GRADUATE STUDENT PROFILES

ALLEN, MARCEL

BECK, NATALIE (She/Her)

Education: BA Criminology (Hon) - Simon Fraser University 
Research Interests: Crime prevention/intervention; program evaluation; meta-analysis; outdoor recreational therapy; youth justice; gangs and gang crime; policy analysis.
Supervisor/Supervisory Committee: Dr. Jennifer Wong
Email: nbeck@sfu.ca

BISON, ALICE (SHE/HER)

Education: BA in Criminology (Hon) - Saint Mary's University 
Research Interests: Program evaluation; intimate partner violence; sexual offending.
Supervisor/Supervisory Committee: Dr. Jennifer Wong
Email: alice_bison@sfu.ca

BROWN, SYDNEY

CHARAN, KOUSHAL

CHONG, JOEUN (SHE/HER)

Education: BA Criminology (Honours) - Simon Fraser University
Research Interests: Cybercrime; sex trafficking; cyber slavery (labour trafficking); use of machine learning and Natural Language Processing (NLP) to detect human trafficking activity online; transnational organized crime.
Supervisor/Supervisory Committee: Dr. Richard Frank          
Email: joeunc@sfu.ca

CHOWDHURY, CASS (SHE/HER)

Education: Joint BA in Anthropology & Archaeology - Simon Fraser University, BA (Hons) in Criminology - Simon Fraser University
Research Interests: Gender variance in skeletal remains; human rights-focussed forensic anthropology
Supervisor/Supervisory Committee: Dr. Gail S. Anderson
Email: cchowhdu@sfu.ca

COOPER, BAILEY (SHE/HER)

Education: BA in Honours Psychology - University of the Fraser Valley
Research Interests: Victimology; intimate partner violence; dating violence.
Supervisor/Supervisory Committee: Dr. Lysova/Current committee member: Dr. Amanda McCormick (UFV)
Email: blc12@sfu.ca

DHANDA, PARDEEP

DU PLESSIS, EMMA

DUNN, ABBY

ESPINOZA, MARCELO

Education: BA Criminology (Honours) - Simon Fraser University 
Research Interests: Coercion in the CJS; interrogation tactics; policing and police powers; wrongful convictions; legal responses to terrorism; criminal law. 
Supervisor/Supervisory Committee: Prof. David MacAlister          
Email: marcelo_espinoza@sfu.ca

HEIRATI, MARJAN

Education: BA English Journalism - School of Media Studies, Tehran, Iran; MA English Literature - Razi University of Kermanshah, Kermanshah, Iran
Research Interests: Qualitatively research; family law.
Supervisor/Supervisory Committee: Dr. Ted Palys; Dr. Down Rault (committee member)
Email: marjan_heirati@sfu.ca

HENLEY, KAITLIN (SHE/HER)

Education: BA in Criminal Justice (Hon) - University of Winnipeg
Research Interests: Social networks; organized crime; gang violence; criminal trajectories; women in organized crime; desistance
Supervisor/Supervisory Committee: Dr. Martin Bouchard
Email: kaitlin_henley@sfu.ca

KYNE, ASHLEY

Education: BA (Honours) - Simon Fraser University
Research Interests: Offender risk assessment, corrections policy; recidivism; Indigenous justice, resurgence, and sovereignty; MMIWG2
Supervisor/Supervisory Committee: Dr. Evan McCuish                
Email: akyne@sfu.ca

MACCALLUM, HANNAH ROSE (SHE/THEY)

Education: BA Criminology - Saint Mary's University
Research Interests: Sexual violence; homicide; developmental and life course criminology; research methods
Supervisor/Supervisory Committee: Dr. Eric Beauregard                
Email: hannah_maccallum@sfu.ca

MAJOR, FAITH

MANNS, KAILA

Education: BA Major in Criminology - Simon Fraser University
Research Interests: Developmental life course criminology; young offenders; psychosocial development of children and youth; intervention/prevention; policy analysis; mental health; child psychopathy; offender typologies.
Supervisor/Supervisory Committee: Dr. Raymond Corrado, Dr. Garth Davies (committee member)
Email: kaila_manns@sfu.ca

MCDONALD, KAYLEIGH

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

MCKENDRICK, KAITLIN

MCPHERSON, ALANNAH (SHE/HER)

Education: BA Criminology - Simon Fraser University
Research interests: Drug policy; developmental and life course criminology; gangs; mental health; social networks; substance use; youth offending; youth justice policy and programming.
Supervisor/Supervisory Committee: Dr. Evan McCuish
Email: alannah_mcpherson@sfu.ca

METCALFE, DANA

Education: BA Criminology (with Distinction) - Simon Fraser University
Research interests: Critical issues in Canadian national security, including the exploitation of policy gaps by extremist groups; evolving threats posed by technology; extremist recruitment transcending virtual boundaries; and the balance between privacy and security in the digital age.
Supervisor/Supervisory Committee: Dr. Richard Frank and Dr. Garth Davies.
Email: dana_metcalfe@sfu.ca

MIERZWA, TYLER

Education: BA Criminology (Honours) - Simon Fraser University
Research interests: Crime radiation; crime at bars; catalytic converter theft; place management; crime and place; police strategies.
Supervisor/Supervisory Committee: Dr. Shannon Linning, Dr. Martin Andresen (committee)
Email: tmierzwa@sfu.ca

NAIDU, JASMIN

Education: BA Criminology (Honours), Minor Sociology - Simon Fraser University
Research interests: Racial bias and discrimination in the Criminal Justice System; policing; social justice.
Supervisor/Supervisory Committee: Dr. Sheri Fabian; Dr. Andrea Krüsi.
Email: jasminn@sfu.ca

NAMORO, JANINE (SHE/HER)

Education: BA Criminology (Honours) - Simon Fraser University
Research interests: Policing; women in policing; intersectionality in law enforcement; evidence-based policing.
Supervisor/Supervisory Committee: Dr. Rylan Simpson 
Email: janine_namoro@sfu.ca

NEGRIN, SARAH (SHE/HER)

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

NEILSEN, KIA

Education: BA in Criminal Justice (with distinction) - University of the Fraser Valley
Research interests: Recidivism; reintegration of offenders; intellectual disabilities and the CJS; crime prevention; corrections; intimate partner violence
Supervisor/Supervisory Committee: Dr. Jennifer Wong
Email: kia_neilsen@sfu.ca

NIELSEN, JONAH

OATES, KAILEE

OXLEY, PIPPA

PACHOLSKI, CASSIE (SHE/HER)

Education: BA Criminology (Honours) - Simon Fraser University
Research Interests: Re-entry; wrongful conviction; social justice; health risks of incarceration; biological explanations of crime
Supervisor/Supervisory Committee: Dr. Gail anderson
Email: cpachols@sfu.ca

PARENTE, ANGELICA (SHE/HER)

Education: BA in Criminology, minor in Counselling and Human Development - Simon Fraser University
Research Interests: The relationship between brain trauma and criminal behaviour.
Supervisor/Supervisory Committee: Dr. Gail anderson
Email: aparente@sfu.ca

POULIN, MEGAN

ROBERTSON, COURTNEY

Education: BA in Criminology and Psychology - Simon Fraser University
Research Interests: Human trafficking; sex crimes; organized crime; gang networks; street gangs; young offenders; gun violence; attitudes towards offending.
Supervisor/Supervisory Committee: Dr. Martin Bouchard
Email: cra49@sfu.ca

ROSTOMYAN, MANÉH (SHE/HER)

Education: BA in Psychology, minor in Law and Society - University of British Columbia
Research Interests: Information warfare; dis/mis/malinformation; cybercrime; organized crime; radicalization; terrorism; extremism
Supervisor/Supervisory Committee: Dr. Richard Frank 
Email: maneh_rostomyan@sfu.ca

SCHLUFF, BAYLEE

SKRUDLAND, AUGUST

Education: BA Honours (Sociology) - University of Saskatchewan
Research Interests: Sexual violence; homicide; offender decision-making; hostage and barricade incidents; police investigations.
Supervisor/Supervisory Committee: Dr. Eric Beauregard
Email: august_skrudland@sfu.ca

SMITH, PAYTEN (SHE/HER)

Education: BA - Simon Fraser University
Research Interests: Wrongful Convictions; post-release resources; reintegration; science myths; faulty science; forensic sciences
Supervisor/Supervisory Committee: Dr. Gail S. Anderson (senior supervisor)
Email: paytens@sfu.ca

TIEN, LEO

Education: BA, BASc - Simon Fraser University
Research Interests: Developmental and lifecourse criminolog; young offenders; biological explanations of crime; experimental criminology. 
Supervisor/Supervisory Committee: Dr. Evan McCuish  
Email: lctien@sfu.ca

VON DE BOVENKAMP, ALEC

WARD, JOCELYN

YOUNG, JACOB

ZDJELAR, IVANA

Education: BA, Criminology - Simon Fraser University; Post Baccalaureate Gender, Sexuality, and Women's Studies - Simon Fraser University
Research Interests: Terrorism; radicalization; environmental criminology; place management; crime place networks; cybercrime.
Supervisor/Supervisory Committee: Dr. Garth Davies and Dr. Shannon Linning.
Email: izdjelar@sfu.ca