Folklore Alumni
We are proud of our graduates and their accomplishments. You can see the Ukrainian Folklore Program alumni and the topic of their research listed by the graduation year below.
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2023
Larisa Sembaliuk Cheladyn, PhD,
Victoria Kostyniuk, MA
2021
Katya Chomitzky, MA, ""
2019
Ashley Halko-Addley, MA,
2018
Nadya Foty-Oneschuk, PhD,
2017
Jennifer Boivin, PhD,
2016
Larisa Sembaliuk Cheladyn, MA,
Jiaying You, PhD,
Nataliya Bezborodova, MA,
Kateryna Kod, MA, "Ethnocultural Identity and Edmonton Painters Recently from Ukraine"
2014
Huseyin Oylupinar, PhD,
2013
Paul Olijnyk, MA,
Ludmila Nazarova, MA, "Folklore Elements of Personal Experience: The Art and Narrative of Mary Hansen"
Myroslava Uniat, MA, "Contemporary Ukrainian Political Folklore as Social Phenomena"
Maryna Chernyavska, MA,
2012
Viktoria Shevchenko, MA,
2011
Mariya Lesiv, PhD, "
2010
Jennifer Boivin, MA,
Svitlana Kukharenko, PhD,
2009
Maureen Stefaniuk, MA, "My Grandmother's House as a Hybrid Between Traditional and Modern Dwellings"
2008
Vincent Rees, MA,
2007
Greg Borowetz, MA, "
2006
Svitlana Kukharenko, MA, "
Katherine Bily, MA, "Memories and Sentiments of the Plain Lake Church Community"
Roman Shiyan, PhD,
2005
Mariya Lesiv, MA,
Monica Jensen, PhD,
Sogu Hong, PhD,
2004
Vita Holoborodko, MA,
2003
Nadya Foty, MA, "Ukrainian Mock Weddings in Saskatchewan"
2002
Anna Kuranicheva, MA,
Andriy Chernevych, MA,
Phyllis Basaraba, MA,
2001
Natalia Khanenko-Friesen (nee Shostak), PhD,
1999
Jason Golinowski, MA,
Brian Cherwick, PhD,
1998
Sogu Hong, MA, "
1997
Viktoria Lohvyn, PhD, "Ukrainian Customary Law: An Attempt at Analyzing Some Aspects of Women's Rights"
Volodymyr Boychuk, MA,
1996
Raina Iotova, MA,
Olena Plokhii, MA,
1994
Natalia Khanenko-Friesen (nee Shostak), MA,
1992
Anne Mary Sochan, MA,
Brian Cherwick, MA,
1991
Andriy Nahachewsky, PhD,
1990
Rena Hanchuk, MA,
1989
Valentyn Moroz, MA,
1985
Andriy Nahachewsky, MA, "
Mark Bandera, MA,
1982
Demjan Hohol', MA,
1981
Yarema Kowalchuk, MA,
1967
Wasyl Niniowsky, MA, "The Poetic Forms and Mythological Elements in the Ukrainian-Hutsulian Carols - Koliadky and Shchedrivky"
1963
George Foty, MA, "A Survey of the Mythology of Kievan Rus' and its Survivals in the Folklore of the Eastern Slavs"