Cultural Studies Graduate Theses and Projects

All theses or projects completed by Cultural Studies students are listed below by date. Click on the title of a thesis or project to see its abstract; it may be possible to review the whole work. Some theses may be restricted, which means they are unavailable to the public for 5 years. If you wish to see a restricted thesis you can submit a request by following the link to the thesis and using the form provided. Please note the decision to share the document is at the discretion of the author. 

PhD Graduates

Name Title of Final Project or Thesis
Angela Alberry
Hiba Ali
Ozlem Atar
Lindsay Brant
Dian Day
Christina Fabiani
Sanita Fejzic
Mo Horner
Izabeau Legendre
Benedictus Mattson
Jill Price
Melanie Proulx
Jessica Sealey
Angela Silver
Sarah Stanley
Camille Usher

Name Title of Final Project or Thesis
Daphne Brouwer
Sean Callaghan
Teresa Carlesimo
Sebastian De Line
Simge Erdogan O'Connor
Rena Karanouh
Sunny Kerr 
Michael Lukaszuk
Tanya Lukin-Linklater
Prerna Subramanian

Name Title of Final Project or Thesis
Bronwyn Jaques
James Kwatang-Yeboah
Robin McDonald
Lorinda Peterson
Laura Phillips
Samia Saad
Colin Simonds
Tanzina Tahereen

 

Name Title of Final Project or Thesis
Daniel Asante
Rawaa Bakhsh &Բ;
Andre Basheir
Yasmine Djerbal
Sydney Hart
El Jones
Miles Howe
Golam Rabbani
Natasha Stirrett
Ellyn Walker

Name Title of Final Project or Thesis
Julia Chan
Kaziwa Dylan
Stefy McKnight
Morgan Oddie
Lindsay Rodgers
Lib Spry
Maya Stitski
Galen Watts

Name Title of Final Project or Thesis
Mohamed Abdou
Taylor Currie
Sarindar Dhaliwal
Milad Dokhanchi
Mimi Gellman
Jamie Jelinski
Lois Klassen
Jennifer Lemche
Spencer Revoy
Adam Saifer
Daniel Vena
Amanda White

Name Title of Final Project or Thesis
Pia Banzhaf
Leah Decter
Elizabeth Diggon
Ian Fanning
Steven Maynard
Freddy Monasterio-Barso
Shawn Newman

Name Title of Final Project or Thesis
Tabasum Akseer
Michael  Gauthier
Reena Kukreja
Nicholas Montgomery
Erin Sutherland
Ayca Tomac
Deniz Zorlu

Name Title of Final Project or Thesis
Ian Alexander Cuthbertson
Lisa Figge
Meaghan Frauts
Lara Fullenwieder

Name Title of Final Project or Thesis
Shelley Aylesworth-Spink
Jaspreet Bal
Jessica Marion Barr
Mansoor Behnam
Zaira Zarza Blanco
May Chew
Karl Hardy
Jessica Jacobson-Konefall
A.W Lee
Noel K. McDermott
Barbara Meneley
Sharday Mosurinjohn
Joanne Rotermundt-de la Parra

Name Title of Final Project or Thesis
Jobb Arnold

MA Graduates

Name Title of Final Project or Thesis
Re Parsons
Toleen Touq
Emily Veysey

Name Title of Final Project or Thesis
Paul Clifford
Tianna Edwards
Em Harmsen
Christopher Hemer
Melissa Morris
Evalyn Parry
Xavier Philippe-Beauchamp

Name Title of Final Project or Thesis
Dylan Chenier
Darrell Christie
Antoine Devroede
Angela Shi
Maite Simard

Name Title of Final Project or Thesis
Lubna Alarda
Chloée Godin-Jacques
Paul Hanlon
Shoni Nerenberg Brief Exploration of American State Militarism and White Supremacy and its Relationship to Contemporary Non-State-Sanctioned White Supremacist Organizing in the US Military
Isabelle Semmelhack
Isaac White
Rebecca Wissink
Roy Zheng

Name Title of Final Project or Thesis
Usman Ahmed Chinese-Canadian relations: Highlighting the Unifying Past, Tense Present, and Uncertain Yet Hopeful Future (From an Insider’s Perspective)
Danae Elon
Megan LaPierre
Rebecca Marquez
Barbara Constance Matthews Wiedmaier
Lea Mauas
Lauren Paparousis
Isabel Whitehead Siding with the Bad Guys: Villainous Protagonists in Crime Media

Name Title of Final Project or Thesis
Alejandro Bascope Alipaz
Emma Bass
Joshua Hawley
Lisa Ravensbergen
Xenia Reloba de la Cruz
Dana Sidebottom
Daniel Simpson
Rachel Wyatt

Name Title of Final Project or Thesis
Natalia Equihua Bracho
Daphne Brouwer
Priscila de Oliveira Falcao
Lauren Jaques
Nichol Kaiser
Emma Konst
Michelle O'Halloran
Gözde Öncil
Ky Pearce
Sylvie St-Jacques Protesting after the Fall: An analysis of how Qualitative and Participatory Action Research methods can support a deeper understanding of the student protest movement at UKZN

Name Title of Final Project or Thesis
Adil Ahmed
Maria Kyres
Chengcheng Ma Deadpool Playing Myth: An Analysis of the "Secondary Narrative" in Deadpool's Promotional Images
Julia Blakey
Andrea Ried
Victoria Sicilia
Kristen Cochrane

Name Title of Final Project or Thesis
Kala Bechard
Jessica Davey-Quantick
Bronwyn Jaques
Junyu Ke
Katherine Kopiak
Nicole MacDougall
Carina Magazzeni
Stéfy McKnight
Dalia Thamin
Andrew Rabyniuk
Galen Watts
Shalon Webber-Heffernan

Name Title of Final Project or Thesis
Pansee H. Abou El Atta
Jessica Burgess
Elena Cecchetto Visual Entrapment in Colonial Discourse: Perpetuation of New Racism through Forms of Stereotyped Bodies in Food Products Logos
Filza Naveed
Lorinda Peterson
Lisa Pietersma “A Shimmer in Depth”: Farming, Memory, and the Domestic Rural Aerial
Karen Raddon

Name Title of Final Project or Thesis
Craig Berggold
Paul Ebbs
Adam Lewis
Smita Mitra Can the Baul Speak? Development Hegemony and Baul cultural production in West Bengal
Christine Shu Wooing the Domestic Audience: Recent Trends in Contemporary Taiwan Cinema
Emily Tamfo AIDS, Citizenship & Multiculturalism: An Analysis of Canadian HIV/AIDS Media Discourses and Representations
Jennifer Turner From Swimming to Singing: Life after High Performance Sport – Exploring the Embodied Experience of a Female in Sport and Music

Name Title of Final Project or Thesis
Nicole Bedford
Julie Bourassa Radio, What’s New? Exploring the Meaning of Web-Based Radio in Canada
Mohammad Dokhanchi Islamic Governmentality –Was Foucault wrong about Iran?
Alia Elmasry The why now question: Egyptian revolution and the role of visual media (Aperture)
Amy Freier
Colin Hastings
Raissa Killoran
Nafisa Murji Multiplicity in Cinema: Filmic Representations of South Asian Canadian Experiences
Sarah Stanley

Name Title of Final Project or Thesis
Gianna Aldrovandi Screened Latinas: The Changing Stereotypes of Latinas in Modern American Television
Sara Aly “Reviving the Islamic Spirit Convention”: Re-Thinking Muslim Religious Diasporic Identity
Zhi Lei The Portrayal of Vancouver's Chinatown as a Porous and Transgressive Contact Zone in Contemporary Chinese Canadian Fiction
Cynthia Mykytyshyn “Where the Wild Things…Aren’t?”
Aida-Sofia Rivera-Sotelo
Fumi Sakata
Erin Sutherland
Victoria Millious Babes, Booby Traps and Milk Banks: Healthism and the ontology of breastfeeding

Name Title of Final Project or Thesis
Ellyn Clost
Meredith Dault
Carissa Di Gangi
Claire Grady-Smith
Nadia Franceschetti
Ciara Murphy
Sharday Mosurinjohn
Jessica Parker Exhibiting Nationalism: Representations of Israel in the Permanent Exhibition of the Museum of the Jewish Diaspora