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List of graduating students.

Congratulations to our newest PhD graduate, Dr. Justin Carpenter! Justin's dissertation is titled "Relationality and Ecosystem: On the Narrativity of Generative Systems in Literature and Video Games." His supervisor was Dr. Ken Hirschkop and readers were Dr. Michael MacDonald and Dr. Heather Smyth. His external examiner was Dr. Stephen Ramsay and the internal/external examiner was Dr. Mina Momeni. His defence was chaired by Dr. Jenine McCutcheon.

Congratulations to our newest PhD graduate, Dr. Alexi Orchard! Alexi's dissertation is titled "Interdisciplinary Pedagogy for Ethical Engineering and Responsible Innovation". Her supervisor was Marcel O'Gorman and Jennifer Boger and readers were Heather Love and Brad Mehlenbacher. Her external examiner was Brent Jesiuk and the internal/external examiner was Paul Heidebrecht. Her defence was chaired by Heather Mair.

Congratulations to our newest PhD graduate, Dr. Shannon Lodoen! Shannon's dissertation is titled "Subjectivity Under the Smartphone:
A Rhetorical Examination of Digital Communications Technologies." Her supervisor was Andrew McMurry and readers were Dr. Lai-Tze Fan and Dr. Winfried Siemerling. The external examiner was Dr. Casey Boyle and the internal/external examiner was Dr. Shana MacDonald. Her defence was chaired by Dr. Rajibul Islam.

Congratulations to our newest PhD graduate, Dr. Elianne El-Amyouni! Elianne's dissertation is titled "Political Identity Expression in Palestinian Youth Subcultures". Her supervisor was Ken Hirschkop and readers were Kevin McGuirk, Heather Smyth and Jens Hanssen. The external examiner was Ted Swedenburg and the internal/external examiner was Rowland Keshena Robinson. Her defense was chaired by Urs Hengartner.

Congratulations to our newest PhD graduate Dr. Lara El Mekaui! Lara's dissertation is titled "Hesitant Belonging: Understanding Generational Traumas of Forced Migration in Black and Palestinian Diaspora Contemporary Transnational Fiction." Lara's supervisors were Dr. Heather Smyth and Dr. Jay Dolmage and readers were Dr. Veronica Austen and Dr. Vinh Nguyen. Her external examiner was Dr. Yasmeen Abu-Laban and the internal/external examiner was Dr. Nazli Akhtari.  

Congratulations to our newest PhD graduate, Dr. Hannah Watts! Hannah's dissertation is titled "Cognitive Constellations: Neurodivergent Aesthetics in 20th Century Experimental Poetries". Her supervisor was Jay Dolmage and readers were Kevin McGuirk and Aimée Morrison. The external examiner was Michael Davidson and the internal/external examiner was Michael Boehringer. Her defense was chaired by Leonardo Simon.

We're proud to announce the names of the English Language and Literature students who received their degrees at the fall 2023 convocation this past weekend. Congratulations to all!

Congratulations to UWaterloo English’s newest PhD, Dr. Samuel Rowland! On September 22nd, successfully defended his dissertation, “Sounds of the Land of Promise: Listening to Ralph Ellison’s Metaphors of Memory in Invisible Man” The supervisor was Dr. Kevin McGuik with committee members Dr. Ken Hirschkop (UWaterloo English) and Dr. Victoria Lamont (UWaterloo English). The internal/external was Dr. Andrew Hunt, and the external was Dr. Thomas Carmichael, University of Western Ontario. 

Congratulations to our newest PhD graduate, Dr. Maša Torbica! Maša's dissertation is titled "Idle No More: A Rhetorical Analysis of a Movement"; her supervisor was Heather Smyth and readers were Frankie Condon and Linda Warley. The external examiner was Pauline Wakeham and the internal/external examiner was Kelsey Leonard. Her defense was chaired by Colleen Maxwell.