Current Graduate Students

PhD Students:


brad_congelioName:
Brad Congelio

Hometown: Wellsburg, West Virginia (United States)

Advisor: Dr. Bob Barney

Research Interest: U.S. Presidential administration involvement in the Olympics, high-level politics at the Olympic Games

Dissertation Topic: The Reagan Doctrine and the 1984 Soviet Bloc boycott of the Los Angeles Summer Olympics

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:

 Name: Josh Archer

josh_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

 

sophy_chanName: Sophy Chan

Hometown: Toronto, Ontario (Canada)

Advisor: Dr. Janice Forsyth

Research Interest: Social impacts of the Olympic Games; Marginalized populations and the Olympic Games

Thesis Topic: TBD

Contact: schan323@uwo.ca

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