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Hope Studies Graduate Students
Hope Studies Graduate Students
Current Graduate Students
Current Graduate Students
Doctoral Students
Doctoral Students
Shaima Ahammed
Topic: Hope, Trauma, and Transpersonal Psychology
Co-Supervisors: Dr. Denise Larsen and Dr. Sophie Yohani
Email: thayyila@ualberta.ca
Chelsea Hobbs, M.Ed.
Topic: Understanding the Lived Experiences of Hope for Women Who Have Miscarried
Supervisor: Dr. Denise Larsen
Email: chobbs@ualberta.ca
Chelsea Arsenault, M.Ed.
Topic: Strengths, Hope and Resources Program (SHARP): A Hope Intervention for Youth Transitioning from Permanent Guardianship
Supervisor: Dr. Denise Larsen
Email: clarsena@ualberta.ca
Kenneth Murdoch, M.Ed.
Topic: Experiences of Hope for Men Following Parkinsons Diagnosis
Supervisor: Dr. Denise Larsen
Email: kcmurdoc@ualberta.ca
Past Graduate Students
Past Graduate Students
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Yi Li, Ph.D., 2006-2008
Presently Associate Professor, University of Manitoba
Topic: The Experience of Hope for Newcomer High School Students From China
Supervisor: Dr. Denise Larsen
Doctoral Students
Doctoral Students
Tricia Sandham, Ph.D., 2020
Topic: Hope and Career Transitioning from Professional Ballet Aspirations
Supervisor: Dr. Denise Larsen
Joan Ewasiw, Ph.D., 2019
Topic: Experiences of Hope for Healthy Adults Who Self Identify as Living Meaning Lives
Co-supervisors: Dr. Denise Larsen and Dr. Sophie Yohani
Email: ewasiw@ualberta.ca
Rachel King, Ph.D. (SSRHC Doctoral Fellowship), 2019
Topic: Youth Hope in the Transition from Care
Supervisor: Dr. Denise Larsen
Email: rachelk@ualberta.ca
Dorit Redlich-Amirav, Ph.D. (Occupational Therapy), 2018
Topic: Hope in Israeli and Palestinian Families with an Adult Child with Mental Illness
Supervisors: Dr. Liz Taylor & Dr. Denise Larsen
Kristine Iaboni, Ph.D. (SSHRC Doctoral Fellowship), 2017
Topic: Children’s Experiences of Hope
Supervisor: Dr. Denise Larsen
Email: iaboni@ualberta.ca
Keri Flesaker, Ph.D. (SSHRC Doctoral Fellowship), 2015
Topic: Worklife Narratives of Hope for Transition Counsellors Working with Women on Parole
Supervisor: Dr. Denise Larsen
Email: flesaker@ualberta.ca
Avivit Cherrington, Ph.D., 2015
Topic: The experience of hope for youth orphaned by HIV/AIDS in South Africa
Co-Supervisors: Dr. Naydene DeLange & Dr. Denise Larsen
Natasha Egeli, Ph.D. (Vanier Canadian Institutes of Health Research Graduate Scholarship), 2015
Topic: Client Experiences in a Hope and Strengths Group for People with Chronic Pain
Supervisor: Dr. Denise Larsen
Sherry Antonucci, Ph.D., 2015
Topic: Adult Male Survivors of Childhood Sexual Abuse: Narratives of Struggle and Hope
Supervisor: Dr. Denise Larsen
Email: sherryrodrigues@hotmail.com
Lenora LeMay, Ph.D., 2014
Topic: Teacher Experiences of Constructing and Delivering Hope-Focused Service Learning Programs
Co-Supervisors: Dr. Jean Clandinin & Dr. Denise Larsen
Email: llemay@ualberta.ca
Lauren Johnson, Ph.D. (SSHRC Doctoral Fellowship), 2013
Topic: A Videographic Inquiry into Hope and Unplanned Pregnancy
Supervisor: Dr. Denise Larsen
Email: jljohnson@ualberta.ca
Wanapa Intaprasert, Ph.D., 2012
Topic: Experiences of Support for Parents of Disabled Children
Supervisor: Dr. Denise Larsen
Kathryn Holleran (Thompson), Ph.D., 2008
Topic: “Meaningful Matters”: An Auto-ethnography of Hope with Gifted High School Students
Supervisor: Dr. Denise Larsen
Email: holleran@rogers.ca
Greg Harris, Ph.D. (Canadian Institutes of Health Research Doctoral Fellowship), 2007
Professor, Memorial University of Newfoundland
Topic: Hope and the High Risk Period following HIV diagnosis
Supervisor: Dr. Denise Larsen
Email: gharris@mun.ca
Shelly Bernard, Ph.D., 2006
Topic: Hope and Hopelessness Engendering Supervisory Interactions During Doctoral Research Projects
Supervisor: Dr. Denise Larsen
Sophie Yohani, Ph.D., 2004
Presently Associate Professor, University of Alberta
Topic: Hope and Child Refugees from War-Torn Countries
Co-supervisors: Dean Fern Snart & Dr. Nancy Gibson
Email: sparkins@ualberta.ca
Master's Students
Master's Students
Kenneth Murdoch, M.Ed. (SSRHC Master’s Award), 2016
Topic: Experiences of Hope for Youth Workers in a Program Working with Street Involved Youth
Supervisor: Dr. Denise Larsen
Rachel King, M.Ed. (SSHRC Master's Award), 2014
Topic: Adolescent Girls’ Accounts of Hope
Supervisor: Dr. Denise Larsen
Email: rachelk@ualberta.ca
Gayle Sacuta, Master of Library and Information Studies, 2013
Topic: Hope and Librarianship
Email: sacuta@ualberta.ca
Jesse McElheran, M.Ed., 2012
Topic: Time perspective and hope
Supervisor: Dr. William Whelton
Email: jesse.mcelheran@ualberta.ca
Soraya Lakhani, M.Ed., 2012
Topic: Hope within refugee parent-child relationships
Supervisor: Dr. Sophie Yohani
Email: sorayalakhani@gmail.com
Lisa Blysma (Okoye), M.Ed., 2010
Topic: Changes in hope during skilled worker immigrants' early settlement in Canada
Supervisor: Dr. Sophie Yohani
Email: lisa.bylsma@hotmail.com
Keri Flesaker, M.Ed., 2008 (SSHRC Masters Scholarship)
Topic: Experiences of Hope for Transition Counsellors Working with Recently Paroled Women
Supervisor: Dr. Denise Larsen
Email: flesaker@ualberta.ca
Judy Sillito, M.Ed., 2005
Topic: Images and Stories of Hope: Understanding Hope and Transformation with Adult ESL Learners and Teachers
Supervisor: Dr. Carolin Kreber
Kelti Barsan, M.Ed., 2005
Topic: The Relationship Between Hope and Therapeutic Alliance in the Counselling Process
Supervisor: Dr. Barbara Paulson
Email: kelti@ualberta.ca
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