Graduate Student Profiles
Ahmed, Simran (she/her)
MA Student
Education: BA - Simon Fraser University
Research Interests: Risk assessments; sex offending; intimate partner violence; corrections policy and practice; police community relations
Supervisor/Supervisory Committee: Dr. Maaike Helmus (supervisor), Dr. Evan McCuish (committee member)
Email: simran_ahmed@sfu.ca
Blakley, Taline
MA Student
Education: BA - Univesity of Regina
Research Interests: Young offenders; children and youth in care; developmental criminology; mental health and addictions
Supervisor/Supervisory Committee: Dr. Evan McCuish
Email: talineb@sfu.ca
Dube-Mather, Taylor (she/her)
MA Student
Education: BA - Mount Royal University
Research interests: Coerced sterilization of Indigenous women in a contemporary context; biological explanations of crime; death investigation
Supervisor/Supervisory Committee: Dr. Gail S. Anderson
Email: taylor_dube-mather@sfu.ca
Georgoulis, Hana (she/her)
MA Student
Education: BKin - University of Calgary
Research interests: Serial sexual homicide; sexual violence; victimology; criminal investigations.
Supervisor/Supervisory Committee: Dr. Eric Beauregard
Email: hana_georgoulis@sfu.ca
Girn, Alysha (she/her)
MA Student
Education: BA Criminology - Simon Fraser University
Research interests: Organized crime; social network analysis; criminal achievement; criminal trajectories
Supervisor/Supervisory Committee: Dr. Martin Bouchard
Email: alyshag@sfu.ca
Hage-Hassan, Ihsan (she/her)
MA Student
Education: BA Psychology, Criminology (Hon) - Simon Fraser University
Research interests: Correctional institutions; prisoners and their rights; prisoners’ re-entry and reintegration programs.
Supervisor/Supervisory Committee: Dr. Curt Griffiths, Dr. Danielle Murdoch
Email: ihagehas@sfu.ca
Hanson, Kenzie (she/her)
MA Student
Education: BA - Simon Fraser University
Research interests: Intimate partner violence; homicide; victimology; qualitative research; vicarious victimization
Supervisor/Supervisory Committee: Dr. Alexandra Lysova (senior supervisor), Dr. Colton Fehr
Email: kenzieh@sfu.ca
Ling, Ruby (she/her)
MA Student
Education: BA - University of Alberta
Research Interests: Cybercrime; women and gender studies; extremism; netnography; qualitative research; terrorism
Supervisor/Supervisory Committee: Dr. Richard Frank
Email: ruby_ling@sfu.ca
McDonald, Kayleigh
MA Student
Education: BA - Mount Royal University
Research Interests: Sexual offending; network analysis
Supervisor/Supervisory Committee: Dr. Evan McCuish (senior supervisor), Dr. Martin Bouchard
Email: kayleigh_mcdonald@sfu.ca
Negrin, Sarah (she/her)
MA Student
Education: BA - Simon Fraser University
Research interests: Terrorism and political violence; radicalization; terrorist and violent extremist exploitation of the internet; hate crime; mis/disinformation and conspiracy theories.
Supervisor/Supervisory Committee: Dr. Garth Davies
Email: sarah_negrin@sfu.ca
Qi Liu, Shu (she/her)
MA Student
Education: BA - Mount Royal University
Research Interests: Cryptomarkets; dark web; cybercrime; dark net markets
Supervisor/Supervisory Committee: Dr. Richard Frank
Email: sql1@sfu.ca
Reagan Wong, Andrea
MA Student
Education: BA - Simon Fraser University
Research Interests: Sex work; Canadian law; criminal law; procedure and evidence; policing
Supervisor/Supervisory Committee: Dr. Bryan Kinney (senior supervisor), Dr. Tamara O’Doherty
Email: asfei@sfu.ca
Smith, Payten (she/her)
MA Student
Education: BA - Simon Fraser University
Research Interests: Arson; crime scene analysis; fire pattern analysis; wrongful convictions; science myths; Canadian contexts; negative corpus
Supervisor/Supervisory Committee: Dr. Gail S. Anderson (senior supervisor)
Email: paytens@sfu.ca
Wong, Emma
MA Student
Education: BA - Simon Fraser University
Research Interests: Asian-Canadian hate crimes during COVID-19; Asian-Canadian perceptions of local police; lived experiences of ethnic minorities; fear of crime; feelings of safety.
Supervisor/Supervisory Committee: Dr. Stephanie Wiley
Email: emma_wong@sfu.ca
Zhang, Yuxuan (Cicilia)
MA Student
Education: BA - 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
Bouchard, Jessica
PhD Student
Education: BA - St. Thomas University
MA - Simon Fraser University
Research Interests: Program evaluation; community-based corrections; meta-analysis; crime prevention/intervention; policy analysis; evidence-based practices
Supervisor/Supervisory Committee: Dr. Jennifer Wong
Email: jessica_bouchard@sfu.ca
Dub, Dilvur
PhD Student
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. Jennifer Wong
Email: dilvur_dub@sfu.ca
Doering, Sara (she/her)
PhD Student
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
Farrell, Jack (he/him)
PhD Student
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
Gushue, Kelsey
PhD Student
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
Janus, Soraya
PhD Student
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
King, Steff (they/them)
PhD Student
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)
PhD Student
Education: BA - St. Thomas University
MA - Wilfrid Laurier University
Research Interests: Corrections and penology; mental health and mental illness; stress; criminal responsibility; quantitative research methods; mixed methods research; policy analysis
Supervisor/Supervisory Committee: Dr. Evan McCuish, Dr. Danielle Murdoch
Email: kristina_kocsis@sfu.ca
Lam, Vienna (she/her)
PhD Student
Education: BA, MA - Simon Fraser University
Research Interests: Forensic anthropology; taphonomy; thanatology; aquatic deaths; drowning prevention.
Supervisor/Supervisory Committee: Dr. Gail S. Anderson (senior supervisor), Dr. Bryan Kinney
Email: vienna_lam@sfu.ca
McGuire, Michaela | Jaad Gudghiljiwah
PhD Student
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)
PhD Student
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
Reale, Kylie
PhD Student
Education: BA - Ryerson University
MA - Simon Fraser University
Research Interests: Offender decision-making; behavioural analysis; crime-commission processes; criminal investigations; criminal expertise and detection avoidance in sexual crimes
Supervisor/Supervisory Committee: Dr. Eric Beauregard
Email: kylie_reale@sfu.ca
Ryu, Hana
PhD Student
Education: BA, MA Criminology - Simon Fraser University
Research Interests: Criminological theory; developmental and life course criminology; gangs; 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)
PhD Student
Education: BA - 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
Turpin, Chantal (she/her)
PhD Student
Education: BSc (Hon) Anthropology, BSc (Hon) Forensic Science - Trent University
MA Criminology - Simon Fraser University
Research Interests: Technology-facilitated sexual violence; online sexual harassment; harassment in video game culture
Supervisor/Supervisory Committee: Dr. Sheri Fabian (co-lead supervisor), Dr. Bryan Kinney (co-lead supervisor), Dr. Richard Frank (committee member)
Email: cturpin@sfu.ca
Ueda, Momo (she/her)
PhD Student
Education: BSc - University of British Columbia
MA - Simon Fraser University
Research Interests: Stable isotope forensics; forensic human identification; human geolocation.
Supervisor/Supervisory Committee: Dr. Lynne Bell
Email: mueda@sfu.ca
Wood, Becca (she/her)
PhD Student
Education: BA - University of Birmingham
Research Interests: Animal violence; intimate partner violence; the legal landscape of sentience; captivity and bestiality; sexual violence against women; minority victims
Supervisor/Supervisory Committee: Dr. Gail S. Anderson
Email: Beccaw@sfu.ca
Zakimi, Naomi (she/her)
PhD Student
Education: BA (Hon), MA Criminology - Simon Fraser University
Research Interests: Criminal achievement; criminal capital; social networks; drug crimes; drug policy; mixed methods
Supervisor/Supervisory Committee: Dr. Martin Bouchard
Email: naomi_zakimi@sfu.ca
Zdjelar, Vanja (she/her)
PhD Student
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