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Before you apply to these ULethbridge graduate programs, you must secure a supervisor:
  • Master of Arts
    • excluding Economics
  • Master of Music
  • Master of Science
  • Doctor of Philosophy

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Brent Devos

Modern Languages and Linguistics
Spanish Golden Age Literature, Spanish Golden Age theatre, Textual criticism, Works of Pedro Calderón de la Barca (1600-1681). Topics: Historical staging practice, Works of Pedro Calderón de la Barca, Textual…

Peter Dibble

Chemistry and Biochemistry
Organic Synthesis, Applied organic spectroscopy, Isobenzofurans, Cyclophanes, Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, Ring-chain tautomerism. Topics: Isobenzofurans, Cyclophanes, Ring-chain tautomerism, Theoretically interesting molecules, Molecular…

Susan Dieleman

Philosophy
The inaugural Jarislowsky Chair in Trust and Political Leadership at ULethbridge, Dr. Dieleman is a philosopher whose grant- and award-winning research focuses on democracy, inclusion, and progress. She is currently writing a monograph on the topics…

Sandra Dixon

Education
Faith-based practices Multicultural counselling/competence Gender issues; Social justice Ethno-cultural Issues Counselling immigrants Cultural identity development

Jon Doan

Kinesiology and Physical Education
​Parkinson's Disease, Biomechanics, Locomotor Activity/Movement Disorders, Motion Analysis, Occupational Safety and Health, and Exercise.

Athena Elafros

Sociology
​My current research focuses on three distinct, yet interrelated, areas of research: 1) social inequality, popular culture, and cultural production, 2) ethnicity, identities, and intersectionality, and 3) gay-straight alliances within Canada and the…

Christopher Epplett

History
Ancient Sports and Entertainment Ancient Military History The Hellenistic Age Topics: The Roman Frontier in Britain The Roman Frontier under Augustus Roman Beast-Hunts (Venationes) If you contact me, please include: Full Name and E-mail…

David Euston

Neuroscience
Damage to the prefrontal cortex, a part of the frontal lobes, can result in poor planning, unreasonable risk taking, and inappropriate social behaviour. The prefrontal cortex thus plays a crucial role in decision-making and emotional-regulation,…

Andrew Fiori

Mathematics, Mathematics and Computer Science
Number Theory, Algebraic Geometry Topics: Computational Problems in Number Theory, Algebraic Groups, Geometry in the p-adic local Langlands Correspondence, Modular Forms. If you contact me please include CV, (Unofficial) Transcript, Description…

Lawrence Flanagan

Biological Sciences
I am a plant biologist and ecosystem ecologist. I make use of a variety of research techniques including: eddy covariance and chamber-based gas exchange analyses, stable isotope analyses, and some remote sensing measurements to study the structure…

Denton Fredrickson

Art
Sculpture, Media Art, Digital Design and Fabrication Topics: Sculpture, Media Art, Digital Design and Fabrication If you contact me, please include: Name and contact information

Gideon Fujiwara

History
​Gideon's research looks at early modern to modern Japan, intellectual networks, kokugaku (nativism or National Learning), community, nation and nationalism, regionalism, modernity, and information access. Currently, he is working on a book…

Elizabeth Galway

English
A Professor of English, I am Board of Governors Research Chair in Children's Literature and Culture (Tier 1), and Co-Director of the Institute for Child and Youth Studies (I-CYS). My research interests include: Children's literature; 19th-century…

Daya Gaur

Computer Science
Design and analysis of approximation algorithms for optimization problems, supported by NSERC Discovery Grant 2014-2019.

Inge Genee

Indigenous Studies / Modern Languages and Linguistics
Indigenous language revitalization, Blackfoot language, linguistic typology, sociolinguistics Topics Indigenous language revitalization, Blackfoot language, linguistic typology, sociolinguistics

Michael Gerken

Chemistry and Biochemistry
Fluorine Chemistry, Main-Group Chemistry, High-Oxidation-State Transition-Metal Chemistry, NMR Spectroscopy, Vibrational Spectroscopy, X-ray Crystallography Topics: main-group fluorides, transition-metal fluorido complexes in high oxidation…

Beth Gerwin

Modern Languages and Linguistics
French nineteenth-century literature (in particular Honoré de Balzac and Gustave Flaubert), French realism, Representations of difference, gender and sexual difference, Nineteenth-century continental philosophy (such as phenomenology) and…

Hamed Ghanbari

Finance
Empirical Derivatives Pricing, Machine Learning If you contact me, please include: Background, CV, Interest

Pascal Ghazalian

Economics
International Economics; Development Economics; Agricultural and Resource Economics; Food Economics; Applied Econometrics Topics: Trade Policy; Trade Barriers; Trade in Agricultural and Food Products; Trade in Manufactured Products; Regional Trade…

Robbin Gibb

Neuroscience
Experiential influences on brain development. Factors influencing recovery after early brain injury. Topics: Parental experience and its influence on brain development. Remediation of deficits arising from early brain injury. Executive function…

Dylan Girodat

Chemistry and Biochemistry
Focus on investigating how macromolecular machines move as part of their core functionality. The model system that we study is the ribosome, the macromolecular assembly responsible for protein production in cells. To study the motions of ribosomes…

Monique Giroux

Music
Monique Giroux holds the Canada Research Chair in Métis music and is an Associate Professor in the Music Department. She completed her PhD in ethnomusicology at York University (2013), focusing on fiddle music as a site of Indigenous/settler…

Cam Goater

Biological Sciences
Ecology and evolution of host/parasite interactions – The focus in my lab is on the ecology and evolution of animal parasites and their hosts. In our parasite-centred focus, we are interested in how natural selection shapes patterns of parasite…

George Gonzalez

Accounting
Experimental Research Method Topics Taxation

Claudia Gonzalez

Kinesiology
Cognitive Neuroscience, Perception, Action, & Cognition, Executive Function, Aging, Developmental Psychology & Neuroscience, Brain Plasticity, Stroke, Recover of Function.

Kara Granzow

Sociology
​Dr. Kara Granzow's research and teaching interests include gender and sexuality studies; medicine and science studies; feminist and post-foundational theory; research methodology; critical race studies; and memory studies. Granzow has a particular…

Elaine Greidanus

Education
Technology and mental health; Using technology to reduce barriers in accessing health services in rural populations; and Simulation-based approaches to interdisciplinary health team education.

Aaron Gruber

Neuroscience
​Dr. Gruber’s laboratory investigates the neural basis of attention and decision making in complex environments, with a focus on how neuromodulators such as dopamine influence neural synchronization, information encoding, and learning in cortical…

Thelma M. Gunn

Research Design, Research Methods, Cognitive Educational Psychology, Early Career Teachers Research Topics of Interest Beginning Teachers (Personal and Professional Factors; Attrition and Retention); Pre-Service Teacher Preparation; Teacher…

Lars Hallstrom

Political Science, Prentice Institute
Public Policy; Environmental policy and Governance; Multi-level governance; Planning; Rural and municipal politics and policy; Rural development; Comparative politics; International Relations; Political Economy; American politics; Public Health;…

Jean-Denys Hamel

Chemistry and Biochemistry
Organic chemistry; Organic synthesis; Organofluorine chemistry; Catalysis Topics: Fluorination; Fluorinated building blocks; Fluorinated carbenes; Fluoroalkenes; Fluorinated bicyclic molecules; C-H functionalization; C-F activation;…

John Harding

Religious Studies
Primary areas of interest include Japanese Buddhism and the cross-cultural exchange between Asia and the West that has shaped the development of modern Buddhism worldwide in the past century and a half. This has included research on Buddhism in…

Ryan Harper-Brown

New Media
Video, Social Media, Comedy, App and VR Experiences designed for children Topics Video, Social Media, Comedy, App and VR Experiences designed for children If you contact me include Contact information, research…

Maureen Hawkins

English
Modern & contemporary drama, Irish drama, and post-colonial drama. Topics: Irish historical drama, Modern tragicomedy.

David Hay

History
History of warfare, violence and of women and gender in the Middle Ages, Military career of Countess Matilda of Canossa (1046-1115), Contemporary reactions to a woman's leadership in war, Medieval military theory and theology, The Crusades, Canon…

Paul Hayes

Chemistry and Biochemistry
Organometallic chemistry, Inorganic chemistry, Organic chemistry, Catalysis, Synthesis, Early transition metal chemistry, Late transition metal chemistry, Polymerization, Green chemistry, Air sensitive chemistry. Topics: Catalysis, Synthesis,…

Paul Hazendonk

Chemistry and Biochemistry
Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy, Computational Chemistry, Polymer Chemistry, Fluoropolymers, Fuel Cells, Composite Materials, Spin Dynamics, Chemical Exchange, Solid-state. Topics: Solid-State, Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Fuel Cell,…

Michelle Helstein

Kinesiology and Physical Education
Cultural studies, poststructural feminist theory, and popular culture as they intersect with sport, physical activity and the body, Media constructions of physical activity and sport discourses, Production and consumption of cultural identities,…

Peter Henzi

Psychology
Animal behaviour

Caroline Hodes

Women and Gender Studies
Canadian constitutional law, archives and court registries as itinerant sites of encounter and exchange, the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, Indigenous Rights and Title, International Law, Settler Colonialism, Discourse Analysis, Feminism,…

Michelle Hogue

Indigenous Studies
​Schools of Thought, Educational Approaches, Philosophical Traditions in Education, Cultural and Health, Education Systems, Program Management (Education), and Epistemology of Education.

Kenneth Holyoke

Geography & Environment
Pre-Contact archaeology in North America/Eastern Canada, Cultural Resource Management archaeology, hunter-gatherer archaeology, place-making, ethnohistory, Wabanaki archaeology Topics: Lithic technology; quarry sourcing, and exchange;…

Kenneth Holyoke

Geography and Environment
Ken Holyoke's expertise is in pre-Contact archaeology on the Maritime Peninsula, an area encompassing the Maritime Canadian provinces and adjacent parts of Quebec and Maine. Ken has over 15 years’ experience in academic and consulting archaeology…

Christopher Hopkinson

Geography and Environment
Remote Sensing, Lidar / Laser Scanning, Cold Regions Hydrology, Forest & Wetland Ecosystems, Climate Change, Mountain Environments Topics: Water Resources, Biomass Modeling, Environmental Change, 3D data modeling and error assessment If you…

Shahadat Hossain

Mathematics and Computer Science
Computational Optimization, Complex Network Analytics, High-Performance Computing

Bryn Hughes

Music
Dr. Hughes' research interests include music cognition, music theory pedagogy, and popular music analysis. His dissertation involved an investigation of harmonic expectation in twelve-bar blues progressions. Topics: Music cognition, music theory…

Ken Ito

Psychology
Trained as a social and cultural psychologist Topics: 1. Cultural beliefs, attention, perception, and emotion. 2. Environmental psychology and climate change adaptation 3. Consumer psychology of green marketing If you contact me, please…

Andrew Iwaniuk

Neuroscience
My research interests are broad and currently encompass three major areas of research: Evolutionary Neurobiology Neuroendocrine Control of Social Behaviours Neurobehavioural Effects of Endocrine…

Harold Jansen

Political Science
Dr. Jansen will only consider supervisory inquiries from students interested in the Master of Arts in Political Science and who have completed previous course work in Canadian politics. Canadian politics, specifically elections and voting in…

Feng Jiao

Finance
Dr. Jiao holds a Ph.D. in finance from the Desautels Faculty of Management at McGill University. His research interests include international finance, cross-listed securities, and its implications in investment and market microstructure. He is a…