Alma Thomas, Starry Night and the Astronauts (1972)

Teaching and Students

Graduate Students

Current Ph.D. students


Ori Gilboa, Ph.D. candidate


Léo Henry, Ph.D. candidate


Harmata Aboubakar, Ph.D. candidate


Jimmy Xing, Ph.D. candidate


Eduardo Gutierrez Cornelius, Ph.D. candidate



Ph.D. students completed


Aya Bar-Oz, Ph.D. (now postdoctoral fellow, Hebrew University)


Ioana Sendroiu, Ph.D. (now faculty member at University of Hong Kong)

Sarah Zendel, Ph.D. (now research director, Throughline Strategy)

Paulina García del Moral, Ph.D. (now faculty member at University of Guelph)

Megan Dersnah, Ph.D. (now Senior Policy Analyst, Government of Canada)

Holly Campeau, Ph.D. (now faculty member at University of Waterloo)

Myles Leslie, Ph.D. (now faculty member at University of Calgary)



Courses taught in recent years

Events and Turbulent Times


Sociology of Atrocities

Sociology of Law

Police Violence and Global Affairs

Sociology of Law, Politics, and Globalization

Global Violence

Justice Reforms in Global Context

International Criminal Justice: Legal and Social Aspects

Global Justice and Law

Genocide Reading Group

Capstone in Global Affairs (Justice stream)

Sociology PhD practicum

International Criminal Law

Introduction to Criminal Law & Procedure