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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 doctoral student Adriana Brodyn) and Cultural Archipelagos: New Directions in the Study of Sexuality and Space were both published in City & Community […]

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 senior level Killam Mentoring Prize due to his never-ending dedication to the education, growth, and critical […]

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

Queer Pop-Ups: A Cultural Innovation in Urban Life

PhD student Ryan Stillwagon, with his advisor Prof. Amin Ghaziani, publishes his research about temporary spaces in City & Community, the official journal of the Community and Urban Sociology section of the American Sociological Association.

Divergent Public Health Responses to a New HIV Prevention Option: Comparing Health Equity Approaches in Two North American Cities

Divergent Public Health Responses to a New HIV Prevention Option: Comparing Health Equity Approaches in Two North American Cities

Harlan Pruden (PhD. Student) and Ryan Stillwagon (PhD. Student) examine the divergent public health responses to a new HIV-prevention option, Pre-exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP). Focusing on the accessibility and knowledge translation of the medication, they compare health equity approaches between Chicago, IL and Vancouver, BC.

Professor Amin Ghaziani releases new book, “Imagining Queer Methods”

Professor Amin Ghaziani releases new book, “Imagining Queer Methods”

Imagining Queer Methods showcases the methodological renaissance unfolding in queer scholarship. This volume brings together emerging and esteemed researchers from all corners of the academy who are defining new directions for the field.

Sojourners release Volume 11 of their Publication

Sojourners release Volume 11 of their Publication

Sojourners, North America’s first undergraduate, peer and faculty-reviewed Sociology publication, releases volume 11 of their journal.

PhD Student Ryan Stillwagon finds Sexual Health Equity can be Accelerated through Sex-positive and Community-based Approaches

PhD Student Ryan Stillwagon finds Sexual Health Equity can be Accelerated through Sex-positive and Community-based Approaches

New study shows PrEP4Love campaign reaches millions of individuals to build awareness about vital HIV-prevention tool.

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

Professor Amin Ghaziani curates a special symposium on “Queer Urbanisms”

Prof. Ghaziani curates a special symposium and authors the lead essay in the new issue of City & Community, the official journal of the community and urban sociology section of the ASA.

Emeritus Prof. James White releases new edition of his book, “Family Theories”

Emeritus Prof. James White releases new edition of his book, “Family Theories”

The book provides an incisive, thorough primer to current theories of the family that balances the diversity and richness of a broad scope of scholarly work in a concise manner.

Honorary Prof. Francesco Duina releases “States and Nations, Power and Civility: Hallsian Perspectives”

Honorary Prof. Francesco Duina releases “States and Nations, Power and Civility: Hallsian Perspectives”

A look at the nature and preservation of civility in and between nation states and empires in a set of geographically and historically wide-ranging chapters.