Alumni

Listed below are our alumni.  The listings include name, year of degree completion, degree type and where they are now, if known.

 

2020 to Present
  • Alexander Rice, 2025, PhD, BYU Adjunct Faculty Instructor; Post-doctoral scholar at Florida State University (as of July 1, 2025)
  • Eduardo Lactaoen, 2025, MSc, PhD student, ¾ÅÐãÖ±²¥
  • Fabian Malaver Chaparro, 2025, MSc, PhD student, UC Berkeley
  • Veranika Puhacheuskaya, 2024, PhD
  • Claudia Heinrich, 2024, PhD
  • , 2024, PhD, SSHRC post-doctoral Fellow, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain
  • , 2024, PhD, Senior Policy Analyst, Assembly of First Nations; 
  • Rachel McGraw, 2024, PhD, Research Officer, Legislative Assembly of ¾ÅÐãÖ±²¥
  • Devin Moore, 2024 , PhD, Assistant Lecturer, Queen’s University
  • Nik Toler, 2024, PhD, https://nikgtoler.wixsite.com/linguistics/about
  • Kasandra Calkins, 2024, MSc
  • , 2024, MSc, Head Linguist and Dictionary Keeper, in Behchokǫ̀, Northwest Territories
  • Natasha Daley, 2024, MSc
  • Arya Menon, 2024, MSc
  • Tyler Schnoor, 2024, MSc, PhD student, University of Arizona
  • , 2023, PhD, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, , Université Toulouse Jean Jaurès (since 2023);, 
  • , 2023, PhD, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Lethbridge
  • McKinley Alden, 2023, PhD, TC2H Linguist, Alaska, USA, and Adjunct Instructor, Kodiak College, , Alaska, USA, 
  • Stephanie Hammond Thrasher, 2023, MSc
  • Megan Bohach, 2023, MSc
  • Karoline Antonsen, 2023, MSc
  • Vera Fiawornu, 2022, MSc
  • Jiaxing Li, 2022, MSc
  • Vera Fiawornu, 2022, MSc
  • Mariana Quintana, 2022, MSc, PhD student, Dept. of Linguistics,SUNY Buffalo
  • Michelle Garcia-Vega, 2021, PhD, Instructor, Lethbridge College
  • , 2021, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of English, George Mason University
  • Brian Rusk, 2021, PhD, Research Assistant Professor, Faculty of Education, University of Macau, China
  • Stephanie Hedges, 2021, MSc
  • Krithika Govinda Rajan, 2020, PhD, Policy Researcher for ¾ÅÐãÖ±²¥ Education; student in Applied Master’s in Speech-Language Pathology, Communication Sciences and Disorders, ¾ÅÐãÖ±²¥
  • Aisha Barise, 2020, MSc, PhD student, Department of Integrated Studies in Education, McGill University
  • , 2020, PhD, Teaching professor, Modern Languages Studies Department, Faculty of Arts and Humanities, Vancouver Island University
  • , 2020, PhD, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Media and Communications, Singidunum University, Serbia
  • Jennifer Hinnell, 2020, PhD, Management Consultant
  • , 2020, PhD, Senior Data Analyst, Coconut Software; 
  • Abdulaziz Alarifi, 2020, PhD
  • Wenfu Bao, 2020, MSc, Postdoctroal Research Fellow, ; Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences; Moody College of Communication; University of Texas at Austin
  • , 2020, MSc, Language Director, Tahltan Central Government, BC; 
  • Dalia Cristerna Román, 2020, MSc, PhD student, Department of Linguistics, ¾ÅÐãÖ±²¥
2010 to 2019
  • , 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, ,  (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, ,  (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, , , &, 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, ¾ÅÐãÖ±²¥ (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, ¾ÅÐãÖ±²¥ (as of 2010)
  • Michelle Sims, 2010, MSc, PhD Student, Department of Linguistics, ¾ÅÐãÖ±²¥ (as of 2010)
  • Jiali Mao, 2010, MSc,
  • Kristina Geeraert, 2010, MSc, PhD Student, Department of Linguistics, ¾ÅÐãÖ±²¥ (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, ¾ÅÐãÖ±²¥ (as of 2010)
2000 to 2009
  • 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, ¾ÅÐãÖ±²¥ (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, ¾ÅÐãÖ±²¥ (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, ¾ÅÐãÖ±²¥ (as of 2001)
  • Marni Manegre, 2001, MSc,  (as of 2025)
  • 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, ¾ÅÐãÖ±²¥ (as of 2018)
  • Marina Blekher, 2000, PhD, Faculty Lecturer, Department of Linguistics,  (as of 2018)
1990 to 1999
  • Ian Wallace, 1999, MSc,
  • Julia Peters, 1999, MSc, PhD Student, Department of Linguistics, ¾ÅÐãÖ±²¥ (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 ¾ÅÐãÖ±²¥
  • 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, ¾ÅÐãÖ±²¥ (as of 1996)
  • Yeo Yoon, 1995, PhD, Department of English Education,
  • Kaori Kabata, 1995, MSc, PhD Student, Department of Linguistics, ¾ÅÐãÖ±²¥ (as of 1995)
  • Elyse K. Abraham, 1995, PhD
  • Darrell Williams, 1994, MSc, PhD Student, Department of Linguistics, ¾ÅÐãÖ±²¥ (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, ¾ÅÐãÖ±²¥ (as of 2000)
  • Jean E. Andruski, 1990, MSc, ,
  • Barbara Jacennik, 1990, PhD, Senior Lecturer, ,
1980 to 1989
  • 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, ¾ÅÐãÖ±²¥ (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, ¾ÅÐãÖ±²¥ (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, ¾ÅÐãÖ±²¥ (as of 1981)
  • Patricia E. Lynkowsky, 1980, MSc
1970 to 1079
  • Dale Stevenson, 1979, PhD
  • Jenn-Shann J. Lin, 1979, PhD, Professor Emeritus, Department of East Asian Studies, ¾ÅÐãÖ±²¥ (as of 2018)
  • Peter Assmann, 1979, MSc, PhD Student, ¾ÅÐãÖ±²¥ (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, ¾ÅÐãÖ±²¥ (as of 2018)
  • 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)
  • 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, ¾ÅÐãÖ±²¥ (as of 1970)
  • Donald Watkins, 1970, PhD
  • Foong-Heng (Irene) Wong, 1970, PhD
1960 - 1969
  • 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)