Watch: Dr. Erika Summers-Effler’s Distinguished Speaker Series Lecture
Dr. Erika Summer-Effler explores stories of environmental researchers and educators, particularly marine biologists and naturalists studying and teaching about whales with the goal of preservation of whale species, to better understand the relationships between emotion and other purposeful efforts to bring about social change.
Watch: Dr. Waverly Duck explains how a “food oasis” formed in a poor and working-class Black neighborhood in Pittsburgh
Dr. Waverly Duck presented a Distinguished Speaker Lecture at UBC Sociology where he explained the formation of a “food oasis,” a concentration of seven supermarkets within a quarter-mile radius in East Liberty, a poor and working-class Black neighborhood in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Honours student Guoliang Zhang explores how China is handling anti-corruption
Honours student Guoliang Zhang’s (Bond) thesis focuses on focuses on China’s newly established National Supervision Commission (NSC), which is the country’s sole anti-corruption agency.
Share your stories to celebrate Profs. Becki Ross’ and Gillian Creese’s retirements
As part of our celebration of their careers and retirement, we invite students, alumni, faculty and staff to share stories and photos Profs. Becki Ross and Gillian Creese. These stories and pictures will be used as part of our celebrations, shared via our website and delivered to each of them respectively.
Congratulations to Operations Coordinator Conor Trahar on new role with Faculty of Arts
UBC Sociology congratulates our Operations Coordinator Conor Trahar on his new Project Coordinator position at UBC Faculty of Arts’ Workday Student Implementation. His last day at UBC Sociology will be March 3.
Watch: Dr. Anna Zajacova presents the Kaspar Naegele Honorary Lecture
Dr. Anna Zajacova argues chronic pain should play a central role in the sociodemographic study of health, health care and policy because it is a sensitive measure of population health, and reflects social conditions, sociopolitical context, and beliefs and prejudices of society.
Undergraduate student Stephanie Jiang writes and directs video on anti-Asian racism for Plug Vancouver
Undergraduate student Stephanie Jiang’s project was born out of a final assignment proposal for Prof. Oral Robinson’s SOCI302 class. She aimed to address anti-Asian racism by combining anti-racism theory and family studies, all while creating an accessible form of content for non academic audiences.
Honours student Pengcheng Fang explores how racialized UBC students understand and practice reconciliation in their everyday lives
Pengcheng Fang is a graduate student in urban planning at the University of British Columbia. He recently graduated as part of Sociology’s Honours program under the supervision of Prof. Amanda Cheong. His research project focused on understanding how racialized UBC students understand and practice reconciliation in their everyday lives.
Watch: Dr. Jane Sell’s Martha Foschi Lecture
Dr. Jane Sell reports on decades of social psychological research directed at determining how race/ethnicity operates in small groups and what interventions are successful in the 2022 Martha Foschi Honorary Lecture.
Celebrating our Faculty’s Recent Publications
Last month, UBC Sociology held a Book Launch Party to celebrate some of our faculty who published new books during the pandemic. After a long time of doing research and writing remotely, it was wonderful to come together to share what we had learned.