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.
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 the Canadian Sociological Association award for her paper, “Gendering Queer Migration: Evidence from Chinese LGBTQ+ Migrants.”
Prof. Lindsey Richardson and PhD student Alyy Patel receive 2024 awards from the Canadian Sociological Association
Prof. Richardson was honoured with the Angus Reid Applied Sociology Award, while graduate student Alyy Patel won the Best Student Paper Award.
UBC Sociology professors honoured with 2024 section awards from the American Sociological Association
Profs. Amanda Cheong and Seth Abrutyn both received awards from the Sociological Practice and Public Sociology and Theory sections respectively. Prof. Andrew Jorgenson also received an honourable mention from the Political Economy of the World-System Section.
Gabrielle Abando investigates spatial mechanisms of immigrant enclaves in her honours thesis
Through a case study of Vancouver’s Joyce-Collingwood neighbourhood — a hub for Filipino Vancouverites — Gabrielle examines how immigrant enclaves cultivate well-connected and integrated immigrant communities.
Prof. Seth Abrutyn speaks to Vox about the research behind new book Life Under Pressure
Prof. Seth Abrutyn and co-author Anna Mueller spoke to Vox about the youth mental health crisis, the crucial role and responsibility of adults, and how kids take behavioral cues from those around them.
Do climate concerns and worries predict energy preferences? UBC Sociology researchers investigate
In a new meta-analysis, PhD student Parker Muzzerall and Prof. Emily Huddart Kennedy investigate the role of climate-related emotions in shaping energy preferences.
2024 Sociology Undergraduate Research Conference Winners
Congratulations to the winners of the 2024 Sociology Undergraduate Research Conference!
Prof. Qiang Fu presents his research on friendship, war, and peace between China and the USSR at The University of Hawaiʻi
Prof. Qiang Fu presents his GPT-powered research at The University of Hawaiʻi, with faculty discussants from History, Political Science, and Sociology.