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Prof. Renisa Mawani’s Book Shortlisted for Award by UK Socio-Legal Studies Association

Prof. Renisa Mawani’s book wins award from Association for Asian American Studies

 
Congratulations to UBC Sociology Professor Renisa Mawani. Her second book, Across Oceans of Law: The Komagata Maru and Jurisdiction in the Time of Empire, was awarded the 2020 Association for Asian American Studies Book Award for Outstanding
Prof. Amin Ghaziani Receives two 'Top Cited Articles of 2018-19' Awards from Wiley Publishing

Prof. Amin Ghaziani Receives two ‘Top Cited Articles of 2018-19’ Awards from Wiley Publishing

 
Congratulations to Professor Amin Ghaziani for receiving two “Top Cited Article, 2018-2019” awards from Wiley publishing . His articles, Performative Progressiveness: Accounting for New Forms of Inequality in the Gayborhood (co-Authored with
Prof. Thomas Kemple Wins 2019 Killam Mentoring Prize

Prof. Thomas Kemple speaks about his 2019 Killam Mentoring Prize

 
The Killam Award for Excellence in Mentoring recognizes the outstanding efforts in the mentorship of graduate students by a faculty member over the course of many years. This year, the Department of Sociology's Thomas Kemple is the recipient of the
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Sociology Research Forum: Daniel Maman

February 27, 2020
11:30 am - 12:30 pm


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Sociology Research Forum: Daniel Maman
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Distinguished Speakers Series: Sharon Sassler

March 3, 2020
11:00 am - 12:30 pm


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Distinguished Speakers Series: Sharon Sassler
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Every day I use Sociology at work. The Sociology department at UBC offers great methods courses, which was a huge reason as to why I was hired. My Sociology training has also given me soft skills that help me add value to my projects. I have a deeper understanding of social circumstances and macrostructures that might be colouring the way our subjects respond.

Tiffany Eng
BA Sociology/Psychology