GRADUATE COMMITTEES
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UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA
Ph.D. R. James Birckhead 1976 Appalachian Snake Handlers
Elizabeth Blake 1978 Labrador Inuit Health Cognition
Carl Urion 1978 Cree-English Bilingual Speech Events
Patrick Douaud 1982 Metis Trilingualism, Lac La Biche, Alberta
Brian Given 1986 Tantric Buddhist Practice
Raija Warkentin 1989 Bira (Zaire) Women and Culture Change
M.A. Lydia Emanuel 1975 Edmonton Ukrainian Parish
Sylvia Dayton 1976 Culture Change
Deborah Root 1983 British Orientalism
John Sorensen 1983 French Orientalism
Simone Gareau 1983 Folk Performance in Edmonton
Judith Pettigrew 1988 Chinese Medicine in Edmonton
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B.A. Doris Windrim 1973 Animate and Inanimate in Cree
Laurie Anderson 1974 Auction Interaction
Joel Minion 1984 Primate Communication
James Scott 1988 Native Culture and Language
Brenda Campbell 1989 Tattoo Culture
Thesis Committees:
Anthropology – 17
Intercultural Education – 5
Elementary Education – 5
Secondary Education – 1
Vocational and Adult Education – 1
Community Development – 1
Comparative Literature – 1
Psychology -1
Business – 1
English – 1
External Examiner:
Stephen O. Murray 1979 Sociology, University of Toronto
Peter Vasiliades 1982 Sociology and Anthropology, Simon Fraser
Program Reviewer:
University of Western Ontario, 1985
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UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO
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Post-Doctoral Supervision:
Ian Kalman 2016-17 Supervisory Committee, Political Science
Robert Hancock 2008-10 SSHRC Post-Doctoral Fellow
Christianne Stephens 2010 SSHRC Post-Doctoral Fellow
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Ph.D. Supervision (* = fieldwork on my SSHRC/CIHR grants):
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ANTHROPOLOGY (Ph.D. Program began in 2003-04)
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*Maria Manzano-Munguia 2009 First Nations NGOs
*Ramazan Aras 2010 Kurdish Identity and Chronic Violence
Mark Dolson 2012 Homelessness in London ON
*Catherine Willson W Narratives of Homeless Men in London
An Ngyuen 2012 Lolita Fashion: Japan and North America
*Gerald McKinley 2012 Windigo and Indigenous Youth Suicide
Brandon Rouleau 2013 Peruvian Urban Migration
*Sherrie Pearce W Place Names and Settlement Patterns
*Ian Puppe 2015 Algonquian Identity, Health, Environment
*Megan Lowthers (co-sup.) 2015 Gender and Migration in Kenya
*Joshua Smith 2015 History of Action Anthropology
*Paulina Johnson 2017 Cree Traditional Governance
*Nathan Dawthorne 2018 Male Sex Workers in London ON
*Bimadoshka Pucan 2019 Saugeen Traditional Knowledge
*Darren Dokis W Environment and Spirituality
*Danielle Alcock (co-sup.) 2019 First Nations Dementia & Alzheimers
*Driton Nushaj Ethnography and Relational Ontology
*Alexandra Nelson (co-sup.) Homelessness in Whitehorse, Yukon
CENTRE FOR THE STUDY OF THEORY AND CRITICISM (Ph.D. Program began in 2002-03)
*Jarrad Reddekop 2014 Relational Ontology/Indigenous Thought
Alexei Pershai W The Dictionary as Cultural Product
James Depew (co-sup.) W Anthropology from Kant to Ethnography
*Eva Cupchik 2019 First Nations Women: Urban and Reserve
Supervisory Committees, Anthropology, 2nd Reader:
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*Tim Bisha 2011 Upper Canada “Exemplary Conduct”
Christine Such 2010 East German Women and Work
*Bradley Votour W Halifax Youth Street Culture
Matt Beaudoin 2013 Ontario Archaeology
Kelly Baker 2014 Halifax Gentrification
Joshua Dent 2016 Theoretical Archaeology
*Bruce Lawrence 2019 Korean-English Language Teaching
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M.A. Supervision (* = Fieldwork on my SSHRC/CIHR Grants):
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Sandra Machin 1992 New Age Healing in London ON
Janice Carter 1993 Metis Fur Trade Genealogies
*Lindy-Lou Flynn 1993 Native Healing Across Canada
*Kathleen Buddle 1993 Native Media Communication
*Theresa McCarthy 1993 Six Nations Iroquois Youth Identity
Holly Martelle-Sawter 1994 Gender and Voice in Huron Ethnohistory
Gordon Roe 1995 Artists’ Models
*Tim Bisha 1996 Acts of Agreement in Algonquian Discourse
*Robert Wishart 1996 Algonquian Hunting Narratives
*Suzanne Miskimmin 1997 Women’s Narratives about C-31
*Molly Turnbull 1997 Algonquian Kinship Interaction
*Craig Proulx 1997 Natives and the Justice System
Dufferin Murray 1998 Rap Music
Paul Hong 1999 Invisible Ethnicity in London Indian Restaurants
Car-Wing Li 1999 Hong Kong Chinese Narratives
Brenda Timmins 1999 Non Face-to-Face Mediation
Leslie Carruthers 1999 Constructing D/deaf Community
Marijke Hols 1999 Constructing Nurses’ Identity
*Christianne Stephens 2003 Residential School Narratives, Walpole Island First Nation
*Catherine Willson 2005 Women and Work
*Jack Conley 2006 Caldwell First Nation
Jorge Chimbinda 2006 Bantu Naming Patterns
*Sadie Donovan 2007 First Nations Education
*Darren Dokis M.A. By-Pass First Nations Ecology and Spirituality
*Joshua Smith M.A. By-Pass History of Action Anthropology
*Leanne Bekeris 2012 First Nations Community Garden
*Danielle Alcock 2014 Intergenerational Narratives of Trauma
*Kristy Nicholson 2014 Invasive Species and Sustainability
Nathan Dawthorne M.A. By-Pass Male Sex Workers in London ON
*Bimadoshka Pucan M.A. By-Pass First Nations Narrative/Ethnohistory
*Michael Cook W Christian Conversion Experiences
*Miriam Jordan W Oneida Translation
*Wade Paul First Nations Health
Second Reader (selected):
*Bruce Lawrence Oneida Linguistic Syncretism
*Karen Pennesi Water Quality Discourse, Walpole Island
CENTRE FOR THE STUDY OF THEORY AND CRITICISM:
Terry Hoople 1995 S/M Cooperative Strategies
Julie Petruzellis 2000 Theorizing Aboriginal Citizenship
*Elizabeth Guerrier 2001 Mik’maq Fishing Rights
*Margaret MacPherson 2002 Theorizing the Everyday
*Dolleen Manning 2005 Ojibwe Oral Tradition and Community
Shannon Foskett 2006 Deleuze and the Metaphysics of Science
*Gerald McKinley 2008 Native American Literature and Identity
Siobohan Watters 2014 Food Distribution in Conflict and Crisis
Won Jeon Resonance & Patterns that Connect
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Thesis Examining Committees (Completed):
Ph.D. English – 3
Philosophy – 2
History – 3
Education – 3
Theory and Criticism – 3
Media Studies – 3
Sociology – 1
Music – 2
Anthropology – 4
M.A. Anthropology – 42
Theory and Criticism – 24
Media Studies – 7
Kinesiology – 1
English – 1
Occupational Therapy – 2
Education – 2
History – 2
Sociology – 1
Psychology – 1
ECOSYSTEM HEALTH (PATHOLOGY): M.A. Supervisory Committees:
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Katie Schoemaker 2009 Mercury Contamination at WIFN
Julie Hill 2009 POPs Contamination at WIFN
Godfrey Otieno Onyongo 2010 Kenyan Intern (UWO supervisor)
Zara Jahedmotlagh 2011 Mercury Pollution Analysis
Susan Jepkemoi 2012 Kenyan Intern (UWO Supervisor)
ECOSYSTEM HEALTH (PATHOLOGY): Ph.D. Supervisory Committee:
Phaedra Henley 2014 Biomonitoring, Sustainability
Ph.D. Supervisory Committees:
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David Carlson 2019 English
Julian Evans Theory and Criticism
Miranda Nittynen Women’s Studies
Sharon Lindenberger English
Grant Dempsey Theory and Criticism
Boba Samuels 2014 Education
Julia Bickford 2012 Health Sciences
Christy Bressette 2008 First Nations Education
Margaret MacPherson W Ivey School of Business
Michelle Hamilton 2002 History
David Norton 2004 History
EXTERNAL EXAMINER:
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M.A. Mark Tyrell 1992 Canadian Studies, Carleton University
Wicca
Ph.D. George Fulford 1994 Anthropology, McMaster University
Cree Children’s Drawings
Allan J. Ryan 1995 Anthropology, Univ. of British Columbia
Trickster Themes in Native Art
Yvonne Dion Buffalo 1996 American Studies, SUNY Buffalo
3 Generations of Family Women
Deborah Jackson 1998 Anthropology, University of Michigan
Native Identity in Flint MI
Derek Blair 1999 Anthropology, University of Calgary
Medicine Wheel Symbolism
Neil McLeod 2005 Plains Indian Studies, Univ. of Regina
Cree Narrative Memory
Marc Pinkoski 2006 Anthropology, University of Victoria
J. Steward’s Historical Materialism
Heather Shpuniarsky 2012 Indigenous Studies, Trent University
Anishinaabe and Hodenosaunee
Marianne Nicolson 2013 Interdisciplinary Studies, Univ. of Victoria
Kwakwaka’wakw Language & Art
Cathrena Narcisse 2016 Anthropology, Univ. of British Columbia
Indigenous Perspectives on First Nations Land Use in B. C.
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MCMASTER UNIVERSITY
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Thesis Supervisory and Examining Committees, Ph.D. completed:
Kathleen Buddle-Crowe 2001 First Nations Media
Theresa McCarthy 2006 Negotiating Six Nations Identity
Christianne Stephens 2009 Walpole Island Toxic Talk
PROGRAM REVIEWER
1995 University of Toronto, Anthropology (OCGS)
1998 Wilfrid Laurier University, Sociology and Anthropology
2003 American Studies, SUNY Buffalo
2006 M.A. in Public Anthropology, Universities of Guelph and Waterloo
2012 M.A. in Public Anthropology, University of Guelph (for OCGS)
2013 Contemporary Studies, Wilfrid Laurier University, Brantford
2016 Anthropology, St. Mary’s University, Halifax
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