Sociology
Get to know our Sociology students and gain an insight into their research.
Mitch Davies
MA Student in Sociology
Supervisors: Mike Lloyd and Grant Otsuki
Tracing Sociotechnical Networks in Organisations: An Actor-Network Approach
Contact: mitch.davies@vuw.ac.nz
Dani Pickering
PhD Candidate in Sociology
Supervisors: Dr Jennifer de Saxe and Dr Anita Brady
Restoring relationality: tracing the evolving cognitive praxis of the Tiriti education movement
Contact: dani.pickering@vuw.ac.nz
Nabilah Husna
PhD Candidate in Sociology
Supervisors: Dr Janepicha Cheva-Isarakul and Associate Professor Maria Bargh
Everyday solidarity and resistance: Southeast Asian tauiwi for decolonial futures in Aotearoa
Contact: nabilahhusna.binteabdulrahman@vuw.ac.nz
Josh Cheesman
PhD Student in Sociology
Supervisors: Dr Chamsy el-Ojeili and Dr Eli Elinoff
Hypermodernity, Sociotemporality, and Progress
Contact: josh.cheesman@vuw.ac.nz
Bonnie-Estelle Trotter-Simons
PhD Candidate in Sociology
Supervisors: Dr Jennifer de Saxe and Dr Dave Wilson
Critical feminist understandings of music and resistance
Contact: bonnie.trottersimons@vuw.ac.nz
Hafsa Tameez
PhD Candidate in Sociology
Supervisors: Dr Chamsy El-Ojeili and Dr Kevin Dew
The Wise Ones are all Mad: Cultural Dimensions of Mental Health over Time in India
Contact: hafsa.tameez@vuw.ac.nz
Recent Graduates
Georgia Lockie
PhD in Sociology
Supervisors: Dr Chamsy el-Ojeili and Dr Dylan Taylor
Real Utopias immanent resistance ontology, subjectivity and emancipation
Taiki Cheng
PhD in Sociology
Supervisors: Professor Kevin Dew and Dr Helen Rook
Aida Amoozegar-Montero
MA in Sociology
Supervisors: Associate Professor Rhonda Shaw and Dr Edgar Rodriguez