Faculty of Arts + Social Sciences Profiles: 2023

  • January 05, 2023

    January 05, 2023

    Letícia is pursuing her MA in International Studies, coming from Brazil as an International Relations professional. Letícia's interest focuses on social change, human rights and migration.

  • January 05, 2023

    January 05, 2023

    Lisa is an anthropology master's student and a recipient of the SSHRC CGS-Masters Scholarship. From her research, Lisa hopes to gain a greater understanding of the complexity and diversity of Muslim women's experiences within a Canadian context.

  • January 09, 2023

    January 09, 2023

    Samantha is a doctoral student in the School of Criminology and a recipient of the SSHRC Doctoral Fellowship. Samantha's research is focused on wildlife criminology.

  • January 10, 2023

    January 10, 2023

    Ihsan is a criminology master's student and a recipient of the CGS Master's Scholarship. With her research focused on correction, she hopes to contribute to improving Canada's criminal justice system.

  • January 12, 2023

    January 12, 2023

    Shawna is a doctoral student of gerontology and a recipient of the SSHRC Doctoral Fellowship. Shawna currently studies the impact of social isolation on the health of older adults, especially throughout the COVID-19 pandemic.

  • January 16, 2023

    January 16, 2023

    Medha is a clinical psychology student and a recipient of the CGS Master's Scholarship. Medha's current research focuses on examining factors contributing to the development of persistent post-concussion symptoms.

  • April 17, 2023

    April 17, 2023

    Pavel is a sociology master's student who studies sociologically inclined theoretical perspectives on the collapse of the Soviet Union.

  • June 01, 2023

    June 01, 2023

    Dr. Xiaolin Sun completed her PhD in the Department of Economics where she explored the mechanisms behind social programs, for instance, investigating the effects of electricity grids on employment and healthcare programs on expenditure to demonstrated the power of econometrics in comprehending intricate systems and informing evidence-based decision-making.

  • June 01, 2023

    June 01, 2023

    Tiara Cash completed her master's degree in the Department of Psychology where she researched the relationship between life transitions and everyday acts of kindness as a strategy for boosting well-being in first-year university students.

  • July 05, 2023

    July 05, 2023

    Caitlin Courchesne is a doctoral student in SFU’s Clinical Psychology researching mental health interventions for adults with persisting post-concussion symptoms. (SSHRC doctoral fellowship; Kruger Products Bicultural entrance fellowship, BC graduate scholarship, and Dean's graduate fellowship)

  • July 05, 2023

    July 05, 2023

    Dana Graham Lai is a PhD student in the Department of English using interdisciplinary methods of literary criticism applied to eighteenth and nineteenth-century Scottish women’s writing. (SSHRC-CGS doctoral award, David and Mary Macaree Graduate Fellowship)

  • September 12, 2023

    September 12, 2023

    Troy Boucher is a doctoral student in the Clinical Psychology program. He is in the Autism and Developmental Disabilities Lab (ADDL) conducting research in autism and intellectual disability across the lifespan.(Vanier scholarship, Robert Russell Family First Nations Graduate Scholarship, Dean’s Graduate Fellowship, BC Graduate Scholarship, and SSHRC Canada Graduate Scholarship)