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Please note: in response to physical distancing protocols, UBC Sociology is now providing support remotely. Our staff will be avaialable by email Monday-Friday between 8 am – 4 pm.

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Prof. Emily Huddart Kennedy and grad student Emily Ismailzai talked about their new course: Shopping, Society, and Sustainability

 
We interviewed Prof. Emily Huddart Kennedy, and a graduate student and teaching assistant Emily Ismailzai about their new course: what it covers, what it was like to develop a course, challenges of teaching and more.

Prof. Kimberly Huyser copublishes research on COVID-19 in New Mexico Tribal Lands

 
New research by Prof. Kimberly Huyser explores how historically-embedded structural vulnerabilities are critical in understanding the disproportionate burden of COVID-19 that American Indian and Alaska Native populations are experiencing.

Alumna Sarah Brayne reveals how police use big data and surveillance technologies in her new book

 
Assistant Professor of Sociology at The University of Texas at Austin and UBC Sociology alumna Sarah Brayne published her new book, Predict and Surveil: Data, Discretion, and the Future of Policing. Her new book is a groundbreaking examination of the growing role of the private sector in public policing.
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Featured Event

Sociology Research Forum

Sociology Research Forum: Cynthia Cranford

January 26, 2021
11:00 am - 12:30 pm


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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