York University

• Daveeda Goldberg, Humanities, PhD, interim supervisor (2010-)
• Alex Gilbert, Interdisciplinary Studies, MA, supervisory committee (2010-)
• Bill Blackstock, Humanities, PhD, supervisory committee (2010-)
• Kyah Lloyd, Humanities, PhD, supervisory committee (2009-)
• Josh Synenko, Humanities, PhD, supervisory committee, specialized comp 25 Nov 2010 (2009-)
• Kathryn Franklin, Humanities, PhD, supervisor (2009-)
• Aleksandra Bida, Communication and Culture, PhD, supervisory committee, comprehensive exams 14 May 10, dissertation proposal Nov 10 (2009-)
• Justin Derry, Humanities, PhD, supervisor (2008-)
• Ivan Zhavoronkov, Humanities, PhD, supervisor (2009-)
• Inga Untiks, Humanities, PhD, interim advisor (2008-09), supervisor, comprehensive exams 10 Dec 2010 (2008-)
• Francesca D'Angelo, Humanities, PhD, supervisory committee; Comp 1 – 2 Dec 09 Comp 2 – July 6 10 (2006-)
• Carson Phillips, “Conceptualizations of Post-Holocaust Masculinity of Germanic and Jewish Men,” Humanities, PhD, supervisor, comprehensive exams 18 Sept 07, diss. proposal June 09 (2005-)

Completed:

• Rachel Yan, "The Critique of the Postmodern Pursuit of Authentic Selfhood," University of Hong Kong, Comparative Literature, MA, external examiner, Jan 11
• Joe Hodes, "From India to Israel – The Journey of a Jewish Community," Humanities, PhD, Dean's Representative, defended 12 Jan 11
• Fiona Stewart, “‘In the Beginning was the Garden’: Anna Lesznai and Hungarian Modernism 1906-1919,” York Humanities, PhD, supervisory committee, comprehensive exams 26 Feb 08, dissertation proposal Aug 08, defense 7 Jan 2011 (2007-)
• Elke Grenzer, “Architecture, Aesthetics and the City: The Problem of Building and Rebuilding the Memory of the Holocaust in Berlin,” York Sociology, PhD, supervisory committee, defended 21 Dec 2010 (2010-)
• Lyse Hébert, “Translational Culture From Within: Cuban and Canadian Perspectives,” York Humanities, PhD, supervisory committee (2007-), defended 8 Dec 10
• Emilie Dion, York Social and Political Thought, PhD, Director’s Representative for comprehensive exams, 11 Nov 10
• Robert Beghetto, “Italo Svevo’s Zeno’s Conscience,” York Humanities, MRP, 2nd reader, completed Sept 10
• Ivan Zhavoronkov, “Symbolism in Friedrich Nietzsche’s Thus Spake Zarathustra,” York Humanities, MRP, supervisor, completed June 09
• Daniel Marrone, “Between Panels: Nostalgia in the Work of Daniel Clowes,” York Communication and Culture, MA, supervisory committee, defended 02 June 09
• Anthony Metivier, “I'll Be There For You: Friendship and Serial Killer Cinema,” York Humanities, PhD, Dean's Representative, defended 3 Apr 09
• Lee Knuttila, “Adapted for the Multitude: A Theory of Early Cinema Spectatorship.”York Film, MA, outside member, defended 14 Nov 08
• Adele Spraggon, “Gender Shame and Its Effects: Visible in Christianity and Reconciled through Imagery,” York Humanities, MRP, 2^nd reader, completed Sept 08
• Jessica Gaiser, “Patrick Sueskinds Kontrabass - Einsamkeit und Psychische Erkrankungen als Folge der Kommunikationslosigkeit in der modernen Gesellschaft,” Waterlo,o German, MA, external evaluator, defended 12 Aug 08
• Dana Patrascu-Kingsley, “Dynamic Ethnicity and Trans Cultural Dialogue: A Study of Selected Central and Eastern European-Canadian Fiction,” York English, PhD, internal external, defended 28 March 08
• Colette Granger, "Silent Moments: A Psychoanalytic Autoethnography of Learning and Teaching," York Education, PhD, internal external, defended 15 Sept 07, winner of the 2007-2008 York Dissertation Prize
• Kumudu Kusum Kumara, “Politics Beyond Governance: Reclaiming the Public Realm – A Conversation between Michael Oakeshott and Hannah Arendt,” York Sociology, PhD, internal external, defended 04 Sept 07
• John Gudmundson, York Humanities, PhD, interim supervisor (2007-08)
• Natalia Barykina, “Urban Theory in Minsk,” York Communication and Culture, MRP, supervisor, completed May 07
• Lee Kuhnle, “Towards a Theology of the Profane: Form and Function of the Religious in Walter Benjamin’s Passagen-Werk,” York Humanities, MRP, supervisor, completed Aug 06
• Katrina Sark, “The New Berlin in the New Germany – an Unfinished Project,” York Humanities, MRP, supervisor, completed Aug 06
• Katie Franklin, “Goodbye to Gisa,” York Humanities, MRP, 2nd reader, completed Aug 05

Withdrew:

• Rhonda Dynes, “Voices from the Canvas: Evaluating the use of positioning theory and discourse analysis in analyzing the construction of self in the life writing of Canadian Women Artists,” English, PhD, supervisory committee (2007-)
• Melina De Guglielmo, Interdisciplinary Studies, MA, interim supervisor (2007-2008), supervisory committee (2007-)
• Natalia Markewycz, Humanities, PhD, supervisor (2007-)
• Stefka Lubenova, “Terminal Projects: Planning, Resistance, Re-usage in the City,” Sociology, PhD, supervisory committee, dissertation proposal Sept 08 (2006-)