PhD Alumni
Please find below our PhD graduates, with a brief biography
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Derek Andrews – PhD ĢAV 2025Derek will be starting a postdoc position on October 1st at the Goethe University Frankfurt in the Normative Orders research institute’s global health justice program.Thesis: Psychiatric Natural Kinds: Implications for Nosology, Practice, and Policymaking |
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Tiffany Gordon – PhD ĢAV 2024Tiffany is a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Sociology and Social Anthropology at ĢAV. She formally manages the African Nova Scotian Justice Institute’s (ANSJI) “Data Collection and Justice System Accountability Unit.” Her daily work was to manage research projects, including a restorative justice project that is catered to the Black community.Thesis:A Black Feminist’s Defence of Retribution, Incarceration and Reform |
Erik Nelson – PhD ĢAV 2024Erik is a visiting Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Mount Allison UniversityThesis:The Nonlinguistic Mind: Nonlinguistic Concepts, Normativity and Animal Cognition |
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Emily Bingeman - PhD ĢAV 2020Emily is the McCain Post-Doctoral Fellow at Mount Allison University. |
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Katie Stockdale - PhD ĢAV 2017Katie is an Associate Professor of Philosophy at .Thesis: Oppression and the Struggle for Hope |
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Samantha Copeland - PhD ĢAV 2015Samantha is an Assistant Professor in the Ethics Philosophy of Technology section of the department of Values, Innovation and Technology at Delft University of TechnologyThesis: The Case of the Triggered Memory: Serendipitous Discovery and the Ethics of Clinical Research |
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Eve Roberts - PhD ĢAV 2015Eve is an .Thesis: System-driven research: legitimate experimental design for biological/biomedical research. |
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Warren Heiti - PhD ĢAV 2014
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Michael Doan - PhD ĢAV 2014Michael is an Associate Professor in Philosophy at .Thesis: Complacency and Motivational Vice |
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Adam Auch - PhD ĢAV 2012Adam is a Writing Advisor at the ĢAV Writing Centre |
Meredith Schwartz - PhD ĢAV 2011Meredith is a Clinical and Organizational Ethics Councillor for the Montreal West Island Integrated University Health and Social Services. (Formerly Meredith was an Assistant Professor in the Department of Philosophy at Ryerson University). |
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Christina Behme - PhD ĢAV 2011Christina is a faculty member in theThesis: "Cartesian Linguistics: From Historical Antecedents to Computational Modeling" |
Ami Harbin - PhD ĢAV 2011Ami is an . |
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Lisa Kretz - PhD ĢAV 2008Lisa was an Associate Professor in theThesis: "Reconceptualizing the Ecological Self" |
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Victoria Seavilleklein - PhD ĢAV 2008Victoria is a Clinical Ethicist in ’ Central Zone and a Clinical Lecturer with the John Dossetor Health Ethics Centre. |
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James Anderson - PhD ĢAV 2007James Anderson is a Bioethicist for , Toronto, Canada; and an Assistant Professor in the |
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Jenna Woodrow - PhD ĢAV 2007Jenna is an Associate Teaching Professor in the Department of Philosophy at Thompson Rivers University.Thesis: "Luck and Responsibility" |
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Kira Tomsons - PhD ĢAV 2006Kira is a faculty member in the .Thesis: "Oppression: A Conceptual Analysis" |
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Christy Simpson - PhD ĢAV 2001Christy is an Associate Professor in the |
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Carolyn McLeod - PhD ĢAV, 1999Carolyn is a Professor in the She is also an affiliate member of the Department of Women's Studies and Feminist Research, and a member of Rotman Institute of Science and Values.Thesis: "Self-Trust and Reproductive Autonomy" |
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Nancy Salay - PhD ĢAV, 1998Nancy is Continuing Associate Professor in theThesis: "Reconciling a Naturalistic Theory of Meaning with Intentions: The Causal/Conceptual Approach" |
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Wayne Fenske - PhD ĢAV, 1995Wayne is a faculty member in the . |
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Susan Dimock - PhD ĢAV 1994Susan is a University Professor in the .Thesis: "Personal Autonomy" |
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Bob Bright - PhD ĢAV 1991Bob was an Associate Professor in the Department of Philosophy, University of Manitoba until 2006. |