Graduate Students | Elspeth Brown

I advise graduate students in the University of Toronto’s Department of History and Ryerson University’s School of Image Arts in the fields of US history (mostly 20th century); history of sexuality; business history and commercial culture; gender studies; and photography/visual culture studies. Graduate students are working on a range of questions at both the MA and PhD levels.

PhD Primary Advisor - Completed

Dr. Rikke Andreassen Rikke Andreassen is an Associate Professor at Roskilde University in Denmark. Her work focuses on media representation of minorities and gender, race, and sexuality.	Dr. Gillian Mitchell Dr. Gillian Mitchell is a lecturer in Modern American History at the University of St. Andrews, Scotland, in theUnited Kingdom. She is a specialist in 20th century music in the US and UK.
Dr. Michael Pettit Michael Pettit is a historian of science whose teaching and research centre on the emergence of psychology as a science, discipline, and profession.

PhD Primary Advisor – In Progress

Elizabeth R. Lee Elizabeth R. Lee is a second year PhD student at the University of Toronto. Her research focuses on the theoretical aspects of identity construction, affect, tauma, and postcolonialism in connection with cultural representations of American empire and the acquisition of the Philippine Islands in 1899.	Caleb Wellum Caleb is a second year PhD student in the Department of History. He is interested in the politics of nature-culture during the energy crises of the 1970s in the United States.
Nicholas Matte Nicholas Matte is a politically-conscious interdisciplinary historian whose research interests include the historical, social and scientific constructions of bodies in relation to sex, gender, sexuality, health, disability and race.

PhD Committee Member - In Progress

Holly Karibo Holly Karibo is a 5th year doctoral candidate in the Graduate Collaborative Program in History and Women’s Studies.	Nina Kouprianova Nina is a PhD student in American and Rusian history. Her work focuses on print culture, foreign policy, international relations, trade, and social history.
Camille Bégin Camille Bégin is a PhD candidate at the University of Toronto. A scholar of U.S cultural history, her research focuses on sensory history and material culture.	Elizabeth Jewett Beth completed her BA (honours) and MA degrees in history at McGill University prior to starting her PhD in history at the University of Toronto in 2007.
Benjamin Pottruff Benjamin Pottruff's current research investigates a violent series of anarchist-inspired assassinations and bombings that haunt the history of the second industrial revolution in the United States.	Sarah Tracy Sarah Tracy researches the politics of food, life, and health/debility in North America.

PhD Students, Committee Member – Completed

Dr. Amy Milne-Smith Amy Milne-Smith is joined the faculty at Wilfred Laurier University in Fall 2011 as an assistant professor of Modern Britain/British Empire. She was previously an assistant professor of Modern European history at the University of Southern Mississippi.	Dr. Marlis Schweitzer Marlis Schweitzer is an Associate Professor in the Department of Theatre at York University where she teaches courses on performance and commodity culture, Broadway musical theatre, and nineteenth-century popular entertainment. She is the author of When Broadway Was the Runway: Theatre, Fashion, and American Culture.
Dr. Bryan Razi Brian Razi is a PhD candidate in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (UofT). His cross-disciplinary work concerns the history of ideas, the history of knowledge, and the history of information.	Dr. Carla Hustak Carla Hustak researches the histories of whiteness, gender, sexuality, emotions, colonialism, science, and the environment. Her dissertation historicizes affect in the context of the racial, class, and sexual politics of early twentieth century white middle class sex reformers.
Dr. Allana Lindgren Allana C. Lindgren is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Theatre at the University of Victoria. She was on the board of the Society of Dance History Scholars from 2007 to 2010.	Dr. Jenny Carson Dr. Jenny Carson is an Assistant Professor in the Department of History at Ryerson University.
Dr. Amish C. Morrell Amish Morrell researches the history of photography and visual studies.	Dr. Laurie K. Bertram Dr. Laurie K. Bertram is the Grant Notley Memorial Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of History and Classics at the University of Alberta.
Dr. Jenene Wiedemer Jenene Wiedemer completed a PhD on anesthesia and popular entertainment in the 19th century.

MA – University of Toronto

Sarah Mumford Sarah Mumford researches the history of American popular culture in the Cold War, particularly visions of apocalypse in film, and the construction of national identity in comic books.	Daniel Guadagnolo Daniel Guadagnolo was a 2010/2011 MA candidate in the Department of History, University of Toronto. He researches the cultural history of commercial advertising in the United States.
David Sworn My work examines histories of business, capital and the social sciences as they intersect with intimate relationships, especially in the family.	Sarah Tuite Sarah Tuite completed her Masters at the University of Toronto in 2001. Her major paper was titled "Masculinity, Race, and the Right to Violence: The 1982 Lynching of Vincent Chin."
Kathryn Exon Kathryn was a 2008 students in the MA - History program at U of T. Her research investigated 19th century railroad, mapping, tourism, and the internal colonialism of the U.S. West.	Kate Richards Kate Richard's MA thesis (2008) investigated American Cold War cultural diplomacy in India.
Cari Merkley Cari Merley completed her MA thesis, The New 'Peril of Pauline': Alcoholism, Female Masculinity and Gender Deviancy in Postwar America, with Dr. Brown in 2001.	Marlo Troughton Marlo's MA (2006) work charted the relationship with continuing education programs for women in the United States between 1960 and 1978.
Rommel Julian Rommel completed his MA on hegemonic masculinities in commercial gaming during the 1980s.	Elaine Breckenridge Elaine wrote her MA thesis on gender and race in the San Francisco settlement house movement.
Devan Somerville Devan completed his MA in Public Policy during a summar placement program, where Elspeth supervised his research.	Jessica Tilley Completed MA research on Savannah, Georgia.

MA – Ryerson University, Photography

Kristin E. Dudley Kristin Dudley is a multidisciplinary artist who works as a photographer, graphic and web designer, painter, curator, collections manager and archivist.	Marissa Potvin Marissa Potvin is a photography scholar interested in late nineteenth and early twentieth century depictions of mysticism.
Rick Slater Rick Slater's MA thesis examined the aesthetic and philosophical underpinnings of Life and Time's coverage of the 1972 democratic convention.	Sarah Fay Sarah's MA thesis quantitatively analyzed Kodak film advertisements between 1900 and 1925.