davies Tammy Davies has a BA from UBC Okanagan and is currently completing a Master’s degree with a focus on the anthropology of food and gender. Tammy’s research for her URA scholarship was with Bedouin women in Northern Israel and focused on how their culture has changed since they made the transition from being semi-nomadic pastoralists to living in villages.  Her MA thesis extends this research; it delves specifically into their foodways and the experiences Bedouin women have had in relation to sedentarization and how it has affected their culture. She is actively concerned with the advancement, education, and well being of women internationally and would like to work to create culturally relevant development projects that would promote growth in these areas, both academically for the advancement of knowledge and applied to development projects that will tangibly improve the lives of women.
 doyle Kelly Doyle is a PhD candidate in Interdisciplinary Graduate Studies. She completed an Honors Degree in English Language and Literature and a Master’s Degree in English Language and Literature at Memorial University of Newfoundland.  Her current research incorporates film, culture, and critical theory, and explores representations of the human as monster in both Gothic horror films and literature, with foci on zombie films, apocalypse, and the nature of human identity.
 murat Murat Eskicioglu is a Master of Science student. He received his BSc in Computer Engineering and Information Science from Bilkent University, Turkey, and his MSc in Engineering Management from Marmara University, Turkey. Murat has also been working as a Software Engineer for over 15 years. His interests are in optimization algorithms, more specifically on how to create more efficient optimization algorithms. He has worked on quadratic programming and non-smooth optimization algorithms.
 mortenson Joani Mortenson is an Interdisciplinary PhD Candidate. Joani’s doctoral work collects and maps the narratives of lesbian parents who access midwifery services, as well as the narratives of the queer midwives who serve them. She believes these narratives will provide valuable contributions to the culture of motherhood and midwifery care in BC.
 nastos Jim Nastos has a Bachelor of Mathematics from the University of Waterloo, a Bachelor of Education from UBC, and a Master's degree in Computing Science from the University of Alberta. Before moving to Kelowna, he spent three years lecturing in University of Alberta's Department of Mathematics teaching a variety of courses including upper-year classes in graph theory and in optimization.
 rahman Faisal Rahman is a Master of Science student. He received his Bachelor of Science from Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) in Computer Science and Engineering (CSE) on September 2009. Faisal works on the optimization of road construction (i.e. how to build the least expensive road that satisfies safety and regulation requirements). His thesis is industry oriented with a very active collaboration with an industry partner.  
 roland Kaitlyn Roland is a PhD student in Interdisciplinary studies. Her research interest is in Parkinson’s disease (PD). She has been involved with the Parkinson Society for eight years and helped launch a “Parkinson Education Program” to educate community caregivers on this progressive neurological disorder. Kaitlin received her Master’s degree at the University of Western Ontario (London, ON). Her master’s thesis explored the burden of Parkinson’s disease on spousal caregivers and their quality of life. She is also interested in exercise and the outcomes of adaptive training; specifically how sex-differences in functional ability in Parkinson's disease lends itself to individually targeted rehabilitation. Currently, Kaitlin is using portable electromyography (EMG) to measure daily muscle activity in frail community-dwelling older women and men living with Parkinson's disease.
 sharkey  Allison Sharkey is an MA student in Interdisciplinary Graduate Studies with a focus on Medical Anthropology. Her areas of specialty include women's health and sexuality, HIV and AIDS, and the anthropology of alcohol. Allison’s current research project examines a subculture of young adults who engage in extreme drinking in Kelowna, B.C. Her research is funded by a SSHRC Joseph-Armand Bombardier Canada Graduate Scholarship.

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