Graduate & Postdoctoral Studies

Spotlight on Faculty

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Mavis Morton

Our program offers an opportunity to work with diverse faculty, develop and apply theory and qualitative, quantitative & mixed research skills and communicate in clear and accessible written, oral and visual forms with and for multiple audiences to affect positive social change.

Email: mavis.morton@uoguelph.ca

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Anna Stanley

My research focuses on settler colonial dimensions of Canadian resource governance, particularly in the areas of mining and mineral exploration.

Email: astanley.e@gmail.com

Jeji Varghese

Jeji Varghese

My research aims to improve life by helping diverse human societies to better relate to each other and think more critically about the impacts of our actions on our fellow non-human beings.

Email: varghese@uoguelph.ca

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Olga Smoliak

I examine professional interactions in the context of therapy. I use discourse and conversation analysis to study the micro-details of social interaction.

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Aziz Houmam

My research interests lie in the areas of electron transfer initiated reactions, surface and interfacial chemistry, and synthesis and applications of metal sulfide materials.

Email: Houmam@uoguelph.ca

Portrait of Dr. C. Megan McMurtry

C. Meghan McMurtry

My ultimate goal is to improve understanding of the complex interplay of factors that impact children’s pain and health to identify best practices for intervention.

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Paola Mayer

I am interested in German and Austrian literature and thought from the late 18th to the early 20th century. My focus is on the fantastic and uncanny, myth and fairy tales. My current research deals with the aesthetics of terror in the romantic period.

Email: pmayer@uoguelph.ca

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Abdallah Elsayed

Abdallah's research examines manufacturing and processing of light metals and alloys for the automotive and aerospace industries, with a focus on using fundamental concepts and experimental approaches to solve industry-related problems. 

Email: aelsay01@uoguelph.ca