{"id":24,"date":"2015-02-04T16:51:44","date_gmt":"2015-02-04T23:51:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/peck\/?page_id=24"},"modified":"2026-01-19T03:37:37","modified_gmt":"2026-01-19T10:37:37","slug":"advising","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/peck\/advising\/","title":{"rendered":"ADVISING"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"word-wrap: normal; -webkit-hyphens: none; -moz-hyphens: none; -ms-hyphens: none; hyphens: none;\">C<span style=\"color: #333333;\">urrent graduate students<\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><a style=\"color: #333399;\" href=\"https:\/\/geog.ubc.ca\/profile\/cemali-arici\/\"><strong>Cemali Arici<\/strong><\/a><\/span> (PhD Geography, 2024-present) Unpacking Turkish capitalism<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.geog.ubc.ca\/persons\/brandon-hillier\/\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong>Brandon Hillier<\/strong><\/span><\/a> (PhD Geography, 2021-present) Tech work as a transnational occupational field<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.geog.ubc.ca\/persons\/chris-meulbroek\/\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\">Christopher Meulbroek<\/span><\/a><\/strong> (PhD Geography, 2020-present; co-chair with Jim Glassman)<br \/>\nGeohistories of &#8220;development&#8221;<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/geog.ubc.ca\/profile\/prashant-rayaprolu\/\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong>Prashant Rayaprolu<\/strong><\/span><\/a> (PhD Geography, 2020 present; co-chair with Jim Glassman) Worlds of global IT servicing<\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><a style=\"color: #333399;\" href=\"https:\/\/geog.ubc.ca\/profile\/jaxon-slaney\/\">Jaxon Slaney<\/a><\/span><\/strong> (MA Geography, 2024-present) Late Vancouverism and the affordability crisis<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/geog.ubc.ca\/profile\/charles-zhang\/\"><strong><span style=\"color: #333399;\">Charles Zhang<\/span><\/strong><\/a> (PhD Geography, 2024-present) Urban China meets global China<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Former graduate students<\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Mark Adams<\/strong> (PhD Geography, UW-Madison, 2006; co-chair with Tom Vale) Growth<br \/>\nmanagement in the American West<\/li>\n<li><strong>Peter Baker<\/strong> (PhD Geography, University of Manchester, 1998) Social exclusion and labour market restructuring in Burnley<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong>Rachel Bok <\/strong><\/span>(PhD Geography, 2016-2024) The urban &#8220;solutions&#8221; industry [winner of best dissertation prize, AAG Urban Geography Specialty Group; currently postdoctoral<br \/>\nresearcher, University of Toronto]<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><a style=\"color: #333399;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.queensu.ca\/geographyandplanning\/people\/faculty\/dan-cohen\"><strong>Dan Cohen<\/strong><\/a><\/span> (PhD Geography, UBC, 2012-2017) Making education markets [currently<br \/>\nAssociate Professor of Geography and Planning, Queen&#8217;s University]<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><a style=\"color: #333399;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.canterbury.ac.nz\/about-uc\/contact-us\/staff-directory\/mark-cooper\"><strong>Mark Cooper<\/strong><\/a><\/span> (PhD Geography, UW-Madison, 2007-2016; co-chair with Matthew Turner) Greenhouse economies [currently Senior Lecturer, School of Earth and Environment,<br \/>\nUniversity of Cantebury]<\/li>\n<li><strong>Liisa Cormode<\/strong> (PhD Geography, University of Manchester, 1996; co-chair with Peter<br \/>\nDicken) Highly skilled migrant workers in Canada [currently consultant]<\/li>\n<li><strong>Connor Donegan<\/strong> (Master\u2019s Geography, UBC, 2013; co-chair with Trevor Barnes) Political economy of slavery [currently postdoctoral researcher, O\u2019Donnell School of Public Health, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center]<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/cedua.colmex.mx\/sobre\/objetivos\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong>Nina Eb<\/strong><\/span><strong><span style=\"color: #333399;\">ner<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/a> (PhD Geography, 2015-2021) Making difference at the US\/Mexico border<br \/>\n[winner of best dissertation prize, AAG Economic Geography Specialty Group; currently Assistant Professor of Social Geography, Cooper Union]<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/rhodes.watson.brown.edu\/people\/albina-gibadullina\"><strong><span style=\"color: #333399;\">Albina Gibadullina<\/span><\/strong><\/a> (PhD Geography, 2020-2025; co-chair with Elvin Wyly) Mapping asset manager capitalism [currently postdoctoral researcher, Rhodes Center, Brown University]<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/arts-sciences.buffalo.edu\/sociology-criminology\/faculty\/faculty-directory\/hatton-erin.html\"><strong><span style=\"color: #333399;\">Erin Hatton<\/span><\/strong><\/a> (PhD Sociology, UW-Madison, 2007; co-chair with Erik Olin Wright)<br \/>\nRepresenting temporary labor [currently Professor of Sociology, SUNY Buffalo]<\/li>\n<li><strong>Simen Hennum<\/strong> (MA Geography, 2022-present) Placing the Nordic model<\/li>\n<li><strong>Dean Herd<\/strong> (PhD Geography, University of Manchester, 2001) Welfare reform, workfare, and policy transfer [currently Policy Development Officer, City of Toronto]<\/li>\n<li><strong>Adam Holden<\/strong> (PhD Geography, University of Manchester, 1999; co-chair with Adam<br \/>\nTickell) Local hegemonic projects in the \u201cnew\u201d Manchester [currently Senior Impact and Engagement Manager, University of Durham]<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.highbarfirstnation.ca\/\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong>Tom Howard<\/strong><\/span><\/a> (Master\u2019s Geography, UBC, 2015) Mobilizing sustainable development<br \/>\nmodels in Calgary [currently Inter-Governmental Coordinator, High Bar First Nation]<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><a style=\"color: #333399;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.staffs.ac.uk\/people\/martin-jones\"><strong>Martin Jones<\/strong><\/a><\/span> (PhD Geography, University of Manchester, 1996) Local economic governance and Training and Enterprise Councils [currently Vice-Chancellor, Staffordshire University]<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><a style=\"color: #333399;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncl.ac.uk\/gps\/staff\/profile\/keanfanlim.html#background\"><strong>Kean Fan Lim<\/strong><\/a><\/span> (PhD Geography, UBC, 2009-2014; co-chair with Trevor Barnes) Chinese state spatialities [currently Senior Lecturer in Economic Geography and Urban and Regional Development, Newcastle University]<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.grantthornton.co.uk\/people\/dan-mansfield\/\"><strong><span style=\"color: #333399;\">Dan Mansfield<\/span><\/strong><\/a> (PhD Geography, University of Manchester, 1999; co-chair with Adam<br \/>\nTickell) Restructuring public finance [currently Director, UK Infrastructure Bank]<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><a style=\"color: #333399;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.swansea.ac.uk\/staff\/science\/geography\/muellerleilecm\/\"><strong>Chris Muellerleile<\/strong><\/a><\/span> (Master\u2019s Geography, UW-Madison, 2007) Corporate and urban<br \/>\nrestructuring: the case of Boeing [currently Senior Lecturer in Economic Geography, Swansea University]<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.geog.ubc.ca\/persons\/mikael-omstedt\/\"><strong><span style=\"color: #333399;\">Mikael Omstedt<\/span><\/strong><\/a> (PhD Geography, 2016-present) Historical geographies of the US Federal Reserve [currently postdoctoral researcher, University of Toronto]<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/sts.arts.ubc.ca\/graduate\/graduate-students\/\"><strong><span style=\"color: #333399;\">Lewis Page<\/span><\/strong><\/a> (MA, Science &amp; Technology Studies, 2022-2024, co-chair with Jessica Wang) Other Chicago schools<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><a style=\"color: #333399;\" href=\"https:\/\/cuppa.uic.edu\/profiles\/parker-brenda\/\"><strong>Brenda Parker<\/strong><\/a><\/span> (PhD Geography, UW-Madison, 2008) Feminist urban political economies [currently Associate Professor in Urban Planning, University of Illinois at Chicago]<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/geog.ubc.ca\/profile\/rachel-phillips\/\"><strong><span style=\"color: #333399;\">Rachel Phillips<\/span><\/strong><\/a> (PhD Geography, 2020-2025) Placing law and economics [currently postdoctoral researcher, Yale University]<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><a style=\"color: #333399;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.queensu.ca\/geographyandplanning\/people\/prouse-carolyn\"><strong>Carolyn Prouse<\/strong><\/a><\/span> (PhD Geography, UBC, 2012-2017) Decolonial urbanisms in Brazil<br \/>\n[currently Associate Professor in Geography, Queen&#8217;s University]<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><a style=\"color: #333399;\" href=\"https:\/\/bc.lung.ca\/programs-initiatives\/healthy-indoor-environments-program\/program-team\/dr-noah-quastel\"><strong>Noah Quastel<\/strong><\/a> <\/span>(PhD Geography, UBC, 2008-2014) Sustainable commodities [currently<br \/>\nDirector, Law and Policy, British Columbia Lung Foundation]<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><a style=\"color: #333399;\" href=\"https:\/\/uwaterloo.ca\/environment-resources-and-sustainability\/people-profiles\/stephen-quilley\"><strong>Stephen Quilley<\/strong><\/a><\/span> (PhD Sociology, University of Manchester, 1995; co-chair with Huw Beynon) Political economies of exclusion and inequality in Manchester [currently Associate Professor in Environmental &amp; Social Innovation, University of Waterloo]<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><a style=\"color: #333399;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.loricacyber.com\/\"><strong>Elliot Siemiatycki<\/strong><\/a><\/span> (PhD Geography, UBC, 2013) Vancouver as consumption city [currently Director of Business Development, Lorica Cybersecurity]<\/li>\n<li><strong>Matthew Steigman<\/strong> (Master\u2019s Geography, UW-Madison, 2008) Transnationalization and Mexican identities<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><a style=\"color: #333399;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birmingham.ac.uk\/university\/leadership\/vice-chancellor\/vc-profile.aspx\"><strong>Adam Tickell<\/strong><\/a><\/span> (PhD Geography, University of Manchester, 1992; co-chair with Peter Dicken) Regulation of banking and finance [currently Vice Chancellor, University of Birmingham]<\/li>\n<li><strong>Lea Turpin<\/strong> (Master\u2019s Geography, UW-Madison, 2005) Latinization of the Dane County<br \/>\nlabor market [currently Project Manager, Applied Research Protocol]<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.persimmonhomes.com\/corporate\/about-us\/\"><strong><span style=\"color: #333399;\">Anthony Vigor<\/span><\/strong><\/a> (PhD Geography, University of Manchester, 2003; co-chair with Peter<br \/>\nDicken and Kevin Ward) Neoliberalizing the region [currently Group Director of Policy and External Affairs, Persimmon]<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><a style=\"color: #333399;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.research.manchester.ac.uk\/portal\/kevin.ward.html\"><strong>Kevin Ward<\/strong><\/a> <\/span>(PhD Geography, University of Manchester, 1998; co-chair with Adam Tickell) Urban regimes and city governance in Leeds, Manchester and Birmingham [currently<br \/>\nProfessor of Geography, University of Manchester]<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><a style=\"color: #333399;\" href=\"https:\/\/people.wright.edu\/daniel.warshawsky\"><strong>Daniel Warshawsky<\/strong><\/a><\/span> (Master\u2019s Geography, UW-Madison, 2006) Urban welfare retrenchment in Chicago [currently Associate Professor, School of Public and International Affairs, Wright State University]<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sydney.edu.au\/science\/about\/our-people\/academic-staff\/sophie-webber.html\"><strong><span style=\"color: #333399;\">Sophie Webber<\/span><\/strong><\/a> (PhD Geography, UBC, 2015; Master&#8217;s Geography, UBC, 2011; co-chair with Simon Donner) Political economy of climate change adaptation [winner of best dissertation prize, AAG Economic Geography Specialty Group; currently Associate Professor, School of Geosciences, University of Sydney]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Postdoctoral researchers<\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/research.monash.edu\/en\/persons\/dimitar-anguelov\"><strong><span style=\"color: #333399;\">Dimitar Anguelov<\/span><\/strong><\/a> (SSHRC Insight, 2021-2024) Political economy of China&#8217;s Greater Bay Area [currently Lecturer in Human Geography, School of Social Sciences, Monash University]<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #333399;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.concordia.ca\/faculty\/martin-danyluk.html\">Martin Danyluk<\/a> <\/strong><\/span>(SSHRC Fellowship, 2017-2018) Supply-chain finance [currently Assistant Professor, Department of Geography, Planning &amp; Environment, Concordia University]<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.msfhr.org\/danya-fast\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong><span style=\"color: #333399;\">Danya Fast<\/span><\/strong><\/a> (Michael Smith Foundation Fellowship, UBC, 2013-2017) &#8220;Street-involved&#8221; youth in Vancouver [currently Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, UBC]<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.staffs.ac.uk\/staff\/profiles\/mj29.jsp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong><span style=\"color: #333399;\">Martin Jones<\/span><\/strong><\/a> (Simon Fellowship, Manchester University, 1996-1998) Politics of workfare, UK-style [currently Vice-Chancellor, Staffordshire University]<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dur.ac.uk\/staff\/karen-lai\/\"><strong><span style=\"color: #333399;\">Karen Peak Yue Lai<\/span><\/strong><\/a> (Killam Fellowship, UBC, 2008-2010) Making Asian markets [currently Associate Professor, Department of Geography, Durham University]<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/cerium.umontreal.ca\/communaute\/repertoire-departement\/vue\/sebastien-rioux\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong><span style=\"color: #333399;\">S\u00e9bastien Rioux<\/span><\/strong><\/a> (SSHRC Fellowship, 2012-2014) Political economy of food [currently Canada Research Chair in the Political Economy of Food &amp; Well-being and Associate Professor, D\u00e9partement de g\u00e9ographie, Universit\u00e9 de Montr\u00e9al]<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mcgill.ca\/urbanplanning\/people\/wachsmuth\"><strong><span style=\"color: #333399;\">David Wachsmuth<\/span><\/strong><\/a> (Killam and SSHRC Fellowships, 2014-2015) Sustaining smart cities [currently Canada Research Chair in Urban Governance and Associate Professor, School of Urban Planning, McGill\u00a0University]<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/uwaterloo.ca\/political-science\/people-profiles\/heather-whiteside\"><strong><span style=\"color: #333399;\">Heather Whiteside<\/span><\/strong><\/a> (SSHRC Fellowship, 2013-2015) Political economy of public-private partnerships [currently Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Waterloo]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Current graduate students Cemali Arici (PhD Geography, 2024-present) Unpacking Turkish capitalism Brandon Hillier (PhD Geography, 2021-present) Tech work as a transnational occupational field Christopher Meulbroek (PhD Geography, 2020-present; co-chair with Jim Glassman) Geohistories of &#8220;development&#8221; Prashant Rayaprolu (PhD Geography, 2020 present; co-chair with Jim Glassman) Worlds of global IT servicing Jaxon Slaney (MA Geography, 2024-present) [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":28914,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-24","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/peck\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/24","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/peck\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/peck\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/peck\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/28914"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/peck\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24"}],"version-history":[{"count":193,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/peck\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/24\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1973,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/peck\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/24\/revisions\/1973"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/peck\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}