Graduate Students

My advisory roles have followed my two-pronged interests in political geography and contemporary Europe. The two themes do not always go together: I work with students who focus empirically on regions outside Europe and with students whose work in Europe is best characterized as socio-cultural or economic rather than political geography. If you are interested in working with me, feel free to send me your CV and a description of your interests.

Supervisor or co-supervisor (current and past)

Post-Doctoral:

Dr. Juliet Fall.  Swiss National Science Foundation Post-Doctoral Fellow (Co-advisor with Trevor Barnes), 2004-06. Research interests: political geography, borders, environmental conservation, Francophone geography. Dr. Fall is currently Associate Professor at The University of Geneva, Switzerland.

Graduate students:

Genevieve Parente, PhD in Geography, Department of Geography (co-advisor with David Ley). Interests: migration, security, Arctic regions, policy processes.

Duncan Ranslem, MA in Geography, Department of Geography. Interests: identity construction, policy, European Union.

Emilia Kennedy, PhD in Geography, Department of Geography. Interests: policy processes, carbon capture as a political technology.

Alan Grove, PhD in Geography, Department of Geography (co-advisor with Matthew Evenden). Interests: Arctic sovereignty, security.

Michelle Drenker, MA in Geography, Department of Geography. Thesis: ‘European Scientists in Canada: the Transatlantic Brain Drain’

Benjamin Thorpe, MA in Geography, Department of Geography. Thesis: ‘Outside the International: Roma, Europe, and the Leaky Valves of Modernity’.

Lawrence Santiago, PhD in Geography, Department of Geography. Co-advisor with David Ley. Interests: migration of Philippine nurses to Canada and other advanced industrialized countries.

Bettina Fredrich, PhD in Geography, Department of Geography, University of Bern, Switzerland (Advisor: Doris Wastl-Walter). Ms. Fredrich visited UBC for one year as a part of her doctoral programme. Geraldine Pratt and I served as the local supervisors of her work at UBC. Interests: gender, political geography, security, military institutions, civil society.

Naozad Hodiwala, MA in European Studies, Institute for European Studies (Co-advisor with Stefan Gaenzle)

William Magruder, MA in Geography, Department of Geography.

Leif Fritzell, MA in European Studies, Institute for European Studies.

Lachlan Barber, MA in Geography, Department of Geography.

Kerstin Saarkoppel, MA in European Studies, Institute for European Studies, 2002. Co-advisor with Thomas Salumets.

Supervisory committee member (current and past)

Leigh Barrick, MA in Geography, Department of Geography.

SzuYun Hsu, PhD in Geography, Department of Geography.

Alejandro Cervantes, PhD in Geography, Department of Geography.

Melanie Sommerville, PhD in Geography, Department of Geography.

Sage Ponder, PhD in Geography, Department of Geography.

Luna Vives, PhD in Geography, Department of Geography.

Joshua Labove, PhD in Geography, Simon Fraser University.
Karla Smith, PhD in Political Science, Department of Political Science.
Junja Ye, PhD in Geography, Department of Geography.
Bianca Rus, PhD in Women's Studies, Centre for Research in Women's Studies and Gender Relations. Comprehensive Exams Committee member.

Mark Low, MA in Geography, Department of Geography.

Luna Vives, MA in Geography, Department of Geography.
Jonathan Clifton, MA in Geography, Department of Geography.
David Page, MA in European Studies, Institute for European Studies.
Sean Starrs, MA in European Studies, Institute for European Studies.
Anjali Lobo, MA in European Studies, Institute for European Studies.
Viktoria Topalova, MA in European Studies, Institute for European Studies.

University or External Examiner:

Katherine Hecht, PhD in Political Science, Department of Political Science, 2012. University Examiner.

Alex Aylett, PhD in Geography, Department of Geography, 2011. University Examiner

Emma Norman, PhD in Geography, Department of Geography, 2009. University Examiner.

Kristi Raik, PhD in Political Science, Department of Political Science, University of Turku, Finland, 2003. External Evaluator.

Piret Pernik, BA, Sociology, Estonian Institute for Humanities, Estonia, 2000. Thesis opponent.