

Dissertation
TBD

William Poirier

Supervisor(s): Professor TBD
wpoirier@uwo.ca
SSC TBD

Dissertation 
TBD

Lucas Pokrywa

Supervisor(s): Professor D. Armstrong
lpokrywa@uwo.ca
SSC 7328

Dissertation
Alliance Formation in Armed Conflict (1970-2016): A Resource Mobilization Approach

Farah Rana

Supervisor(s): Professor TBD
frana9@uwo.ca
SSC TBD

Dissertation 
TBD

Jeremy Roberts

Supervisor(s): Professor C. de Clercy
jrobe65@uwo.ca

Dissertation
Study of Variations in The Success of Populist US Electoral Candidates

Tyler Romualdi

Supervisor(s): Prof. C. Anderson
tromuald@uwo.ca
SSC 7330

Dissertation
TBD

Samuel Routley

Supervisor(s): TBD
sroutley@uwo.ca
SSC 7332

Dissertation
TBD

Carmen Salloum

Supervisor(s): TBD
csallou@uwo.ca
SSC 7329

Dissertation 
TBD

John Santos

Supervisor(s): Professor M. Turgeon
jsanto27@uwo.ca
SSC 7328

Dissertation
How Do Citizens Form Opinions About How Government Should Manage Environmental Issues?

Noah Vanderhoeven

Supervisor(s): TBD
nvande43@uwo.ca
SSC 7313

Dissertation 
TBD

Shanaya Vanhooren

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Supervisor(s): Professor Z. Taylor
svanhoo5@uwo.ca
www.shanayavanhooren.com 
SSC 7330

Dissertation
Provincial Party Systems and Policy Agendas

Philip Zuidema

Supervisor(s): TBD
pzuidema@uwo.ca
SSC 7323

Dissertation 
TBD