UBC Sociology Undergraduate Research Conference 2022 – Call for Abstracts is Now Open!
The Sociology Students’ Association is pleased to invite all undergraduate students to present their works at the Annual Sociology Undergraduate Research Conference.
Watch: Hannah Wohl’s Distinguished Speaker Lecture at UBC Sociology
UBC Sociology’s Distinguished Speaker Series hosted Dr. Hannah Wohl for her talk titled, “What is Creativity? How Contemporary Artists Judge their Work” on March 1, 2022.
Isaku Kawamura examines the role of accents as a marker of foreignness in the labour market, examining its intersection with race, class and gender
Fourth-year Honours student Isaku Kawamura’s research studies the experiences of immigrants working in Vancouver, and how non-native accents shape their experiences on the labour market.
Ethan Shapiro analyzes the contemporary growth of the craft beer sector through a microsociological lens
Honours student Ethan Shapiro’s research takes on the growth of a rapidly expanding Canadian craft beer industry, aiming to understand the topic through everyday processes rather than macroeconomic models.
Blossom Cheng deconstructs the impacts of the hypersexualization of Asian women in Western media
Honours student Blossom Cheng investigates how the hypersexualized construction of Asian women perpetuates a pattern of violence that can be considered the expressive arm of white supremacy and power.
Honours student Aida Ardelean explores how childhood experience shapes young adult dating experiences
Aida Ardelean is an Honours Sociology major in her fourth year at the University of British Columbia. Her current Honours research (under the supervision of Dr. Bartolic) focuses on personal attachment styles in relation to modern-day dating norms and hookup culture.
Honours student Alec Wilson co-develops an Undergraduate Research Manual with Sociology Professors
Honours student Alec Wilson co-developed an Undergraduate Research Manual as a free-to-use open education resource (OER) for undergraduate students.
Congratulations to BC Home Economics Scholarships Foundation Evelyn Kerr Memorial Scholarship recipient Sandy Yen
Undergraduate student Sandy Yen has been awarded the BC Home Economics Scholarships Foundations Evelyn Kerr Memorial Scholarship. The scholarship is granted to students pursuing family centered studies and planning to pursue family life education or home economics/family studies teaching.
Prof. Guy Stecklov to teach new course about global population dynamics
UBC Sociology Professor Guy Stecklov’s new course, Global Population Dynamics, aims to engage with population dynamics from a very global and historical perspective.
Advice from your Arts Peer Advisors
Second year sociology student Sabrina Moshenko and fellow peer advisors offer their words of wisdom for incoming UBC Arts students.