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Congratulations to our newest PhD graduate, Dr. Carolyn Eckert, who successfully defended her dissertation, "Punctuated Ethos: Addressing Trust, Credibility and Expertise in Times of Crisis." The dissertation supervisor was Dr. Ashley Mehlenbacher and the readers were Dr. Heather Love and Dr. Brianna Wiens. The external examiner was Dr. Nathan Johnson and the internal/external examiner was Dr. Elena Neiterman. The defence was chaired by Dr. Mark Crowley.

Congratulations to recent PhD graduate, Dr. Chitra Karki, who successfully defended his dissertation, "A Decentering Other of the Academy: Disrupting the Ordinariness of Racism and English Native Speakerism in Canadian University Education, and in the Study and Teaching of Writing in Canadian Writing Classrooms." 

List of graduates for spring 2025.

Congratulations to our newest PhD graduate, Dr. Chris Giannakopoulos! Chris's dissertation is titled "Knowing Language: The Poetics of Epistemology in Jan Zwicky, Paul Muldoon, and Geoffrey Hill." His supervisor was Dr. David Williams and readers were Dr. Ken Hirschkop and Dr. Kevin McGuirk. His external examiner was Dr. Eric Falci, and the internal/external examiner was Dr. Andrew Faulkner. His defence was chaired by Dr. Shannon Majowicz.

List of graduating students.

We're proud to announce the names of UÀ¶Ý®ÊÓƵ English's class of 2020, including graduates from both the spring and fall convocations. These students persevered through the COVID pandemic and navigated many unexpected challenges, both educational and personal, to achieve their degrees. Congratulations and all the best for the future! 

Spring 2020

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Congratulations to UÀ¶Ý®ÊÓƵ English’s newest PhD, Dr. Evelyn Deshane. Evelyn successfully defended “Wish You Were Here: Transgender Road Narratives and The Place for Identity".

Congratulations to UÀ¶Ý®ÊÓƵ English’s newest PhD, Dr. Jason Lajoie. On November 20, Jason successfully defended “Technologies of Identity: A Queer Media Archaeology".

Congratulations to UÀ¶Ý®ÊÓƵ English’s newest PhD, Dr. Patricia Ofili. On May 6, Patricia successfully defended “Contextual Complexities and Nelson Mandela’s Braided Rhetoric".