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Congratulations Dr. Chris Martin!

Congratulations to our newest PhD graduate, Dr. Carolyn Eckert, who successfully defended her dissertation, "Punctuated Ethos: Addressing Trust, Credibility and Expertise in Times of Crisis." The dissertation supervisor was Dr. Ashley Mehlenbacher and the readers were Dr. Heather Love and Dr. Brianna Wiens. The external examiner was Dr. Nathan Johnson and the internal/external examiner was Dr. Elena Neiterman. The defence was chaired by Dr. Mark Crowley.

Congratulations to our newest PhD graduate, Dr. Giuseppe Femia, who successfully defended his dissertation, "Failure in Disability Game Studies." The dissertation supervisor was Dr. Neil Randall, and the readers were Dr. Jay Dolmage and Dr. Jordana Cox. The external examiner was Dr. William Joseph White and the internal/external examiner was Dr. Karen Cochrane. The defence was chaired by Dr. Richard Cleve.

Congratulations to our newest PhD graduate, Dr. Kyle Gerber, who successfully defended his dissertation, "Figuring Forgiveness: Dramatistic Aspects of Forgiveness in an Anabaptist Context." The dissertation supervisor was Dr. Randy Harris and the readers were Dr. Heather Smyth and Dr. Bruce Dadey. The external examiner was Dr. John Moffatt and the internal/external examiner was Dr. Carol Penner.

Congratulations to our newest PhD graduate, Dr. Mahnoor Bano, who successfully defended her dissertation, "Patriarchy, Power and Protest: Women’s Agency in South Asian and African Literature."

Congratulations to recent PhD graduate, Dr. Chitra Karki, who successfully defended his dissertation, "A Decentering Other of the Academy: Disrupting the Ordinariness of Racism and English Native Speakerism in Canadian University Education, and in the Study and Teaching of Writing in Canadian Writing Classrooms." 

List of graduates for spring 2025.

Congratulations to our newest PhD graduate, Dr. Chris Giannakopoulos! Chris's dissertation is titled "Knowing Language: The Poetics of Epistemology in Jan Zwicky, Paul Muldoon, and Geoffrey Hill." His supervisor was Dr. David Williams and readers were Dr. Ken Hirschkop and Dr. Kevin McGuirk. His external examiner was Dr. Eric Falci, and the internal/external examiner was Dr. Andrew Faulkner. His defence was chaired by Dr. Shannon Majowicz.

Congratulations to our newest PhD graduate, Dr. Stephanie Samboo! Stephanie's dissertation is titled "Changing Education One Story at a Time." Her supervisor was Dr. Frankie Condon, and her readers were Dr. Jay Dolmage and Dr. Barbara Schmenk. The external examiner was Dr. Asao Inoue, and the internal/external examiner was Dr. Kim Nguyen. The defence was chaired by Dr. Marta Berbes.

Congratulations to our newest PhD graduate, Dr. Michael Domonchuk! Michael's dissertation is titled "Confronting the Entity: The Implied Presence and Transcending the Role of Voyeur in Horror Cinema." His supervisors were Dr. Kevin McGuirk and Dr. Alice Kuzniar, and his readers were Dr. Marcel O'Gorman and Dr. John Savarese. The external examiner was Dr. André Loiselle, and the internal/external examiner was Dr. James Skidmore. The defence was chaired by Dr. Pavle Radovanovic.