Graduate Student Research

Completed Theses and Major Research Papers

Sara Epp (2013) "Competing and conflicting land uses at the rural-urban interface: Understanding the Impacts of residential developments on agricultural landscapes". (thesis) (Supervisor: Chris Fullerton; Committee Members: Hugh Gayler, Daryl Dagesse)

Mert Coskan (2013) "Illegal Aliens and the Inconspicuous Geographies of US Immigration and Border Policing within 100 miles of the US-Canada Border". (thesis) (Supervisor: Dragos Simandan; Committee Members: Phil Mackintosh, Ebru Ustundag)

Jess Barber (2012) "Technologies of the Sexual Encounter: Grindr and Urban Gay Places" (major research paper) (Supervisor: Catherine Nash; Second Reader: Ebru Ustundag)

Richard Lagani (2012) "Door Locks and Domestic Space: Unlocking Key Knowledge of the Home" (major research paper) (Supervisor: Mike Ripmeester; Second Reader: Phil Mackintosh)

Natalie Currie (2012) "The art of resisting colonial education." (thesis) (Supervisor: Mike Ripmeester; Committee Members: Ebru Ustunsag, Margot Francis)

Meithili Mitchell (2012) "Eclipsing renewable energy: ignorance, indifference, and inaction" (major research paper) (Supervisor: Jeff Boggs; Second Reader: Tony Shaw)

Pius Siakwah (2011) "Defying the resource curse thesis: A test case for the emerging oil and gas industry in Ghana." (major research paper) (Supervisor: Dragos Simandan; Second Reader: Tony Shaw)

Ian Wood (2011) "The Neoliberalisation of Street Vending Policy in Lima, Peru: The Contested Politics of Citizenship, Property and Public Space in the Production of a New Urban Marginality" (thesis) (Supervisor: Ebru Ustundag; Supervisory Committee Members: Felipe Ruan, David Butz)

Victoria Tasker (2011) "Application of Geomatics Technologies to Characterize Spatial Variability at Stratus Vineyards" (thesis) (Supervisor: Marilyne Jollineau; Supervisory Committee Members: Chris Fullerton, Andy Reynolds)

Kayla Rell (2011) "New urbanism and smart growth ideas: Critical evaluation and assessment of Niagara Region residential communities." (major research paper) (Supervisor: Chris Fullerton; Second Reader: Ebru Ustundag)

Lisa Combe (2011) "Gendering the economic geography of real estate investing in Niagara, Ontario." (major research paper) (Supervisor: Dragos Simandan; Second Reader: Jeff Boggs)

Raphael Atanga (2011) "Tourism and sustainable development in Ghana: A case study of the Paga Crocodile Ponds." (major research paper) (Supervisor: David Butz; Second Reader: Chris Fullerton)

Katie Hemsworth (2010) "Personal soundtracks on public transit: Personal listening devices and the socio-spatial negotiations of students’ bus journeys." (thesis) (Supervisor: David Butz; Supervisory Committee Member: Mike Ripmeester)

Ayure-Inaga Mark Anthony Agana (2010) "Sustainability and the management of common-pool resources: The case of irrigation farming in the Upper East Region of Ghana." (major research paper) (Supervisor: Chris Fullerton; Second Reader: Ebru Ustundag)

Anokye Owusu Kwarteng (2010) "Race and ethnic relations in Canada: The case of visible minority immigrants’ socioeconomic outcomes." (major research paper) (Supervisor: Jeff Boggs; Second Reader: Kevin Gosine)

Kirby Calvert (2009) "Scales, networking and uncertainty: An examination of environmental policy-making in Ontario." (thesis) (Supervisor: Dragos Simandan; Second Reader: Hugh Gayler)

Approved Proposals

Micheal Boateng "Rethinking fiscal decentralization policies in developing economies: the case of Ghana". (thesis) (Supervisor: Jeff Boggs; Supervisory Committee Members: Chris Fullerton, Tony Shaw)

Rick Epp "Coming out by staying in: men who have sex with men exploring their sexual identities online". (thesis) (Supervisor: Catherine J. Nash; Supervisory Committee Members: Ebru Ustundag, David Butz)

Warren Jenkinson "Sound walks in Geography." (thesis) (Supervisor: David Butz; Supervisory Committee Members: Mike Ripmeester, Phillip Mackintosh)

Kerrie Pickering "Assessing the adaptive capacity of the wine industry for climate change adaptation: a case study of the Ontario wine industry" (thesis) (Supervisor: Tony Shaw; Supervisory Committee Members: Ryan Plummer, TBA)

Paul Russumanno "Art is the new steel." (thesis) (Supervisor: Phillip Mackintosh; Supervisory Committee Members: Mike Ripmeester, Chris Fullerton)

Heather Whipple "Extraterestrial human geographies." (major research paper) (Supervisor: Dragos Simandan; Second reader: Catherine Nash)

Tomasz Wierzba "Truth claims about Niagara's culture." (thesis) (Supervisor: Mike Ripmeester; Supervisory Committee Members: Ebru Ustundag, Chris Fullerton)