Katherine McGuire Successfully Defends MA Thesis with Distinction: Now Pursuing PhD Studies 🎉
October 13, 2025News
Katherine McGuire (now PhD student), successfully defended her MA thesis on August 12th, 2025 
 She blew the committee away with her written work and the oral defense.Â
 She blew the committee away with her written work and the oral defense. Thesis title: Negotiating shifting expectations: A qualitative feminist analysis of gender, conflict, and the making of motherhood in Northern Sri LankaÂ
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See pictures below of Katherine McGuire with her defense committee: Dr. Fiona Thomas (primary supervisor, left) and Dr. Maria Gurevich (external examiner, right). Not pictured is Dr. Karen Milligan, who was also an invaluable member of her supervisory committee.
