Current Students
Curricula Vitae
Please scroll down to find CVs of candidates for, and graduates of, the Interdisciplinary PhD degree. You can click on the blue hyperlink of a person's name to view their CV.
Announcements
- Congratulations to Opeyemi Jaunty-Aidamenbor for having successfully defended her PhD thesis on December 15, 2025.
- Congratulations to Janelle Skeard for having successfully defended her PhD thesis on June 19, 2025.
- Congratulations to Alexis (Ali) Maureen McGill, a recent graduate of our IDPhD program, on becoming the first Chair-holder of the new Research Chair in Health Innovation at the University of New Brunswick: https://blogs.unb.ca/newsroom/2024/12/health-innovation-research-chair.php
Welcome to New Students of the 2025-2026 Academic Year
| Student Name | Supervisory Committee |
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| Aimee Melissa Roebothan |
Dr. Christopher B.R. Smith, School of Social Work, Memorial University Dr. Gillian Kolla, Faculty of Medicine, Memorial University Dr. John T. Weber, School of Pharmacy, Memorial University
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| Hashna Binte Nahar |
Dr. Armin Hatefi, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Memorial University Dr. Emmanuel Haven, Faculty of Business Administration, Memorial University Dr. Jacqueline Blundell, Faculty of Science, Memorial University
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| Nasim Makaremi Nia |
Dr. Andrew Testa, School of Fine Arts (Grenfell Campus), Memorial University Dr. Gerard Curtis, School of Fine Arts (Grenfell Campus), Memorial University Dr. Jennifer A. Selby, Department of Religious Studies, Memorial University
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Students of the 2024-2025 Academic Year
| Student Name | Supervisory Committee |
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| Amie Florance Richards |
Dr. Harris Berger, School of Music, Memorial University Dr. April Pike, Faculty of Nursing, Memorial University Dr. Jennifer Dyer, Department of Gender Studies, Memorial University
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| Chau Bao Phung |
Dr. Octavia Dobre, Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science, Memorial University Dr. Trung Duong, Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science, Memorial University Dr. Emmanuel Haven, Faculty of Business Administration, Memorial University
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| Jesse Schnobb |
Dr. David LeFrancois, Department of Education, University of Quebec at Outaouais Dr. Emmanuel Haven, Faculty of Business Administration, Memorial University Dr. Hannah Snyder, Department of Marketing, BI Norwegian Business School
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Keith Matthews |
Dr. Edward Kendall, Faculty of Medicine, Memorial University Dr. Tom Cooper, Faculty of Business Administration, Memorial University Dr. Sean Cadigan, Department of History, Memorial University
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Miriam Bowlby
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Dr. Barry Stephenson, Department of Religious Studies, Memorial University Dr. Nicholas Lynch, Department of Geography, Memorial University Dr. Tom Cooper, Faculty of Business Administration, Memorial University
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Patience Ahiaku |
Dr. Octavia Dobre, Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science, Memorial University Dr. Trung Duong, Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science, Memorial University Dr. Emmanuel Haven, Faculty of Business Administration, Memorial University Dr. Nathan Grieve, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Acadia University
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Shelley Neville
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Dr. Jacqueline Blundell, Department of Psychology, Memorial University Dr. Jane Leibel, School of Music, Memorial University Dr. David Buley, Faculty of Education, Memorial University
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| Tisia Stemp |
Dr. Harris Berger, School of Music, Memorial University Dr. Daniel Peretti, Department of Folklore, Memorial University Dr. Carlos Bazan, Faculty of Business Administration, Memorial University
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Students of the 2023-2024 Academic Year
| Student Name | Supervisory Committee |
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| Jonathan Dredge |
Dr. Chansoo Park, Faculty of Business Administration, Memorial University Dr. Dale Kirby, Faculty of Education, Memorial University Dr. Andrea Migone, Faculty of Arts, Toronto Metropolitan University
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| Somina Eka |
Dr. Kimberly Jarvis, Faculty of Nursing, Memorial University Dr. Eric Tenkorang, Department of Sociology, Memorial University Dr. Paul Issahaku, School of Social Work, Memorial University
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Yiyin Liu |
Dr. Dianne P. Ford, Faculty of Business Administration, Memorial University Dr. Vicki Sara Hallett, Department of Gender Studies, Memorial University Dr. Amanda Bittner, Department of Political Science, Memorial University
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Melika Sefidari |
Dr. Shannon Hoff, Department of Philosophy, Memorial University Dr. Jennifer Dyer, Department of Gender Studies, Memorial University Dr. Nancy Pedri, Department of English, Memorial University
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| Megan MacKinnon |
Dr. Meghan Burchell, Department of Archaeology, Memorial University Dr. Suzanne Dufour, Department of Biology, Memorial University Dr. Alan Wanamaker, Department of Geological and Atmospheric Sciences, Iowa State University
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| Courtney Lancaster |
Dr. Anne Burke, Faculty of Education, Memorial University Dr. Todd Hennessey, School of Fine Arts, Memorial University Dr. Tom Cooper, Faculty of Business Administration, Memorial University
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| Christine Fearing |
Dr. Leah Lewis, Faculty of Education, Memorial University Dr. Giovana del Negro, Department of Gender Studies, Memorial University Dr. Eliza Chandler, School of Disability Studies, Toronto Metropolitan University |
Students of the 2022-2023 Academic Year
| Student Name | Supervisory Committee |
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| Esraa Abouamin |
Dr. Desai Shan, Faculty of Medicine, Memorial University Dr. Kim Cullen, School of Human Kinetics and Recreation, Memorial University Dr. Tom Cooper, Faculty of Business Administration, Memorial University
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| Christine Goudie |
Dr. Carlos Bazan, Faculty of Business Administration, Memorial University Dr. Stephen Czarnuch, Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science, Memorial University
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| Giorgia Mezzetti |
Dr. Sergio Caprara, Department of Physics, University of Rome La Sapienza Dr. Emmanuel Haven, Faculty of Business Administration, Memorial University Dr. David Orrell, Systems Forecasting
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| Hadi Moradi |
Dr. Emmanuel Haven, Faculty of Business Administration, Memorial University Dr. Ivan Saika-Voivod, Department of Physics and Physical Oceanography, Memorial University
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| Giuseppe Pasqualino |
Dr. Amy Hurford, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Memorial University Dr. Jane Heffernan, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, York University Dr. Amy Greer, Ontario Veterinary College, University of Guelph
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| Christy Walters |
Dr. David Churchill, Department of Computer Science, Memorial University Dr. Dale Kirby, Faculty of Education, Memorial University Dr. Tom Cooper, Faculty of Business Administration, Memorial University
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Students In Progress
- Andrew Dixon
- Angela Antle
- Angela Barbara Power
- Apu Akbar
- Christine Goudie
- Courtney Lancaster
- Francis Anokye
- Ian Petty
- Jalaleddin Afzal
- Javier Rojas
- Jeffrey J. Howard
- Jesse Schnobb
- Marlene Power
- Melika Sefidari
- Shannon Christine Fraser
- Shelley Neville
- Ukeme Eka
- Urmila Palit
- Wendy Reid Fairhurst
Graduates
- Ali McGill
- Amy Hudson
- Ashok Pandey
- Brennan Lowery
- Brian MacIsaac
- Brit Kolditz
- Carol-Ann Galego
- Chris Alyward
- Cristina Fabretto
- Entessar Al-Harahsheh
- Janelle Skeard - awarded the Smallwood Research Grant
- Kat Lord
- Kellie Baker
- Kristen Lowitt
- Lori Clarke
- Margot Maddison-McFadyen
- Martha MacDonald
- Opeyemi Jaunty-Aidamenbor
- Pam Hall
- Peter Duchemin
- Rona Rangsch
- Sarah Minnes
- Sharon Halfyard
- Sharon Trenholm
- Sherine Khattab
- William Hicks