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Prof. Amin Ghaziani examines new evidence from Census 2020 on the residential segregation of same-sex households

Prof. Amin Ghaziani examines new evidence from Census 2020 on the residential segregation of same-sex households

In a new research note, Prof. Amin Ghaziani uses 2020 census data to examine the residential patterns of same-sex households down to the neighborhood level.

Profs. Amin Ghaziani and Seth Abrutyn expand Durkheim’s theory of disruptions via queer nightlife in new paper

Profs. Amin Ghaziani and Seth Abrutyn expand Durkheim’s theory of disruptions via queer nightlife in new paper

Profs. Ghaziani and Abrutyn develop a new Durkheimian theory of disruptions that explains why some members of a community are motivated to renew rather than replicate existing institutional structures.

PhD candidate Tori Yang awarded Fox International Fellowship at Yale University for 2024-25

PhD candidate Tori Yang awarded Fox International Fellowship at Yale University for 2024-25

Tori will join Yale as a Visiting Assistant in Research at the Whitney and Betty MacMillan Center for International and Area Studies.

UBC Sociology professor and graduate students receive 2024 awards from the Canadian Sociological Association

UBC Sociology professor and graduate students receive 2024 awards from the Canadian Sociological Association

Professor Lindsey Richardson and graduate students Sonali Patel, Tori Yang and Manlin Cai were all honoured with awards for their research.

Professor Andrew Jorgenson and graduate student co-authors examine carbon intensity of human well-being in Canadian provinces

Professor Andrew Jorgenson and graduate student co-authors examine carbon intensity of human well-being in Canadian provinces

Prof. Jorgenson, along with graduate research assistants Taekyong Goh, Yasmin Koop-Monteiro, Mark Shakespear, Nicolas Viens & Grace Gletsu, examines the effect of economic growth and income inequality on the carbon intensity of human well-being.

PhD student Sonali (Alyy) Patel theorizes a denial reaction to coming out in her new paper

PhD student Sonali (Alyy) Patel theorizes a denial reaction to coming out in her new paper

In Sociology Compass, Patel uses data from qualitative interviews with queer South Asian women in Canada to propose revisions of Goffman’s Stigma theory.

UBC Sociology alum Frances Shaver appointed to the Order of Canada for her research on sex work

UBC Sociology alum Frances Shaver appointed to the Order of Canada for her research on sex work

Concordia University professor emeritus and UBC alum Frances Shaver (BA’67, MA ’72) is one of 64 new members of the Order of Canada this year.

Is the golden age of London’s queer nightlife nearly over? Prof. Amin Ghaziani answers in the Guardian

Is the golden age of London’s queer nightlife nearly over? Prof. Amin Ghaziani answers in the Guardian

Prof. Amin Ghaziani relives the three months he spent visiting London’s underground queer spaces in the Guardian’s First Edition newsletter.

PhD candidate Manlin Cai receives 2024 Canadian Population Society Student Paper Award

PhD candidate Manlin Cai receives 2024 Canadian Population Society Student Paper Award

Manlin was awarded for her working paper, “Workplace Authority in China: Gender, Parenthood, and Work Sectors.”

PhD candidate Tori Yang receives CSA’s Sociology of Migration Cluster Best Student Paper Award

PhD candidate Tori Yang receives CSA’s Sociology of Migration Cluster Best Student Paper Award

PhD candidate Tori Yang receives the Canadian Sociological Association award for her paper, “Gendering Queer Migration: Evidence from Chinese LGBTQ+ Migrants.”