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AHMED, SIMRAN (SHE/HER)

Education: BA- Simon Fraser University, MA Criminology - 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)
Email: simran_ahmed@sfu.ca

AIROLA, ALICE

BOUCHARD, JESSICA

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

BUHRIG, RYAN

Education: BA Commerce - University of British Columbia, MA Criminal Justice - University of the Fraser Valley 
Research Interests: Police organizational culture; hegemonic masculinity in policing; police recruitment and training; politicization of policing.
Supervisor/Supervisory Committee: Dr. Garth Davies
Email: ryan_buhrig@sfu.ca

BURK, KEVIN

CHAMPION AMANDA R. (SHE/HER)

Education: BA (Hon.) psychology - Kwantlen Polytechnic University, MA Criminology - Simon Fraser University
Research Interests: Terrorism; misogynist extremism; sexual assault; human sexuality.
Supervisor/Supervisory Committee: Dr. Garth Davies; Dr. Richard Frank; Dr. Raymond Corrado
Email: amanda_champion@sfu.ca

CHIANG, ANITA

DAVIS, KAYON

DE VRIES, SAMANTHA

DEMIR, GOKSEL

DOERING, SARA (SHE/HER)

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

DOWDALL, COURTNEY (SHE/HER)

Education: BA Criminal Justice - University of the Fraser Valley, MA Criminal Justice - University of Winnipeg
Research Interests: Homicide; intimate partner violence/homicide; sense-making; coping; hauntology; police culture; law enforcement; abolition; emotional labour; firearm policy; intergenerational violence; indigenous justice; critical criminology.
Supervisor/Supervisory Committee: Dr. Alexandra Lysova and Dr. Curt Griffiths
Email: Courtney_Dowdall@sfu.ca

DUB, DILVUR

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. Curt Griffiths
Email: dilvur_dub@sfu.ca

FARRELL, JACK (HE/HIM)

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

GEORGOULIS, HANA (SHE/HER)

Education: BKin - University of Calgary, MA Criminology - Simon Fraser University 
Research Interests: Sexual violence; sex offending; homicide; criminal investigations; victimology; crime commission.  
Supervisor/Supervisory Committee: Dr. Eric Beauregard
Email: hana_georgoulis@sfu.ca

GLOWATSKI, KRYSTAL

GREGG, MELISSA

GUSHUE, KELSEY

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

HART, MACKENZIE

HYSLOP-MARGISON, CAITLIN (SHE/HER)

Education: BA in Sociology and History (Hons), MA in Sociology - University of New Brunswick
Research Interests: Violent extremism
Supervisor/Supervisory Committee: Dr. Garth Davies
Email: caitlin_hyslop-margison@sfu.ca

JANUS, SORAYA

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)

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)

Education: BA - St. Thomas University, MA - Wilfrid Laurier University 
Research Interests: Corrections; risk-assessment; sentencing; mental health and stress; policy analysis.
Supervisor/Supervisory Committee: Dr. Evan McCuish, Dr. Zachary Rowan, Dr. Danielle Murdoch.
Email:kristina_kocsis@sfu.ca

LAM, VIENNA (SHE/HER)

Education: BA, MA - Simon Fraser University
Research Interests: Forensic anthropology; aquatic body decomposition (taphonomy); water rescue, detection, and recovery; medicolegal investigations; evidence admissibility; environmental criminology; crime analysis; research ethics; thanatology; aquatic deaths; drowning prevention.
Supervisor/Supervisory Committee: Dr. Gail S. Anderson (senior supervisor), Dr. Bryan Kinney
Email: vienna_lam@sfu.ca

LEE, CHELSEY (SHE/HER)

Education: BA (Hons.) Psychology, Major Criminology, MA Criminology - Simon Fraser University
Research Interests: Program evaluation; campus-based sexual violence; gender-based violence; gang crime; crime prevention/intervention; meta-analysis
Supervisor/Supervisory Committee: Jennifer Wong
Email: chelsey_lee@sfu.ca

LOUDEN, RACHELLE (SHE/HER)

Education: BA (Hons.) Criminology - Kwantlen Polytechnic University, MA Criminology - Simon Fraser University
Research Interests: Disinformation; information warfare; hybrid warfare; cybercrime; cyberterrorism; technology facilitated political violence; policing
Supervisor/Supervisory Committee: Dr. Richard Frank
Email: rlouden@sfu.ca

MACDONALD, MITCH

MARTLIN, BRITNY (SHE/HER)

Education: BA in Anthropology and Political science - University of Victoria, MSc in Bioarcheological and Forensic Anthropology - University College London
Research Interests: Forensic Anthropology; underwater body recovery; aquatic taphonomy; humanitarian action; citizen science; detection technology; trauma analysis; bioarchaeology
Supervisor/Supervisory Committee: Dr. Lynne S. Bell (supervisor),Dr. Bryan J. Kinney (committee member)
Email: britny_martlin@sfu.ca

MASSINGALE, KELLEY (SHE/HER)

Education: BS Sociology (criminology emphasis) - University of Idaho, MA Criminology - Simon Fraser University 
Research interests: Extremism; religious violence and movements; terrorism; organized crime; criminal networks; research methods; criminological theory
Supervisor/Supervisory Committee: Dr. Martin Bouchard and Dr. Eric Beauregard (Co-Supervisors)
Email:  kelley_massingale@sfu.ca

MAURE, BEN

Education: BTech (Hon) - BCIT, MA in Social Justice - University of the Fraser Valley
Research interests: Peacekeeping; peacebuilding; international policing; failed states
Supervisor/Supervisory Committee: Dr. Ray Corrado
Email: benoit_maure@sfu.ca

MCGUIRE, MICHAELA | JAAD GUDGIHLJIWAH

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)

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

PASTIA, CRISTINA

PESCITELLI, AYNSLEY

RUESS, SHANA

Ryu, Hana 

Education: BA, MA Criminology - Simon Fraser University
Research Interests: Developmental and life course criminology; family violence; gangs; intimate partner violence; 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)

Education: BA, MA Criminology - 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

SCHIESS, JAKE

SHEN, JEN-LI

TURPIN, CHANTAL (SHE/HER)

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

WARKENTIN, NOELLE (SHE/HER)

Education: BA (Hon) major in psychology - University of Manitoba, MA Criminology - Simon Fraser University 
Research Interests: Cybercrime; cybersecurity; cyber warfare; the psychology of cyberoffenders
Supervisor/Supervisory Committee: Dr. Richard Frank
Email: noelle_warkentin@sfu.ca

WOOD, BECCA (SHE/HER)

Education:BA - University of Birmingham, MA - Simon Fraser University
Research Interests: Violence against women; drug policy; sexual violence; intimate partner violence. 
Supervisor/Supervisory Committee: Dr. Alissa Greer
Email: Beccaw@sfu.ca

WU, EDITH

ZAKIMI, NAOMI (SHE/HER)

Education:BA (Hon), MA Criminology - Simon Fraser University
Research Interests: Drug policy; experiences of people who use drugs across contexts/populations (workers, migrants, etc.); policing and enforcement of drug laws; qualitative research
Supervisor: Dr. Alissa Greer
Email: naomi_zakimi@sfu.ca

ZDJELAR, VANJA (SHE/HER)

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

ZHANG, YUXUAN (CICILIA)

Education: BA, MA - 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