Alumni

Department of Linguistics Alumni
Name Year Degree Description
Vera Fiawornu 2022 MSc
Mariana Quintana 2022 MSc
Michelle Garcia-Vega 2021 PhD
2021 PhD

Postdoctoral Fellow
Department of Linguistics
University of Washington

Brian Rusk 2021 PhD
Krithika Govinda Rajan 2020 PhD
Aisha Barise 2020 MSc
2020 PhD

Modern Languages Studies Department, Faculty of Arts and Humanities

Vancouver Island University

2020 PhD Department of Psychology, Faculty of Media and CommunicationsSingidunum University, Serbia
Jennifer Hinnell 2020 PhD
Wenfu Bao 2020 MSc
2019 PhD University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand
Isabell Hubert Lyall 2019 PhD
Abdulaziz Alarifi 2019 PhD Assistant Professor
Department of English Language & Literature
King Saud University
Kevin Penner 2019 PhD
Olivia Sammons 2019 PhD Adjunct Research Professor
(as of 2019)
Saliu Shittu 2019 PhD
Magdalena Winters Difani 2019 MSc
Figen Karaca 2018 MSc
Abigail Toth 2018 PhD PhD Student
Artificial Intelligence, Faculty of Science and Engineering
University of Groningen, NL (as of 2019)
2018 PhD Research Fellow
Institute for Estonian and General Linguistics
University of Tartu, Estonia
Keren Hernandez 2018 MSc Research and Evaluation Coordinator
Health Systems Evaluation & Evidence Department
(as of 2018)
Catherine Ford 2018 MSc (as of 2018)
Lena Vasilyeva 2017 PhD Instructor
Department of Continuing Education
(as of 2018)
Keely Morrow 2017 MSc
Caelan Marrville 2017 PhD Mitacs Canadian Science Policy Fellow
Integrated Data Office, Data Science and Analytics Branch
Ministry of Jobs, Trade & Technology, Government of BC (as of 2018)
Tamara Sorenson Duncan 2017 PhD Postdoctoral Fellow

(as of 2018)
Audra Phillips 2017 PhD Assistant Professor

(as of 2018)
Matthew Kelley 2017 MSc PhD Student
Department of Linguistics
黑料不打烊 (as of 2018)
Graham Feeny 2017 MSc PhD Student

(as of 2018)
Michelle Sims 2016 PhD Project Manager
Knowledge Management Clinical Projects and Support Services
(as of 2018)
Ruiting Jia 2016 PhD Research Scientist
(as of 2018)
Dorothy Thunder 2016 MSc Full-Time Cree Instructor / Faculty Service Officer
Faculty of Native Studies
黑料不打烊 (as of 2018)
Eleanor Kinney 2016 MSc Project Manager
, Dallas (as of 2018)
2016 PhD
Conor Snoek 2015 PhD Assistant Professor

(as of 2018)
Daniel Reisinger 2015 MSc
Vincent Porretta 2015 PhD Postdoctoral Fellow

(as of 2018)
2015 PhD Instructor

(as of 2018)
2015 PhD Assistant Professor

(as of 2018)
Guangting Wang 2014 PhD Assistant Professor
Department of Tourism
Kailen Shantz 2014 MSc PhD Student

(as of 2018)
2014 PhD Director, Center for Language Teaching and Rehabilitation

(as of 2018)
Tsung-Ying Chen 2014 PhD Assistant Professor

(as of 2018)
Yasemin Tulpar 2014 MSc M.Sc. SLP Student
Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders
黑料不打烊
&
Research Officer
Provincial Addiction and Mental Health Department
(as of 2018)
Daniel Aberra 2014 MSc Owner
CanAfrik Multimedia Communications, Inc. (as of 2018)
Richard Yanaky 2013 MSc Instructor

(as of 2018)
2013 PhD Associate Professor

(as of 2018)
Jill Dilts 2013 PhD Research Analyst
(as of 2018)
2013 PhD Assistant Professor

(as of 2018)
Dana Abdulrahim 2013 PhD Assistant Professor

(as of 2018)
Ching Chu Sun (June Hendrix-Sun) 2012 MSc Postdoctoral Fellow

(as of 2018)
Kyle Danielson 2012 MSc Assistant Professor

(as of 2018)
Grant Aiton 2012 MSc Adjunct Faculty

(as of 2018)
Laura Teddiman 2012 PhD Postdoctoral Fellow

(as of 2018)
Sullay Kanu 2012 PhD Assistant Professor

(as of 2018)
Georgie Columbus 2012 PhD Research Coordinator
Faculty of Kinesiology, Sport, and Recreation
黑料不打烊 (as of 2018)
Sze Man (Emily) Yiu 2012 MSc Immigration Consultant
(as of 2018)
Alexandra Mateu-Martin 2012 MSc Speech Language Pathologist
Love 2 Learn, Huntington Beach, California (as of 2018)
Eric Braun 2012 MSc Instructor
Yellowwood Academy, Mercer Island, Washington (as of 2018)
2011 MSc PhD Candidate
Literacy Education

&
Research Consultant
(as of 2018)
Farzaneh Foroodi-Nejad 2011 PhD Lead Clinical Supervisor
, San Francisco (as of 2019)
Tanya Zdorenko 2011 PhD Academic Calendar Coordinator

(as of 2018)
Hui Yin 2010 PhD Associate Professor

(as of 2018)
Tamara Sorenson-Duncan 2010 MSc PhD Student
Department of Linguistics

黑料不打烊 (as of 2010)
Michelle Sims 2010 MSc PhD Student
Department of Linguistics

黑料不打烊 (as of 2010)
Jiali Mao 2010 MSc
Kristina Geeraert 2010 MSc PhD Student
Department of Linguistics

黑料不打烊 (as of 2010)
2010 MSc National Collaborating Centre for Determinants of Health
St. Francis Xavier University
Julia Peters 2010 PhD Instructor

(as of 2018)
Karin Nault 2010 PhD Owner / Speech Language Pathologist
Speech Therapy Plus - Orthophonie Plus (as of 2017)
Ruiting Jia 2010 MSc PhD Student
Department of Linguistics

黑料不打烊 (as of 2010)
Vianey Varela 2009 MSc Owner / Teacher / Translator / Editor
, Johannesburg (as of 2018)
Antoine Tremblay 2009 PhD Data Production and Dissemination Officer

&
Assistant Professor

Zhen (Mark) Chen 2009 MSc CCC-SLP & Director
Voice and Speech Therapy Unit
(as of 2018)
Jill Bouchard-Cross 2009 MSc Senior Content Developer
, Liverpool
&
Coding Instructor
(as of 2018)
Tatiana Kryuchkova 2009 MSc Senior HR Systems Analyst
, Calgary (as of 2019)
Marnie Krauss 2008 MSc Speech Language Pathologist
(as of 2018)
Christopher Cox 2008 MSc PhD Student
Department of Linguistics

黑料不打烊 (as of 2008)
Dorothy Pawlina-Pinto 2008 MSc Health Research Evaluator
(as of 2018)
2007 PhD Professor
(as of 2018)
Isabel Madeira 2007 MSc Research Analyst

(as of 2018
Martin Thiering 2007 PhD Adjunct Professor


&
Visiting Professor
, Rome (as of 2018)
Samuel Navarro-Ortega 2007 PhD Assistant Professor
(as of 2018)
2006 PhD Professional Actor (as of 2018)
2006 PhD Associate Professor of Forensic Speech Science
Centre for Forensic Linguistics
(as of 2018)
2006 MSc Assistant Professor
School of Humanities
(as of 2018)
Alla Ivanova 2006 MSc
Josh Holden 2006 MSc Denesųłıné Program Instructor and Curriculum Developer

(as of 2018)
Laura Teddiman 2006 MSc PhD Student
Department of Linguistics

黑料不打烊 (as of 2006)
Fusheini Hudu 2005 MSc Senior Lecturer
(as of 2018)
Patrick Kukanu 2005 MSc Owner
Kupak Landscapes Ltd. (as of 2018)
Sarah Shulist 2004 MSc Associate Professor
(as of 2018)
Dinorah Haber 2004 MSc
Juliana De la Mora 2004 MSc Assistant Professor

(as of 2018)
Matthias Schirmeier 2004 PhD
Anamaria Popescu 2004 MSc Teacher
, Quadra Island, BC (as of 2018)
2003 MSc Certified Translator
(as of 2017)
Cinnamon Suyal 2002 MSc
Aya Okamoto 2002 MSc Sessional Faculty
(as of 2018)
Christian Guilbault 2002 PhD Associate Professor

(as of 2018)
2002 PhD Principal Lecturer in Chinese

(as of 2018
Satomi Currah 2002 PhD Library Assistant
, Lamont (as of 2018)
Rei Akiyama 2002 MSc Clinical Specialist
, Japan (as of 2018)
Chunling Zhang 2001 MSc
Hui Yin 2001 MSc PhD Student
Department of Linguistics

黑料不打烊 (as of 2001)
Marni Manegre 2001 MSc PhD Candidate


&
Senior Teacher B - Online TEFL
(as of 2018)
Shaojun Ji 2001 PhD Associate Professor

(as of 2018)
Gregory Thomson 2000 PhD Consultant
Global Language Learning Consultants, Ltd.
2000 PhD Professor

(as of 2018)
Darrell Williams 2000 PhD
Kaori Kabata 2000 PhD Associate Professor
Department of East Asian Studies
黑料不打烊 (as of 2018)
Marina Blekher 2000 PhD Faculty Lecturer
Department of Linguistics
(as of 2018)
Ian Wallace 1999 MSc
Julia Peters 1999 MSc PhD Student
Department of Linguistics

黑料不打烊 (as of 1999)
Wolfram Wikeley 1999 MSc Musician / Composer (as of 2018)
Debra Elliot 1999 MSc
Laura Sabourin 1998 MSc Professor

(as of 2018)
Shannon McEwen 1998 MSc Senior Evaluations Analyst
Government of 黑料不打烊
Peter Lesetar 1998 PhD
1998 PhD Head of English Department

(as of 2018)
Hong Zhu 1998 MSc
1998 MSc Translator
Japan Communications
Greg Skrypiczajko 1997 MSc Owner / Instructor
Canadian English Language Services, Inc.
Fang Chen 1997 PhD
Wendan Li 1996 PhD Associate Professor

(as of 2018)
Michael Kiefte 1996 MSc PhD Student
Department of Linguistics

黑料不打烊 (as of 1996)
Yeo Yoon 1995 PhD Department of English Education
Kaori Kabata 1995 MSc PhD Student
Department of Linguistics

黑料不打烊 (as of 1995)
Elyse K. Abraham 1995 PhD
Darrell Williams 1994 MSc PhD Student
Department of Linguistics

黑料不打烊 (as of 1994)
Yuhuan Wang 1994 PhD Instructor

Radecka Appiah-Padi 1994 MSc Assistant Dean

Andrea Kross 1993 MSc
Ruth A. Dyck 1993 MSc
Grace Wiebe 1992 PhD
Karen S. Watson 1992 MSc
Sharon Storoschuk 1992 MSc Cranial Sacral Therapist & Intuitive Healer
Cranial Sacral Therapy, Vancouver
1992 PhD Professor

Betty Karpinski 1992 MSc
Katharine Hayden 1992 MSc
Karla Dolinsky 1992 MSc School Counsellor
St. Margaret's School, Victoria
Laverne van Ryk 1991 MSc Retired Writer
Ming-Ming Pu 1991 PhD Professor of English
Department of Humanities
Susan R. Merino 1990 MSc
Satomi Currah 1990 MSc PhD Student
Department of Linguistics

黑料不打烊 (as of 2000)
Jean E. Andruski 1990 MSc
Barbara Jacennik 1990 PhD Senior Lecturer

Karen Tjosvold-Duncan 1989 MSc
Paul L. Bergen 1989 MSc
Sandra L. Bellan 1989 MSc
1988 MSc Collection Development Coordinator

Diane J. Dennis 1988 MSc
Murray J. Munro 1987 MSc PhD Student
Department of Linguistics

黑料不打烊 (as of 1987)
Maureen Ehrensberger-Dow 1987 PhD Professor of Translation Studies
&
Martha L. Smith 1987 MSc
Michiko Kawashima 1987 PhD
Tracey Derwing 1987 PhD Professor Emeritus
Department of Educational Psychology
黑料不打烊 (as of 2018)
Katherine Tiede 1986 MSc Instructor
Sik Lee Cheung-Denning 1986 MSc
Hsu Samuel Wang 1985 PhD
Sherrie E. Shammass 1985 PhD
1985 MSc Professor
Daniel P. Fearon 1985 PhD
1985 PhD Professor

1985 PhD Professor

Ronald Smyth 1985 PhD Professor Emeritus

(as of 2018)
1984 MSc Associate Professor

Timothy Reeve 1984 MSc Trainer
Gunilla C. Laurell 1984 MSc
Nobuya Itagaki 1984 PhD Professor

Kathy Look Howery 1984 MSc AAC Consultant
kATe Consulting, Inc.
Janet Schwegel 1984 MSc Managing Editor
Geetha Krishnan 1983 MSc
Mary Kolic 1983 MSc
Thomas Welz 1982 MSc
Georgia Magnera 1982 PhD
1982 MSc
Patricia Hunter 1981 MSc
Mayadevi Gante 1981 PhD
Maureen Ehrensberger-Dow 1981 MSc PhD Student
Department of Linguistics

黑料不打烊 (as of 1981)
Patricia E. Lynkowsky 1980 MSc
Dale Stevenson 1979 PhD
Jenn-Shann J. Lin 1979 PhD Professor Emeritus
Department of East Asian Studies
黑料不打烊 (as of 2018)
Peter Assmann 1979 MSc PhD Student
Department of Linguistics

黑料不打烊 (as of 1979)
Bong-Hee Choi 1978 MSc
Brian F. Doherty 1978 MSc Software Developer
North Side Inc., Montreal
Catherine Fletcher 1978 MSc
Terry R. Hull 1978 PhD
1978 MSc Professor Emeritus
&

&
Department of Philosophy
黑料不打烊 (as of 2018)
J. Raymond Reid 1977 PhD Computer Consultant
Geoffrey T. Rowe 1977 MSc
Restituto M. Cena 1976 PhD
Bruce F. Millar 1976 MSc
John C. L. Ingram 1975 PhD
Karel McCarthy 1975 MSc
Christine M. Andrew 1974 PhD
Susan J. Innes 1974 MSc
Purushottam G. Patel 1974 PhD Adjunct Professor (retired)

Anthony Whitehurst 1974 MSc Principal Consultant
A.R. Whitehurst, M.Sc., Consulting Services
1973 PhD Professor Emeritus

(as of 2018)
Wendy W. Russell 1973 MSc
Donald G. Frantz 1970 PhD Professor Emeritus

(as of 2018)
J. K. (Jack) Chambers 1970 PhD Professor Emeritus

(as of 2018)
Randy P. Harris 1970 MSc
Patricia E. Lynkowsky 1970 MSc PhD Student
Department of Linguistics

黑料不打烊 (as of 1970)
Donald Watkins 1970 PhD
Foong-Heng (Irene) Wong 1970 PhD
Romano R. Bonello 1968 MSc
Eung-Do Cook 1968 PhD Professor Emeritus

(as of 2018)
Ekkehard W. Kottke 1968 MSc
Yasuyo Nakagomi 1967 MSc English Instructor
Grace Jolly-McKay 1965 MSc
Neville J. Lincoln 1963 MSc Professor (retired)

(as of 2018)