Alumni

Student

Thesis Title

Marie Ouellet, PhD, 2012-2016 – defended August 2016
Terrorist networks and the collective criminal career: The relationship between group structure and trajectories

Bryce Westlake, PhD, 2011-2015 – defended July 2015
The evolution of the criminal career of child exploitation websites: Community, survival, and offending patterns

Joanna Amirault, PhD, 2011-2014 – defended August 2014
Criminalizing terrorism: The impact of context and cohort effects on the sentencing outcomes of terrorist offenders

Rebecca Nash, PhD, 2010-2013 – defended August 2013
Trusting the con man: The role of social networks in the diffusion of frauds

Wei Wang, PhD, 2009-2013 – defended August 2013
Conventional capital, criminal capital, and criminal careers in drug trafficking 

Owen Gallupe, PhD, 2009-2012 – defended July 2012
The symbolic benefits of delinquency for adolescent


Kristen Tsai, MA, 2017-2020 – defended May 2020
Are bosses brokers? A network approach to leadership in organized crime

Philippa Levey, MA, 2014-2016 – defended July 2016
The emergence of violent narratives in the life-course trajectories of online forum participants

Evan Thomas, MA, 2014-2016 – defended April 2016
 The impact of opinion leadership and external events on forum participants following ISIS online

Sadaf Hashimi, MA, 2013-2015 – defended July 2015
“On to the next one:” Using social network data to inform police target prioritization

Jason Gravel, MA, 2011-2013 – defended August 2013
Jack-of-all-trades: Social capital, criminal versatility and brokerage in a street gang network

Morena Anamali, MA, 2011-2013 – defended April 2013

Depends who offers and where offered: The context of drug offers and first time cannabis use

Kila Joffres, MA, 2010-2012 – defended April 2012
Disruption strategies for online child pornography

Jonathan Basamanowicz, MA, 2009-2011 – defended May 2011

Release groups and digital copyright piracy

Bryce Westlake, MA, 2009-2011 – defended April 2011
Analyzing online child exploitation networks: An examination of severity and connectivity

Andrea Spindler, MA, 2007-2009 – defended September 2009
Gangs, groups, and delinquency: Does membership and organizational level matter?

Holly Nguyen, MA, 2007-2009 – defended June 2009
Youth criminal networks: Resources in criminal achievement


Mackenzie Hart, Honors, 2014-2015 – defended April 2015
An application of social network analysis to three Al Qaeda attack networks

Sadaf Hashimi, Honors, 2012-2013 – defended April 2013
One War or Multiple Conflicts? Analyzing the Trends in Gang Violence in the Greater Vancouver Area

Morena Anamali, Honors, 2010-2011 – defended April 2011
Adolescent Tobacco and Marijuana Use: Unstructured Socializing and Situational Opportunities