Watch: “Writing To Be Read: An Academic’s Guide to Crafting Lively, Persuasive Work” Contexts Senior Managing Editor Letta Page
UBC Sociology hosted Letta Page, senior managing editor of Contexts: Sociology for the Public, for a session exploring the radical act of clear, persuasive, and story-forward writing within and beyond traditional academic outlets.
Thanks to our Work Learn students!
UBC Sociology would like to say a big thank you to our Work Learn students, Lujan Ferreira, Naz Tavakolizadeh, and Maria Lee. Our Work Learns did a tremendous job helping out our Sociology staff over the past year, and we appreciate their contributions to our department.
Yvonne Liang investigates how helicopter parenting affects second-generation university students
Yvonne Liang’s Honours thesis focuses on immigrant families’ helicopter parenting and the perception of independence for second-generation university students.
Prof Yue Qian comments on the importance of mothers’ educational background in shaping children’s educational mobility for the Mirror
Prof. Qian commented on her and Prof. Yang Hu of Lancaster University work on the subject, stating that “given the persistent gendered division of labour in the family, mothers still bear the brunt of child-rearing responsibilities across many parts of the world”, making them a crucial element in children’s educational opportunities.
PhD student Colter Uscola publishes paper on drinker identity development in Society and Mental Health
UBC Sociology Masters student Colter Uscola recently published a paper “Drinker Identity Development: Shame, Pride and a Thirst to Belong” in Society and Mental Health. We spoke to him about his work.
PhD student Manlin Cai publishes first-author paper on online dating preferences among Chinese immigrant communities in Vancouver in the Canadian Review of Sociology
Monica Manlin Cai is a PhD student in the Department of Sociology at the University of British Columbia. Her research focuses on family and work, gender, migration, and social inequality in Chinese and Canadian societies. She has recently published a first-authored paper “Mate Preferences and Platform Choices Among Chinese Immigrant Online Daters in Vancouver” in […]
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.
Contexts magazine publishes first issue under leadership of Prof. Abrutyn and Ghaziani
Contexts aims to make the best sociological research accessible to broad audiences while focusing on the most pressing issues and debates of our time. Led by Sociology Profs. Seth Abrutyn and Amin Ghaziani, the issue focuses on the unfulfilled promise of choice.
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.
Prof. Yue Qian and PhD student Manlin Cai publish article “Mate preferences and platform choices among Chinese immigrant online daters in Vancouver” in Canadian Review of Sociology
Qian and Cai’s findings suggest that the social distance created by offline segregation is projected into online dating settings. Rapid digitalization lead to the formation of ethnic online communities, particularly popular among racialized immigrants. The success of multiculturalism in Canada will require addressing the challenges digital ethnic enclaves pose for intergroup contact and racial/ethnic equality.