Successful Student Defenses

Congratulations to all of our Graduate Students and their Supervisors on the successful defense of their PhD dissertations, and or MA thesis.


Kshamta Hunter

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Curriculum Studies

February | 2023

Dissertation title | Urban youth sustainability leaders’ leadership competencies in engaging transformative social innovative solutions for local wicked problems

Supervisor | Dr. Samson Nashon


Joann Ihuoma Anokwuru

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Curriculum Studies

January | 2023

Dissertation title | Living and Learning with Disabilities in Nigeria: An Ecological Narrative Inquiry

Supervisor(s) | Dr. Karen Meyer and Dr. Leyton Schnellert


Anna Ryoo

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Curriculum Studies | Art Education

November | 2022

Dissertation title | Art, education, Arendt : political and aesthetic gestures of amor mundi

Supervisor(s) | Dr. Rita Irwin, Dr. Samuel D. Rocha


Angela Rutakomozibwa

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Curriculum Studies | Science Education

December | 2021

Dissertation title | Effect of computer simulations on female students’ motivation for and engagement with physics learning: a case of secondary schools in Tanzania

Supervisor(s) | Dr. Samson Nashon and Dr. Sandra Scott


Anne Hales

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Curriculum Studies

December | 2021

Dissertation Title | Towards a genealogy of the mentor in early career teacher mentorship programs

Supervisor | Dr. Anne Phelan


Haideh Hashemi Nouri

Master of Arts (MA)

December | 2021

Thesis Title | Becoming anew as an educator: thinking with Arendt through narrative

Supervisor | Dr. Anne Phelan


Alexis Gonzalez Donoso

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Curriculum Studies | Science Education

November | 2021

Dissertation Title | Exploring in-Service Science Teachers’ Assessment Literacy on Teaching with Models

Supervisor | Dr. Samia Khan


Fay Bigloo

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Curriculum Studies

October | 2021

Dissertation Title | Cosmo-Currere: To Understand Curriculum as Bio-Geospheric Justice and Terra-Didactic Text

Supervisor | Dr. William Pinar


Amanda Fritzlan

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Curriculum Studies | Mathematics Education

September | 2021

Dissertation Title | A Narrative Inquiry Into Teachers’ Experiences with Community, Place, and Indigenous Knowledge in Mathematics Education

Supervisor | Dr. Cynthia Nicol


Keenan Way

Master of Arts (MA) | Home Economics Education

August | 2021

Thesis Title | Women’s experiences of knowledge sharing, empowerment & connecting through domestic cooking

Supervisor | Dr. Kerry Renwick


Bruce Moghtader

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Curriculum Studies

August | 2021

Dissertation Title | Human capital theory of education

Supervisor | Dr. William Pinar


Kwesi Yaro

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Curriculum Studies | Mathematics Education

August | 2021

Dissertation Title | Understanding African immigrant families’ support for their children’s mathematics learning in Canada

Supervisor | Dr. Ann Anderson

Current Position | Assistant Professor, Faculty of Education, University of Alberta