Graduate Students
Elise Diplock
Education: Bachelor of Arts Honours in Criminal Justice - University of Winnipeg
Research Interests: My research interests include the prevalence of missing persons and chronic missing persons in Canada, missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls, and missing persons’ cases in the media. Other areas of my research interests include children and youth advocacy centers and quantitative/qualitative research methods.
Supervisor(s): Dr. Sarah Heath and Dr. Steven Kohm
Email: diplock-e@webmail.uwinnipeg.ca
Natassia D’Sena
Education: Bachelors of Science in Psychology – University of Regina; Bachelor of Arts Honours in Sociology – University of Regina
Research Interests: My current research interests lie in sex work, specifically, I seek to explore how evolution of technology and media have made it easier for sex workers to conduct their work online, and how the labour process online differs from street-based sex work.
Supervisor: Dr. Kelly Gorkoff and Dr. Kevin Walby
Email: Dsena-n@webmail.uwinnipeg.ca
Kirandeep Hira
Education: Bachelor of Arts Honours in Policing - Wilfried Laurier University
Research Interests: My research interests include the addictions of both children and adults to digital technologies and their impacts on the Criminal Justice System. Other areas of my research interest include the mental health of police officers and how to help combat their inevitable traumas.
Supervisor: Dr. Steven Kohm
Email: hira-k@webmail.uwinnipeg.ca
Jenna McGregor
Education: Bachelor of Arts Honours in Criminal Justice - University of Winnipeg
Research Interests: My research interest circulates around the Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD) program. Specifically, I am interested in understanding the positionality of the actors involved, particularly during the application and approval process.
Supervisor: Dr. Kelly Gorkoff
Email: mcgregor-j95@webmail.uwinnipeg.ca
Andrea Nickel
Education: Bachelor of Arts Honours in Criminal Justice - University of Winnipeg
Research Interests: My research interests include disability policy, problem-solving courts, and how policies and practices address the needs of individuals with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) within the criminal justice system.
Supervisor: Dr. Michael Weinrath
Email: nickel-an@webmail.uwinnipeg.ca
Sara Pelland
Education: Bachelor of Arts Honours in Criminal Justice - University of Winnipeg
Research Interests: My research interests include the policing and prosecution of Indigenous people in Canada, Indigenous epistemologies, grassroots organizing and movements, and the use of story/ personal narratives in academic research.
Supervisor: Dr. Bronwyn Dobchuk-Land
Email: pelland-s45@webmail.uwinnipeg.ca
Marcos A. Sobral
Education: Bachelor of Arts Double Advanced Major in Linguistics and English Literature - University of Manitoba; Bachelor of Arts Honours in Criminal Justice - University of Winnipeg (2022)
Research Interests: Human Rights; Interrogation Techniques; Social Theory; Penology; Semantics Theory; Sociolinguistics; Propaganda
Supervisor: Dr. Michael Weinrath
Email: sobral-m@webmail.uwinnipeg.ca
Okemamaka Ukasoanya
Education: Bachelors of Human Ecology – University of Manitoba
Research Interests: My research interests are in the police and intimate partner violence as well as policies and practises in intimate partner violence
Supervisors: Dr. Kelly Gorkoff and Dr. Kevin Walby
Email: ukasoanya-o@webmail.uwinnipeg.ca