2014 alumni

Meet our PhD alumni and explore their research topics

To find out more about our PhD alumni, please visit their thesis submissions via the links below.

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Adrienne Girling

How multicultural is Canada really? An investigation of the inclusion and exclusion of culturally...

Supervisor: Prof James Liu

Secondary supervisor: Prof Colleen Ward

How multicultural is Canada really? An investigation of the inclusion and exclusion of culturally diverse groups in English Canadians' representations of Canadian nationhood and identity.

Link to the Institutional Repository record of this thesis.


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Aidan Tabor

International Migration Decision-Making: The Peculiar Case of New Zealand

Supervisor: A/Prof Taciano Milfont

Secondary supervisor: Prof Colleen Ward

Link to the Institutional Repository record of this thesis.


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Awanui Te Huia

Whāia te iti kahurangi, ki te tuohu koe me he maunga teitei: Establishing psychological ...

Whāia te iti kahurangi, ki te tuohu koe me he maunga teitei: Establishing psychological foundations for higher levels of Māori language proficiency

Link to the Institutional Repository record of this thesis.


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Briar Moir

Judgments in causal chains: The impact of positive and negative motives and outcomes on lay ...

Supervisor: Prof John McClure

Secondary supervisor: Dr Matt Crawford; Prof Garth Fletcher

Judgments in causal chains: The impact of positive and negative motives and outcomes on lay attributions

Link to the Institutional Repository record of this thesis.


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Darshani Kumareswaran

The Psychopathological Foundations of Conspiracy Theorists.

Supervisor: A/Prof John McDowall

Secondary supervisor: Prof Marc Wilson

Link to the Institutional Repository record of this thesis.


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Jennifer Do

Behavioural and Neurochemical Consequences of MDMA Self-Administration in Rats

Supervisor: Prof Susan Schenk

Link to the Institutional Repository record of this thesis.


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Jeram Patel Gauranga

The Role of Eye-Movements in Eye-Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing: Eye-Movements Lower ...

Supervisor: A/Prof John McDowall

Secondary supervisor: Prof Marc Wilson

The Role of Eye-Movements in Eye-Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing: Eye-Movements Lower the Number of Intrusive Thoughts of Negative Memories

Link to the Institutional Repository record of this thesis. This thesis was submitted to the restricted archive and is only accessible to VUW students and staff.


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Madeline Judge

The Psychological and Ideological Foundations of Meat Consumption, Vegetarianism and Veganism.

Supervisor: Prof Marc Wilson

Secondary supervisor: Prof Tony Ward

Link to the Institutional Repository record of this thesis. This thesis was submitted to the restricted archive and is only accessible to VUW students and staff.


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Melissa Grouden

Why Meaning Does In Fact Matter: An Exploration of Meaning In Life And Its Impact On Well-Being.

Supervisor: Dr Paul Jose

Secondary supervisor: Dr John McClure

Link to the Institutional Repository record of this thesis.


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Morgan Sissons

The Clinical Utility of Personality Profiles of High-Risk Offenders in Rehabilitation

Supervisor: Prof Devon Polaschek

Secondary supervisor: Prof Garth Fletcher


Link to the Institutional Repository record of this thesis.


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Patricia Young

Cultural Learning in Young Maori Offenders and Their Families: A Preliminary Model

Supervisor: Prof Tony Ward

Secondary supervisor: Prof Colleen Ward

Link to the Institutional Repository record of this thesis.


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Paul Speer

The effect of lexical content on sentence production in nonfluent aphasia

Supervisor: Dr Carolyn Wilshire

Secondary supervisor: Prof Tony Ward

Link to the Institutional Repository record of this thesis.


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Sarah Bradbury

The role of serotonin in MDMA self-administration in rats.

Supervisor: Prof Susan Schenk

Link to the Institutional Repository record of this thesis.


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Sophie Dickson

The Role of Release Planning in the Reintegration Experiences of High-Risk, Violent Offenders

Link to the Institutional Repository record of this thesis.