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Nicole S. Cohen

Nicole S. Cohen is an associate professor at the University of Toronto. She is the author of Writers’ Rights: Freelance Journalism in a Digital Age, which received the 2017 Gertrude J. Robinson Book Prize from the Canadian Communication Association.

Murat Akser

Murat Akser worked as programmer at Toronto International Film Festival and as coordinator at Canadian Film Centre. As a cameraman he worked in major Hollywood productions and he is a member of IATSE International Cinematographers Guild and Canadian Academy of Film and Television.

Constance Crompton

Constance Crompton is an assistant professor and Canada Research Chair in Digital Humanities in the Department of Communication at the University of Ottawa.

Alumni List

Name Thesis/MRP/Project Title Supervisor Committee
Samantha Abel Let's talk about your weight": How fatphobia manifests in therapy Friedman, May MacLennan, Anne; Gingras, Jacqui
Ahmed Abul Press Freedom and Democracy in Bangladesh: A Study of Press Regulations Fletcher, Fred Cukier, Wendy; Drache, Daniel
Samuel McCready Playing and Making History: How Game Design And Gameplay Afford Opportunities For A Critical Engagement With The Past Jenson, Jennifer Boyd, Jason; Smith, Bryan
Murat Akser N/A Feldman, Seth Drache, Daniel; Fletcher, Fred
Christopher Alton Zombies, Phallic Monsters, and Rocket Launchers:An Examination of Gender Representations and Simulations in the Resident EvilSeries N/A Langlois, Ganaele; McCullough, John
Pamela Andrews Somatic Anacrusis: An Experiential Poetics of Deborah Hay's Choreography and Practice in the Solo At Once Bailey, Steven Robinson, Danielle; Levin, Laura
Kaede Ashizawa Hyphen as Prosthetic: Stories of Diasporic Cyborgs Told Through Virtual Reality Desiree de Jesus Casey Mecija, Joel Ong
Susan Ashley Museum Renaissance? Revisioning 'publicness' at the Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto. Cohnstaedt, Joy Mooers, Colin; Prokopow, Michael
Nicholas Balaisis Seeing for the First Time: Cinema Spectatorship, the Public Sphere, and the Making of Cuban Revolutionary Subjects Zryd, Michael Dowler, Kevin; Marchessault, Janine
Ann Barrow Homeless on the Range: Masculinity and The Orphan Myth in the American Western, 1950–1990 Feldman, Seth Cameron, Evan; Leonard, Gary (UT)
Andrew Bieler Exhibiting Climate Change: An Examination of Thresholds of Arts-Sciences Collaborations in the Context of Learning for a Sustainable Future Marchessault, Janine Barndt, Deborah; Crichlow, Warren
Mary-Ann Boateng Community, Housing, and Crime: Framing the News Coverage of Lawrence Heights and Rexdale MacLennan, Anne Hayward, Mark; Thompson, Cheryl
Kelly Bronson Framing the Debate: How Scientism in the language of the law binds public-biotechnology engagement Berland, Jody Ruggles, Myles; Imhotep, Edward
Jeremy Buesink Storytelling, Myth, and the Dreams Therein: A Critical Analysis of the Intertextuality of Christianity, Capitalism, and Americanism Anne MacLennan Steve Bailey, Elizabeth Trott
Roberta Buiani Viral Culture(s): An Investigation into the cultural lives of Computer Viruses Marchessault, Janine Tenhaaf, Nell; Elmer, Greg
Darcey Callison Dancing Masculinity for Hollywood: The American Dream, Whiteness and the Movement Vocabulary within Hollywood's Choreography for Men Crow, Barbara Forsyth, Scott; Elder, Bruce
Alex Chalk Producing Play: The Political Economy of "Actual Play" Media Jenson, Jennifer; Dubois, Louis-Etienne Langlois, Ganaele; Bailey, Steven
David Clifton A Lexicon of Force: Framing Language and Television News Coverage of the 2003 War in Iraq Drache, Daniel Fletcher, Fred; Allen, Gene
Nicole Cohen N/A Mazepa, Patricia Vosko, Leah; Ross, Stephanie
Thomas Cooke What's That Noise? Or, a Case Against Digital Privacy as a Matter of Regulation and Control Latham, Robert E Hadlaw, Jan; Jones-Imhotep, Edward
Michelle Coyne This Project Can Be Upcycled Where Facilities Are Available: An Adventure Through Toronto's Food/Waste Scape Moore, Paul Skinner, David; Bailey, Steven
Constance Crompton Making the Modern Man: Eugen Sandow and Muscled Masculinity Janzen, Lorraine Lightman, Bernie; Braun, Martac
Trevor Cunnington Schadenfreude, Villainy, and Empathy: the Ideological Life of Media Representations of "White Trash" McCullough, John Forsyth, Scott; Prokopow, Michael
Michael Curran One Nation Under the Market: Mediated Narratives of the 2008 Crisis in America Bailey, Steven Moore, Paul; Dowler, Kevin
Brady Curlew Play/Counterplay: The Cultural Politics of Digital Game Modification Marchessault, Janine Crow, Barbara; Elmer, Greg
Patricio Davila Visualization as Assemblage: How Modesty, Ethics, and Attachment Inform a Critical Design Practice Marchessault, Janine Fisher, Caitlin & Hadlaw, Jan
Joshua Dittrich Geosonics: Bodies, Instruments, Interfaces Cecchetto, David Marchessault, Janine
Tamar Michelle Faber "Now I See The Importance of History": Tracing The Geneaology of Hip Hop, Young People and The Academy Diamini, Nombuso Thompson, Cheryl; Mecija, Casey; Campbell, Miranda; Coulter, Natalie
Lai-Tze Fan Pre | Digital Liminalities: A Hermeneutics of the Intermedial and Materiality in the Print Intermedial Novel Tschofen, Monique Reisenleitner, Markus; Fisher, Caitli
Naomi Fraser 'We are all connected': internationalism, communication and Canadian identity Berland, Jody Shields, John; Isin, Ergin
Anna Friz The Radio of the Future Redux: Rethinking Transmission through Experiments in Radio Art Bailey, Steven Fisher, Jennifer; Marchessault, Janine
Amir Ganjavie Contemporary Hollywood and the Spirit of Hope: America, Celluloid, and the Desire (mis)called (dis)Utopia Bell, Shannon Marchessault, Janine; McCullough, John
Tyrone Hall Global Narratives & the Vulnerable Frontiers: A Critical Assessment of Global Climate Change Communication Processes & Traditional Retentions MacLennan, Anne Bailey, Steven; Ojo, Tokunbo; MacLennan, Anne; Tegelberg, Matthew; Skinner, David
Rebecca Halliday The Live Fashion Show in Mediatized Consumer Culture Ingram, Susan Pedersen Isabel; Schweitzer, Marlis Erica
Milan Hanan The Media-Foreign Policy Relationship: Pakistan's Media Image and U.S. Foreign Policy Fletcher, Fred Cukier, Wendy; Drache, Daniel
Daniel Harley The Politics of Consumer VR: Framing Contemporary Virtual Reality Jensen, Jennifer Nolan, Jason; Mazalek, Ali
Alison Harvey N/A Crow, Barbara Coombe, Rosemary; Jenson, Jennifer
Jaigris Hodson Followers, Users and Friends: Technology, Participation and Organizational Stories on the Google, Facebook, and Twitter Blogs 2006–2011 Drache, Daniel Cukier, Wendy; Fletcher, Fred
Emilie Hurst Worshipping at the Shrine of Wagner: Fandom, Media and Richard Wagner Bailey, Steven C Bowman, Rob; Dowler, Kevin Leslie
Steve Jankowski The Trouble with Knowing: Wikipedian consensus and the political design of encyclopedic media MacLennan, Anne Obar, Jonathan; Hadlaw, Jan
Lianrui Jia Cooptation, Collusion Contestations; Development, Regulation and Globalization of Internet in China Middleton, Catherine Elmer, Greg; Ojo, Tokunbo
Constance John The evolution of the Canadian Film industry in Quebec (1968–1983) Cohnstaedt, Joy Shields, John; Sauvageau, Florian
Jon Johnson Pathways to the Eighth Fire: Mapping Indigenous Knowledge in Toronto McNab, David Fletcher, Fred; Angus, Lynne; Newhouse, David
Naveen Joshi Arranged Identities: Second Generation South Asian Canadians in Shaadi.com Crow, Barbara Dua, Enakshi; Coombe, Rosemary
Aleksandra Kaminska Mediating Poles: Media Art and Critical Experiments of the Polish Site, 2004–2009 Marchessault, Janine Trifonova, Temenuga; Eichhorn, Kate
Lewis Kaye Hearing Space: The Social Architecture of Aural Experience Myles Ruggles Herman, Andrew; Marchessault, Janine
Shahbaz Khayambashi Visualizing Struggle: The Use of Imagery in the Continuing Story of the Black Lives Matter Movement Bell, Shannin M MacLennan, Anne; Bailey, Steven C
Shila Khayambashi Peer Aggression, Canadian Style: Multiculturalism and Xenobullying Visano, Livy A Goulding, Jay; Foster, Lorne
Mirah Jennifer Kirshner American Girl: A Critical Inquiry Into Dolls, Childhood, and Consumer Culture Podnieks, Liz Bailey, Steven; Cowdy, Cheryl
Gregory Klages Representative (of) Democracy: The Rise and Decline of the Keynesian Era in Canadian Visual Arts Policy (1941–1984) Salter, Liora Mooers, Colin; Nelles, Viv
Helmut Klassen "Life As It Is" A Renovation of the Project and the City Elder, Bruce Marchessault, Janine; Tschofen, Monique
Christine Korte Refusing the End of History: The Politics and Aesthetics of FrankCastorf’s Volksbühne Bailey, Steven Bailey, Steven; Dowler, Leslie; Slopek, E; Hadlaw, Jan; Mueller, G; Siegal, M
Irena Knezevic Discourses of Privatization and Industrialization: Agricultural Changes in the Former Yugoslavia Fletcher, Fred Coombe, Rosemary; Shields, John; Koç, Mustafa
Duncan Koerber Communication as Mobilization: The Development of Newspaper-based Political Parties in Upper Canada, 1820–1841 Allen, Gene Fletcher, Fred; Skinner, David; Allen, Gene
Kaitlyn Kribs From Piracy Panic to Platform Praise (and Back Again): Digitization’s Impact on Making, Moving, and Monetizing Music in Canada Campbell; Miranda Bailey, Steven; Skinner, David
Alysse Kushinski The Potential of Leaks: Mediation, Materiality, & Incontinent Domains N/A Hadaw, Jan; Marchessault, Janine; Straw, Will; Bell, Shannon; Bailey, Steven; Bunch, Mary
Martha Ladly Eros, Women, and Technology Elder, Bruce Fisher, Jennifer; Jenson, Jennifer
Andrew Laing A Critical Evaluation of the Methodological Underpinnings of Agenda—Setting Research, and a New Media Approach Fletcher, Fred Davis, Charles; MacDermid, Robert
Ganaele Langlois N/A Crow, Barbara Bailey, Steve; Elmer, Greg
Sabine Lebel The Life Cycle of the Computer: A Study in the Materialities of Risk Berland, Jody Fitzpatrick, Blake; Prokopow, Michael
Cynthia Leibel Anatomy Of Higher Education Fundraising In Canada MacLennan, Anne Coulter, Natalie; Obar, Jonathan
Steven Logan Modernist Urbanism in the Age of Automobility: Producing Space in the Suburbs of Toronto and Prague Berland, Jody Marchessault, Janine; Keil, Roger
Bryn Ludlow "What makes a great story?”: Multidisciplinary and International Perspectives On Digital Stories By Youth Formerly In Foster Care In Canada. Flicker, Sarah Crawford, Allison; Bailey, Steven
Monica Macdonald Producing the Public Past: Canadian History on CBC Television, 1952–2002 Fletcher, Fred Cohnstaedt, Joy; Heron, Craig
Shana MacDonald Between Frames: Feminist Experimental Media 1960–2010 Marchessault, Janine Longfellow, Brenda; Levin, Laura; Zryd, Michael
Timothy MacNeill Culturally Sustainable Development: Maya Cosmovision, El Centro Pluricultural Para la Democracia, and The Idea of Development Ruggles, Myles Alhassan, Amin; Spotton-Visano, Brenda
Heather Maguire Airwaves & Waterways: Mobile Networks, Information & Communication Technologies Crow, Barbara Middleton, Catherine; Adelson, Naomi
Michael Marlatt "No one said anything abut driving in Film Preservation 101!": The Lived Experience of Disability, Chronis Illness, and Neurodiversity in Moving Image Archival Education Marchessault, Janine Latsis, Dimitrios; Chandler, Eliza
Sara Martel Seeing Invisible Subjects: The Biopolitics of Perinatal Loss Photograph Murray, Stuart Bailey, Steven; Davidson, Deborah
George Martin From Lifeworld to City Life: Rethinking how the Culture of Everyday Life in Cities Engages Urban Administration Bailey, Steven C Blum Alan; Reisenleitner, Markus
Alejandro Mayoral Banos Tech Anishinaabe Medicine Wheel: Decolonial Design Principles within Digital Technologies through the Development of the Indigenous Friends Platform Crow, Barbara Green, Ruth; Chen, Stephen; Couture, Stephane
Victoria McArthur Me, Myself, and I(nterface): An Analysis of Character Creation Interfaces and Affordances in Massively Multiplayer Online Games Jenson, Jennifer Bailey, Steven; Nolan, Jason
David McIntosh Globalization, Networks and Audiovisual Spaces: Shifting Representational Relations in Canada, Mexico and Argentina Longfellow, Brenda Shields, John; Drache, Daniel
Brianna Wiens Moving with Stories of "Me too.": Towards a Theory and Praxis of Intersectional Entanglements MacLennan, Anne Danisch, Robert; Marchessault, Janine
Caitlin McKinney The Cultural Politics of Digital Media in Queer Archival Contexts Driver, Susan Noble, Bobby; Eichhorn, Kate
David Meurer Network Narrative: Prose Narrative Fiction and Participatory Cultural Production in Digital Information and Communication Networks Fisher, Caitlin Tschofen, Monique; Coombe, Rosemary
Aidan Moir Punk, Obamacare, and a Jesuit: Branding the Iconic Ideals of Vivienne Westwood, Barack Obama, and Pope Francis MacLennan, Anne Hadlaw, Jan; Bailey, Steve
Alla Miroshnichenko Multi-Modal Game Design as a Medium of Digital Communication Jenson, Jen Gelb, David; Wakefield, Graham
Tanner Mirrlees Cultural Mediations of American Empire Mooers, Colin Forsyth, Scott; McNally, Dave
Aimee Mitchell Amateur Itinerant Filmmaking in 1940s Ontario: A Case Study in the Role of Activists in Preserving Marginal Cinema in Canadians Local Archives Zryd, Michael Marchessault, Janine; Moore, Paul
Ravindra Mohabeer Looking at "made up" girls: Linking girls, life skills and media education A., Goodrum, Crow, Barbara; Jensen, Jennifer
Janice Nathanson From Praxis to Theory: Expanding and Enriching Social Marketing Seaton, Beth Ruggles, Myles; Tschofen, Monique; Fletcher, Fred
Bahar Nasirzadeh A Genealogy of Consumer Surveillance: From the First Public Market to Eaton’s Department Store to Amazon Elmer, Greg Langlois, Ganaele; Latham, Robert
Evren Ozselcuk Turkey's Internal Other: Embodiments of Taşra in the Works of Orhan Pamuk, Nuri Bilge Ceylan, and Fatih Akin Tschofen, Monique Antze, Paul; Arat-Koç, Sedef
Amanda Oye “Reimagining Public Service Broadcasting News for the Digital Age.” Skinner, David Ojo, Tokunbo; MacLennan, Anne
Helen Papagiannis Augmented Reality as a New Medium: Remediation and Novel Form Fisher, Caitlin Murphy, Michael; Marchessault, Janine
Felan Parker Playing Games With Art: The Cultural and Aesthetic Legitimation of Digital Games Jenson, Jennifer Dowler, Kevin; Zryd, Michael
Nancy Paterson Bandwidth is Political: Reachability in the Public Internet Murphy, Michael Durlak, Jerry; Fletcher, Fred
Jonathan Petrychyn Networks of Feeling N/A Straw, Will; Bociurkiw, Marusya; MacLennan, Anne; Bailey, Steven
Richard Pope Stupid is: Traversing the Sinthome as the Goal of Cultural Psychoanalysis Marchessault, Janine Hyashi, Sharon; O'Neill, John
Scott Preston Horror and Reenchantment: A Supernatural Genre in a Secular Age Marchessault, Janine Bailey, Steven; Tschofen, Monique
Izabella Pruska-Oldenhof Why Film, Why Freud, Why Now: The Revolt and Politics of Cinema in Digital Age Elder, Bruce O'Neill, John; Picchione, John
Sophia Ricciardone Manufacturing Dissent: A Mixed Methodological Analysis of Human Thought Algorithmic Mediation, And Political Electioneeing on Twitter Walsh-Matthews, Stephanie; Pelkey, Jamin Bailey, Steven C
Ian Robinson Cartographic Projections of the City: Avantgarde Cinema and the Production of Locality Marchessault, Janine Bailey, Steve; Hayashi, Sharon
Laurence Robitaille Capoeira as a resource: Multiple uses of culture under conditions of transnational neoliberalism Coombe, Rosemary Robinson, Danielle; Little, Kenneth
Philip Rose Pragmatism not Idealism: Radiohead, Technology, and the Global Movement for Change. Bowman, Rob Marchessault, Janine; MacLennan, Anne
Richard Rosenbaum Consciousnesses is Story-Shaped: Mapping Isomorphic Structures of Narrative and Human Cognition Pekler, Jamin Walsh Matthews, Stephanie; Ciabatta, David
Wade Rowland Ethics and Artificial Persons: Structural Impediments to Ethical Behaviour in Modern Information Media Seaton, Beth Noble, David; Mooers, Colin
Jennifer Louise Meness Message in the Smoke: Spirit Acts of Transfer, Liminality, and Embodied Relationships in Contemporary Powwow. Koleszar-Green, Ruth Crow, Barbara; Haig-Brown, Celia
Jennifer Ryan Royal Beatings? An Exploration into the Shift from Development 'Gifts' to Development 'Goods' Alhassan, Amin Drache, Daniel; MacLennan, Anne
Giovanni Salas Reclaiming Craftsmanship N/A Slopek, E.; Murphy, M.; Bailey, Steven; MacLennan, Anne; Thompson, K.; & Logan, B.
Philip Savage Arts Intervention: Activating Cultural Memory for Social Change Fletcher, Fred Shields, John; Raboy, Marc
Lisa Schincairol Lelawala at the Brink: Visual Culture and Colonial History in Niagara Falls, Ontario Dowler, Kevin Barndt, Deborah; Tschofen, Monique
Giovanni Salas Reclaiming Craftsmanship N/A Slopek, E.; Murphy, M.; Bailey, Steven; MacLennan, Anne; Thompson, K.; &  Logan, B.
Philip Savage Arts Intervention: Activating Cultural Memory for Social Change Fletcher, Fred Shields, John; Raboy, Marc
Lisa Schincairol Lelawala at the Brink: Visual Culture and Colonial History in Niagara Falls, Ontario Dowler, Kevin Barndt, Deborah; Tschofen, Monique
Robinder Kaur Sehdev Unsettling the settler at Niagara Falls: reading colonial culture through the Maid of the Mist Berland, Jody O'Neill, John; Sekyi-Otu, Ato
Yukari Seko Interrogating a Politics of Time: Temporality & Difference from the Agora to the Airport Elmer, Greg Bailey, Steve; Nolan, Jason
Sarah Ravi Sharma Temporality and difference from the Agora to the airport: towards a theory of power-chronography Berland, Jody Slopek, Ed; Dowler, Kevin
Tina Sikka Recuperating Politics from Deconstruction: A Pragmatist Critique Ruggles, Myles Coombe, Rosemary; Alhassan, Amin
Karen Skardzius I Stream, You Stream, We all Stream: Gender, Labour, and the Politics of Online Streaming Jensen, Jen Boyd, Jason; Jensen, Jen
Christopher Smith Remapping Urban Addiction: A user's guide to the city. Marchessault, Janine Little, Kenneth; Gaetz, Stephen
David Smith Theorizing Avatar Sexualities: A Grounded Theory Study on the Erotics of Second Life Marchessault, Janine Fels, Deborah; Goodrum, Abby
Kelsey Speakman Mediated Meat: Buying and Selling Beef in Canadian Supermarkets Berland, Jody Koc, Mustafa; Sandilands Catronia
Sarah Stang Maiden, Mother, and Crone: Abject Female Monstrosity in Roleplaying Games Jenson, Jennifer Boyd, Jason; Fridman, May
Carolyn Steele NFB/Interactive: Understand the Role of the Interface in the Production of Meaning in Interactive Online Documentaries Fisher, Caitlin Bailey, Steven
Chad Story Obscuring Austerity: The Politics and Practices of ‘Citizen-Centred’ Design Hadlaw, Jan Obar, Jonathan; Coulter, Natalie
Sara Swain Feral Ecologies: A Foray Into the Worlds of Animals and Media Zryd, Michael Marchessault, Janine; Moore, Paul
Michael Thorn Know Thyself: Truth and Confession Mediating Religion and Psychology in the Christian Ex-Gay Movement Moore, Paul Lessard, Bruno; Skinner, David
Joseph Turcotte Creative Transformation and the Knowledge-Based Economy: Intellectual Property and Access to Knowledge Under Informational Capitalism Coombe, Rosemary Baskoy, Tuna; Ojo, Tokunbo
Scott Uzelman Direct Action Against Enclosure: "Anti-Proletarian" struggles for the "New Commons" Moores, Colin Skinner, David; McNally, David
Jennifer VanderBurgh City Nation and Television: The Signification of Toronto Television Drama and the Consolidation of Centre-Margin Relations Marchessault, Janine Feldman, Seth; Morris, Peter
Carmen Victor Arctic Contours: Northern Media, Canada and the Anthropocene. Marchessault, Janine Hayward, Mark; Bailey, Steven
Laura Visan Divided We Remain' Civic Participation practices and Network Development Strategies in the Case of Romanian Immigrants from Toronto Shields, John Cohen, Rina; Alhassan, Amin
Tianchi (Jason) Wang "Urban Walking: Configuring the Modern City as Cultural and Spatial Practice" Gammel, Irene Marchessault, Janine; Reisenleitner, Markus
Martin Watson The Sublime as Model: Formal Complexity in Joyce, Eisenstein and Stockhausen Elder, Bruce Cody, Susan; Balfour, Ian
Nataniel Weiner The Not-So-Secret Vice: Menswear, Masculinity & Consumption in Six Online Communities N/A Bailey, Steven; Cole, Shaun;  Vanstone, G.; Reisenleitner, Markus; MacLennan, Anne; Muzzatti, Stephen
Melissa West Marketing Madonna: Celebrity agency across the cultural industry Berland, Jody Moores, Colin; Skinner, David
Jessica Whitehead Movie-Going On the Margins: The Mascioli Film Circuit of Northeastern Ontario Moore, Paul MacLennan, Anne; Machessault, Janine
Kyler Zeleny Visualizing the Canadian Prairies: Photographic Representations of Rurality Moore, Paul Pruska-Oldenhof, Izabella; Hadlaw, Jan; Fitzpatrick, Blake; van Herk, Aritha; Moore, Paul; Brushwood Rose, Chloë
Han Zhang The Root of Excellence: An Interpretive Approach to Understanding Elder Care within Transnational Chinese Families in Canada Bailey, Steven Blum, Alan; Ingram, Susan
Jeff Donison More than a Monolith: Podcasting Authentic Self-Concepts and Cultural Affiliations in Canada MacLennan, Anne Steve Bailey and Paul S. Moore
Axelle Demus Queering the Cable Airwaves: The Evolution of LGBTQ2+ Community Television in Ontario, Canada (1977-2001) MacLennan, Anne Janine Marchessault and Paul S. Moore
Fahtemeh Sima Shakeri How Dream's Online Behaviour Influences Fans Natalie Coulter
Karina Darminto You Cannot Walk a Mile in My Shoes: Exploring Virtual Reality Story“living” on the International Student Experience in Canada Rebecca Caines Kelly Bergstrom, Taien Ng-Chan
Hongyun Liu Digital Frameworks: Examining Cultural Norms and State Policies on Social Media Content in Canada and China Rianka Singh
Winona Angelie Arador Diasporic Spaces of Un/belonging: Migration, Precarity, and Renting Casey Mecija
Jakob Glogauer Urban Sports Culture – A Comparison Between Toronto and New York Steve Bailey
Sandra Doyle Unmasking the Allure: The Role of Social Media in Nurturing Parasocial Connections Steve Bailey
Name Dissertation Supervisor Committee
Samantha Abel Let's talk about your weight": How fatphobia manifests in therapy Friedman, May MacLennan, Anne; Gingras, Jacqui
Ahmed Abul Press Freedom and Democracy in Bangladesh: A Study of Press Regulations Fletcher, Fred Cukier, Wendy; Drache, Daniel
Samuel McCready Playing and Making History: How Game Design And Gameplay Afford Opportunities For A Critical Engagement With The Past Jenson, Jennifer Boyd, Jason; Smith, Bryan
Murat Akser N/A Feldman, Seth Drache, Daniel; Fletcher, Fred
Christopher Alton Zombies, Phallic Monsters, and Rocket Launchers:An Examination of Gender Representations and Simulations in the Resident EvilSeries N/A Langlois, Ganaele; McCullough, John
Pamela Andrews Somatic Anacrusis: An Experiential Poetics of Deborah Hay's Choreography and Practice in the Solo At Once Bailey, Steven Robinson, Danielle; Levin, Laura
Susan Ashley Museum Renaissance? Revisioning 'publicness' at the Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto. Cohnstaedt, Joy Mooers, Colin; Prokopow, Michael
Nicholas Balaisis Seeing for the First Time: Cinema Spectatorship, the Public Sphere, and the Making of Cuban Revolutionary Subjects Zryd, Michael Dowler, Kevin; Marchessault, Janine
Ann Barrow Homeless on the Range: Masculinity and The Orphan Myth in the American Western, 1950–1990 Feldman, Seth Cameron, Evan; Leonard, Gary (UT)
Andrew Bieler Exhibiting Climate Change: An Examination of Thresholds of Arts-Sciences Collaborations in the Context of Learning for a Sustainable Future Marchessault, Janine Barndt, Deborah; Crichlow, Warren
Mary-Ann Boateng Community, Housing, and Crime: Framing the News Coverage of Lawrence Heights and Rexdale MacLennan, Anne Hayward, Mark; Thompson, Cheryl
Kelly Bronson Framing the Debate: How Scientism in the language of the law binds public-biotechnology engagement Berland, Jody Ruggles, Myles; Imhotep, Edward
Jeremy Buesink Storytelling, Myth, and the Dreams Therein: A Critical Analysis of the Intertextuality of Christianity, Capitalism, and Americanism Anne MacLennan Steve Bailey, Elizabeth Trott
Roberta Buiani Viral Culture(s): An Investigation into the cultural lives of Computer Viruses Marchessault, Janine Tenhaaf, Nell; Elmer, Greg
Darcey Callison Dancing Masculinity for Hollywood: The American Dream, Whiteness and the Movement Vocabulary within Hollywood's Choreography for Men Crow, Barbara Forsyth, Scott; Elder, Bruce
Alex Chalk Producing Play: The Political Economy of "Actual Play" Media Jenson, Jennifer; Dubois, Louis-Etienne Langlois, Ganaele; Bailey, Steven
David Clifton A Lexicon of Force: Framing Language and Television News Coverage of the 2003 War in Iraq Drache, Daniel Fletcher, Fred; Allen, Gene
Nicole Cohen N/A Mazepa, Patricia Vosko, Leah; Ross, Stephanie
Thomas Cooke What's That Noise? Or, a Case Against Digital Privacy as a Matter of Regulation and Control Latham, Robert E Hadlaw, Jan; Jones-Imhotep, Edward
Michelle Coyne This Project Can Be Upcycled Where Facilities Are Available: An Adventure Through Toronto's Food/Waste Scape Moore, Paul Skinner, David; Bailey, Steven
Constance Crompton Making the Modern Man: Eugen Sandow and Muscled Masculinity Janzen, Lorraine Lightman, Bernie; Braun, Martac
Trevor Cunnington Schadenfreude, Villainy, and Empathy: the Ideological Life of Media Representations of "White Trash" McCullough, John Forsyth, Scott; Prokopow, Michael
Michael Curran One Nation Under the Market: Mediated Narratives of the 2008 Crisis in America Bailey, Steven Moore, Paul; Dowler, Kevin
Brady Curlew Play/Counterplay: The Cultural Politics of Digital Game Modification Marchessault, Janine Crow, Barbara; Elmer, Greg
Patricio Davila Visualization as Assemblage: How Modesty, Ethics, and Attachment Inform a Critical Design Practice Marchessault, Janine Fisher, Caitlin & Hadlaw, Jan
Joshua Dittrich Geosonics: Bodies, Instruments, Interfaces Cecchetto, David Marchessault, Janine
Patrick Dolan Retro Resonance: The Affective and Rhetorical Power of Post-Retro Aesthetics in Video Games Markus Reisenleitner Alison Harvey
Tamar Michelle Faber "Now I See The Importance of History": Tracing The Geneaology of Hip Hop, Young People and The Academy Diamini, Nombuso Thompson, Cheryl; Mecija, Casey; Campbell, Miranda; Coulter, Natalie
Lai-Tze Fan Pre | Digital Liminalities: A Hermeneutics of the Intermedial and Materiality in the Print Intermedial Novel Tschofen, Monique Reisenleitner, Markus; Fisher, Caitli
Naomi Fraser 'We are all connected': internationalism, communication and Canadian identity Berland, Jody Shields, John; Isin, Ergin
Anna Friz The Radio of the Future Redux: Rethinking Transmission through Experiments in Radio Art Bailey, Steven Fisher, Jennifer; Marchessault, Janine
Amir Ganjavie Contemporary Hollywood and the Spirit of Hope: America, Celluloid, and the Desire (mis)called (dis)Utopia Bell, Shannon Marchessault, Janine; McCullough, John
Tyrone Hall Global Narratives & the Vulnerable Frontiers: A Critical Assessment of Global Climate Change Communication Processes & Traditional Retentions MacLennan, Anne Bailey, Steven; Ojo, Tokunbo; MacLennan, Anne; Tegelberg, Matthew; Skinner, David
Rebecca Halliday The Live Fashion Show in Mediatized Consumer Culture Ingram, Susan Pedersen Isabel; Schweitzer, Marlis Erica
Milan Hanan The Media-Foreign Policy Relationship: Pakistan's Media Image and U.S. Foreign Policy Fletcher, Fred Cukier, Wendy; Drache, Daniel
Abu Faiz Md Haque The Cultural Mediation of the Margin Markus Reisenleitner Sylvia Bawa, Ranu Basu
Daniel Harley The Politics of Consumer VR: Framing Contemporary Virtual Reality Jensen, Jennifer Nolan, Jason; Mazalek, Ali
Alison Harvey N/A Crow, Barbara Coombe, Rosemary; Jenson, Jennifer
Jaigris Hodson Followers, Users and Friends: Technology, Participation and Organizational Stories on the Google, Facebook, and Twitter Blogs 2006–2011 Drache, Daniel Cukier, Wendy; Fletcher, Fred
Emilie Hurst Worshipping at the Shrine of Wagner: Fandom, Media and Richard Wagner Bailey, Steven C Bowman, Rob; Dowler, Kevin Leslie
Steve Jankowski The Trouble with Knowing: Wikipedian consensus and the political design of encyclopedic media MacLennan, Anne Obar, Jonathan; Hadlaw, Jan
Lianrui Jia Cooptation, Collusion Contestations; Development, Regulation and Globalization of Internet in China Middleton, Catherine Elmer, Greg; Ojo, Tokunbo
Constance John The evolution of the Canadian Film industry in Quebec (1968–1983) Cohnstaedt, Joy Shields, John; Sauvageau, Florian
Jon Johnson Pathways to the Eighth Fire: Mapping Indigenous Knowledge in Toronto McNab, David Fletcher, Fred; Angus, Lynne; Newhouse, David
Naveen Joshi Arranged Identities: Second Generation South Asian Canadians in Shaadi.com Crow, Barbara Dua, Enakshi; Coombe, Rosemary
Aleksandra Kaminska Mediating Poles: Media Art and Critical Experiments of the Polish Site, 2004–2009 Marchessault, Janine Trifonova, Temenuga; Eichhorn, Kate
Lewis Kaye Hearing Space: The Social Architecture of Aural Experience Myles Ruggles Herman, Andrew; Marchessault, Janine
Shahbaz Khayambashi Visualizing Struggle: The Use of Imagery in the Continuing Story of the Black Lives Matter Movement Bell, Shannin M MacLennan, Anne; Bailey, Steven C
Shila Khayambashi Peer Aggression, Canadian Style: Multiculturalism and Xenobullying Visano, Livy A Goulding, Jay; Foster, Lorne
Mirah Jennifer Kirshner American Girl: A Critical Inquiry Into Dolls, Childhood, and Consumer Culture Podnieks, Liz Bailey, Steven; Cowdy, Cheryl
Gregory Klages Representative (of) Democracy: The Rise and Decline of the Keynesian Era in Canadian Visual Arts Policy (1941–1984) Salter, Liora Mooers, Colin; Nelles, Viv
Helmut Klassen "Life As It Is" A Renovation of the Project and the City Elder, Bruce Marchessault, Janine; Tschofen, Monique
Christine Korte Refusing the End of History: The Politics and Aesthetics of FrankCastorf’s Volksbühne Bailey, Steven Bailey, Steven; Dowler, Leslie; Slopek, E; Hadlaw, Jan; Mueller, G; Siegal, M
Irena Knezevic Discourses of Privatization and Industrialization: Agricultural Changes in the Former Yugoslavia Fletcher, Fred Coombe, Rosemary; Shields, John; Koç, Mustafa
Duncan Koerber Communication as Mobilization: The Development of Newspaper-based Political Parties in Upper Canada, 1820–1841 Allen, Gene Fletcher, Fred; Skinner, David; Allen, Gene
Kaitlyn Kribs From Piracy Panic to Platform Praise (and Back Again): Digitization’s Impact on Making, Moving, and Monetizing Music in Canada Campbell; Miranda Bailey, Steven; Skinner, David
Alysse Kushinski The Potential of Leaks: Mediation, Materiality, & Incontinent Domains N/A Hadaw, Jan; Marchessault, Janine; Straw, Will; Bell, Shannon; Bailey, Steven; Bunch, Mary
Martha Ladly Eros, Women, and Technology Elder, Bruce Fisher, Jennifer; Jenson, Jennifer
Andrew Laing A Critical Evaluation of the Methodological Underpinnings of Agenda—Setting Research, and a New Media Approach Fletcher, Fred Davis, Charles; MacDermid, Robert
Ganaele Langlois N/A Crow, Barbara Bailey, Steve; Elmer, Greg
Sabine Lebel The Life Cycle of the Computer: A Study in the Materialities of Risk Berland, Jody Fitzpatrick, Blake; Prokopow, Michael
Cynthia Leibel Anatomy Of Higher Education Fundraising In Canada MacLennan, Anne Coulter, Natalie; Obar, Jonathan
Steven Logan Modernist Urbanism in the Age of Automobility: Producing Space in the Suburbs of Toronto and Prague Berland, Jody Marchessault, Janine; Keil, Roger
Bryn Ludlow "What makes a great story?”: Multidisciplinary and International Perspectives On Digital Stories By Youth Formerly In Foster Care In Canada. Flicker, Sarah Crawford, Allison; Bailey, Steven
Monica Macdonald Producing the Public Past: Canadian History on CBC Television, 1952–2002 Fletcher, Fred Cohnstaedt, Joy; Heron, Craig
Shana MacDonald Between Frames: Feminist Experimental Media 1960–2010 Marchessault, Janine Longfellow, Brenda; Levin, Laura; Zryd, Michael
Timothy MacNeill Culturally Sustainable Development: Maya Cosmovision, El Centro Pluricultural Para la Democracia, and The Idea of Development Ruggles, Myles Alhassan, Amin; Spotton-Visano, Brenda
Heather Maguire Airwaves & Waterways: Mobile Networks, Information & Communication Technologies Crow, Barbara Middleton, Catherine; Adelson, Naomi
Michael Marlatt "No one said anything abut driving in Film Preservation 101!": The Lived Experience of Disability, Chronis Illness, and Neurodiversity in Moving Image Archival Education Marchessault, Janine Latsis, Dimitrios; Chandler, Eliza
Sara Martel Seeing Invisible Subjects: The Biopolitics of Perinatal Loss Photograph Murray, Stuart Bailey, Steven; Davidson, Deborah
George Martin From Lifeworld to City Life: Rethinking how the Culture of Everyday Life in Cities Engages Urban Administration Bailey, Steven C Blum Alan; Reisenleitner, Markus
Alejandro Mayoral Banos Tech Anishinaabe Medicine Wheel: Decolonial Design Principles within Digital Technologies through the Development of the Indigenous Friends Platform Crow, Barbara Green, Ruth; Chen, Stephen; Couture, Stephane
Victoria McArthur Me, Myself, and I(nterface): An Analysis of Character Creation Interfaces and Affordances in Massively Multiplayer Online Games Jenson, Jennifer Bailey, Steven; Nolan, Jason
David McIntosh Globalization, Networks and Audiovisual Spaces: Shifting Representational Relations in Canada, Mexico and Argentina Longfellow, Brenda Shields, John; Drache, Daniel
Brianna Wiens Moving with Stories of "Me too.": Towards a Theory and Praxis of Intersectional Entanglements MacLennan, Anne Danisch, Robert; Marchessault, Janine
Caitlin McKinney The Cultural Politics of Digital Media in Queer Archival Contexts Driver, Susan Noble, Bobby; Eichhorn, Kate
David Meurer Network Narrative: Prose Narrative Fiction and Participatory Cultural Production in Digital Information and Communication Networks Fisher, Caitlin Tschofen, Monique; Coombe, Rosemary
Andrey Miroshnichenko Examining the impact of new media on the news media from the integrated viewpoint of media ecology and the political economy of communication Markus Reisenleitner David Skinner, Steve Bailey
Aidan Moir Punk, Obamacare, and a Jesuit: Branding the Iconic Ideals of Vivienne Westwood, Barack Obama, and Pope Francis MacLennan, Anne Hadlaw, Jan; Bailey, Steve
Alla Miroshnichenko Multi-Modal Game Design as a Medium of Digital Communication Jenson, Jen Gelb, David; Wakefield, Graham
Tanner Mirrlees Cultural Mediations of American Empire Mooers, Colin Forsyth, Scott; McNally, Dave
Aimee Mitchell Amateur Itinerant Filmmaking in 1940s Ontario: A Case Study in the Role of Activists in Preserving Marginal Cinema in Canadians Local Archives Zryd, Michael Marchessault, Janine; Moore, Paul
Ravindra Mohabeer Looking at "made up" girls: Linking girls, life skills and media education A., Goodrum, Crow, Barbara; Jensen, Jennifer
Janice Nathanson From Praxis to Theory: Expanding and Enriching Social Marketing Seaton, Beth Ruggles, Myles; Tschofen, Monique; Fletcher, Fred
Bahar Nasirzadeh A Genealogy of Consumer Surveillance: From the First Public Market to Eaton’s Department Store to Amazon Elmer, Greg Langlois, Ganaele; Latham, Robert
Evren Ozselcuk Turkey's Internal Other: Embodiments of Taşra in the Works of Orhan Pamuk, Nuri Bilge Ceylan, and Fatih Akin Tschofen, Monique Antze, Paul; Arat-Koç, Sedef
Amanda Oye “Reimagining Public Service Broadcasting News for the Digital Age.” Skinner, David Ojo, Tokunbo; MacLennan, Anne
Helen Papagiannis Augmented Reality as a New Medium: Remediation and Novel Form Fisher, Caitlin Murphy, Michael; Marchessault, Janine
Felan Parker Playing Games With Art: The Cultural and Aesthetic Legitimation of Digital Games Jenson, Jennifer Dowler, Kevin; Zryd, Michael
Nancy Paterson Bandwidth is Political: Reachability in the Public Internet Murphy, Michael Durlak, Jerry; Fletcher, Fred
Jonathan Petrychyn Networks of Feeling N/A Straw, Will; Bociurkiw, Marusya; MacLennan, Anne; Bailey, Steven
Richard Pope Stupid is: Traversing the Sinthome as the Goal of Cultural Psychoanalysis Marchessault, Janine Hyashi, Sharon; O'Neill, John
Scott Preston Horror and Reenchantment: A Supernatural Genre in a Secular Age Marchessault, Janine Bailey, Steven; Tschofen, Monique
Izabella Pruska-Oldenhof Why Film, Why Freud, Why Now: The Revolt and Politics of Cinema in Digital Age Elder, Bruce O'Neill, John; Picchione, John
Sophia Ricciardone Manufacturing Dissent: A Mixed Methodological Analysis of Human Thought Algorithmic Mediation, And Political Electioneeing on Twitter Walsh-Matthews, Stephanie; Pelkey, Jamin Bailey, Steven C
Ian Robinson Cartographic Projections of the City: Avantgarde Cinema and the Production of Locality Marchessault, Janine Bailey, Steve; Hayashi, Sharon
Laurence Robitaille Capoeira as a resource: Multiple uses of culture under conditions of transnational neoliberalism Coombe, Rosemary Robinson, Danielle; Little, Kenneth
Philip Rose Pragmatism not Idealism: Radiohead, Technology, and the Global Movement for Change. Bowman, Rob Marchessault, Janine; MacLennan, Anne
Richard Rosenbaum Consciousnesses is Story-Shaped: Mapping Isomorphic Structures of Narrative and Human Cognition Pekler, Jamin Walsh Matthews, Stephanie; Ciabatta, David
Wade Rowland Ethics and Artificial Persons: Structural Impediments to Ethical Behaviour in Modern Information Media Seaton, Beth Noble, David; Mooers, Colin
Jennifer Louise Meness Message in the Smoke: Spirit Acts of Transfer, Liminality, and Embodied Relationships in Contemporary Powwow. Koleszar-Green, Ruth Crow, Barbara; Haig-Brown, Celia
Jennifer Ryan Royal Beatings? An Exploration into the Shift from Development 'Gifts' to Development 'Goods' Alhassan, Amin Drache, Daniel; MacLennan, Anne
Giovanni Salas Reclaiming Craftsmanship N/A Slopek, E.; Murphy, M.; Bailey, Steven; MacLennan, Anne; Thompson, K.; & Logan, B.
Philip Savage Arts Intervention: Activating Cultural Memory for Social Change Fletcher, Fred Shields, John; Raboy, Marc
Lisa Schincairol Lelawala at the Brink: Visual Culture and Colonial History in Niagara Falls, Ontario Dowler, Kevin Barndt, Deborah; Tschofen, Monique
Giovanni Salas Reclaiming Craftsmanship N/A Slopek, E.; Murphy, M.; Bailey, Steven; MacLennan, Anne; Thompson, K.; &  Logan, B.
Philip Savage Arts Intervention: Activating Cultural Memory for Social Change Fletcher, Fred Shields, John; Raboy, Marc
Lisa Schincairol Lelawala at the Brink: Visual Culture and Colonial History in Niagara Falls, Ontario Dowler, Kevin Barndt, Deborah; Tschofen, Monique
Robinder Kaur Sehdev Unsettling the settler at Niagara Falls: reading colonial culture through the Maid of the Mist Berland, Jody O'Neill, John; Sekyi-Otu, Ato
Yukari Seko Interrogating a Politics of Time: Temporality & Difference from the Agora to the Airport Elmer, Greg Bailey, Steve; Nolan, Jason
Sarah Ravi Sharma Temporality and difference from the Agora to the airport: towards a theory of power-chronography Berland, Jody Slopek, Ed; Dowler, Kevin
Tina Sikka Recuperating Politics from Deconstruction: A Pragmatist Critique Ruggles, Myles Coombe, Rosemary; Alhassan, Amin
Karen Skardzius I Stream, You Stream, We all Stream: Gender, Labour, and the Politics of Online Streaming Jensen, Jen Boyd, Jason; Jensen, Jen
Christopher Smith Remapping Urban Addiction: A user's guide to the city. Marchessault, Janine Little, Kenneth; Gaetz, Stephen
David Smith Theorizing Avatar Sexualities: A Grounded Theory Study on the Erotics of Second Life Marchessault, Janine Fels, Deborah; Goodrum, Abby
Kelsey Speakman Mediated Meat: Buying and Selling Beef in Canadian Supermarkets Berland, Jody Koc, Mustafa; Sandilands Catronia
Sarah Stang Maiden, Mother, and Crone: Abject Female Monstrosity in Roleplaying Games Jenson, Jennifer Boyd, Jason; Fridman, May
Carolyn Steele NFB/Interactive: Understand the Role of the Interface in the Production of Meaning in Interactive Online Documentaries Fisher, Caitlin Bailey, Steven
Chad Story Obscuring Austerity: The Politics and Practices of ‘Citizen-Centred’ Design Hadlaw, Jan Obar, Jonathan; Coulter, Natalie
Sara Swain Feral Ecologies: A Foray Into the Worlds of Animals and Media Zryd, Michael Marchessault, Janine; Moore, Paul
Michael Thorn Know Thyself: Truth and Confession Mediating Religion and Psychology in the Christian Ex-Gay Movement Moore, Paul Lessard, Bruno; Skinner, David
Joseph Turcotte Creative Transformation and the Knowledge-Based Economy: Intellectual Property and Access to Knowledge Under Informational Capitalism Coombe, Rosemary Baskoy, Tuna; Ojo, Tokunbo
Scott Uzelman Direct Action Against Enclosure: "Anti-Proletarian" struggles for the "New Commons" Moores, Colin Skinner, David; McNally, David
Jennifer VanderBurgh City Nation and Television: The Signification of Toronto Television Drama and the Consolidation of Centre-Margin Relations Marchessault, Janine Feldman, Seth; Morris, Peter
Carmen Victor Arctic Contours: Northern Media, Canada and the Anthropocene. Marchessault, Janine Hayward, Mark; Bailey, Steven
Laura Visan Divided We Remain' Civic Participation practices and Network Development Strategies in the Case of Romanian Immigrants from Toronto Shields, John Cohen, Rina; Alhassan, Amin
Tianchi (Jason) Wang "Urban Walking: Configuring the Modern City as Cultural and Spatial Practice" Gammel, Irene Marchessault, Janine; Reisenleitner, Markus
Martin Watson The Sublime as Model: Formal Complexity in Joyce, Eisenstein and Stockhausen Elder, Bruce Cody, Susan; Balfour, Ian
Nataniel Weiner The Not-So-Secret Vice: Menswear, Masculinity & Consumption in Six Online Communities N/A Bailey, Steven; Cole, Shaun;  Vanstone, G.; Reisenleitner, Markus; MacLennan, Anne; Muzzatti, Stephen
Melissa West Marketing Madonna: Celebrity agency across the cultural industry Berland, Jody Moores, Colin; Skinner, David
Jessica Whitehead Movie-Going On the Margins: The Mascioli Film Circuit of Northeastern Ontario Moore, Paul MacLennan, Anne; Machessault, Janine
Kyler Zeleny Visualizing the Canadian Prairies: Photographic Representations of Rurality Moore, Paul Pruska-Oldenhof, Izabella; Hadlaw, Jan; Fitzpatrick, Blake; van Herk, Aritha; Moore, Paul; Brushwood Rose, Chloë
Han Zhang The Root of Excellence: An Interpretive Approach to Understanding Elder Care within Transnational Chinese Families in Canada Bailey, Steven Blum, Alan; Ingram, Susan
Jeff Donison More than a Monolith: Podcasting Authentic Self-Concepts and Cultural Affiliations in Canada MacLennan, Anne Steve Bailey and Paul S. Moore
Axelle Demus Queering the Cable Airwaves: The Evolution of LGBTQ2+ Community Television in Ontario, Canada (1977-2001) MacLennan, Anne Janine Marchessault and Paul S. Moore
Keah Hansen An Overheated Dollar: How the Framing of the 1970s Inflation Led to the Swapping of Social Spending with Finance, and the Consequences for Our Wellbeing Mark Hayward Ganaele M. Langlois, Matthew Tiessen

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