Current Graduate Students

PhD Students:


brad_congelioName:
Brad Congelio

Hometown: Wellsburg, West Virginia (United States)

Advisor: Dr. Bob Barney

Research Interest: The Olympic city bidding process, high-level politics at the Olympic Games

Dissertation Topic: Anchorage, Alaska: Bids for the 1992, 1994, and 1998 Winter Olympic Games

Contact: bcongeli@uwo.ca

 

doiara_santosName: Doiara Silva dos Santos

Hometown: Itabuna (Bahia, Brazil)

Advisor: Dr. Bob Barney

Research Interest: Latin American Olympic history, media and the Olympics

Dissertation Topic: Latin America and The Olympic Movement: A Historical Perspective

Contact: dsantos5@uwo.ca

Master's Students:


renee_mahoneyName:
Renee Mahoney

Hometown: Oakville, Ontario (Canada)

Advisor: Dr. Kevin Wamsley

Research Interest: Gender issues and sport, sex testing and sport, sex work and mega sporting events

Thesis Topic: Vancouver 2010: Sex Trafficking, Prostitution and the Olympic Games

Contact: rmahone@uwo.ca

 

Name: Josh Archerjosh_archer

Hometown: Port Elgin, Ontario (Canada)

Advisor: Dr. Janice Forsyth

Research Interest: Canada and the Cold War sporting era, the IOC and authorial power

Thesis Topic: The 1976 Montreal Olympic Games Revisited: A Cold War Perspective

Contact: jarcher5@uwo.ca

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