PhD Candidate Kelsea Perry wins Killam Graduate Teaching Assistant Award
Congratulations to PhD Candidate Kelsea Perry who has been awarded a UBC Killam Graduate Teaching Assistant Award. The Department of Sociology would like to also thank Kelsea for her outstanding teaching, research, and service to the community.
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.
Prof. Fuller comments on BIV News article regarding the pressures faced by commuters amidst pandemic reshuffling of public transit
Prof Fuller commented on the difficulty employers may face in attempting to bring workers back to a fully in person model, warning against the possible effects this might have on expectations. Non commuters may be faced with higher expectations from employers, whereas in person employees may face a reduction of available resources.
Prof. Ghaziani quoted on Yahoo Life article on the embracement of labels by queer youth
Prof. Ghaziani commented on Yahoo Life’s article discussing the reasons behind the embracement of labels by Gen Z queer youth, notion the concept of a “post-gay” and “post-label” era was prematurely articulated in the wake of legal recognition and achievement.
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.
Prof. Yue Qian most recent paper “Child Marriage in Mainland China” published in Studies in Family Planning
Prof. Yue Qian’s most recent paper “Child Marriage in Mainland China, published in Studies in Family Planning, used publicly available data from the 2000 and 2010 census to estimate nacional and provincial-level prevalence of child marriage across mainland China.
Results indicate the practice continues across mainland China despite laws prohibiting the practice, with a widening gender gap increasingly drawing attention to the nature child marriage as a threat to gender equality.
PhD Candidate Ryan Stillwagon selected for UBC’s 2021/2022 Public Scholars Initiative
Each year the rates of food insecurity in Canada surpass the highest rates ever recorded before with one in six households with children being food insecure. Like most others, this insecurity impacts more those already marginalized, such as people identifying as queer. Ryan plans on bringing together and working with community members to illustrate communal solutions and improvements to food security challenges and contribute to better policymaking and sustainable urban development.
Prof. Jennifer Berdahl gives interview on BYU radio regarding the culture of silence around sexual harassment in the workplace
Social psychology Professor Jennifer Berdahl discusses how and why women find themselves silenced when trying to speak up against sexual harassment in the workplace on BYU Radio’s “Top of Mind” with Julie Rose.
PhD candidate D. Kyle Sutherland publishes research examining boundary negotiations of transgender identity-membership in Social Problems
Focusing on the broadness of the term “transgender” as an umbrella term for non traditional gender identities, UBC Sociology PhD candidate D. Kyle Sutherland’s latest research aims to examine the dynamics of transgender-identity membership within online communities.