Watch: Our Honours students present their research at our 2023 Sociology Undergraduate Research Conference
We had a fantastic lineup of student presentations at our Sociology Undergraduate Research Conference. Thanks to all of our Honours students who participated!
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.
PhD candidate Ryan Stillwagon awarded 2022/2023 Killam Graduate Teaching Assistant Award
PhD student Ryan Stillwagon has been awarded a 2022/2023 Killam Graduate Teaching Assistant Award in recognition of outstanding contributions to teaching and learning at UBC.
Honours student Hal Kowalewski’s research questions the nature of identity and how our social positions shape our lives
Hal Kowalewski’s work under the supervision of Dr. Amy Hanser focuses on the role of consumption in the construction of individual and collective queer identity, utilizing theorists such as Michel Foucault and Judith Butler.
Sociology Honours student Aida Ardelean to present research at American Sociological Association general meeting
Fifth Year Honours Sociology student Aida Ardelean will be presenting her Honours research paper at the upcoming American Sociological Association general meeting in Philadelphia. Her research, under the supervision of Dr. Sylvia Bartolic, focuses on personal attachment styles in relation to modern-day dating norms and hookup culture. We spoke to her about her work and […]
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.
Prof. Sylvia Fuller comments on CBC News piece on effect of flexible work arrangements on women in the workplace
Prof. Fuller commented on the importance of flexible work arrangements as a means to diminish gender disadvantages faced by working mothers, as well as the importance of understanding workers as whole human beings with responsibilities and obligations outside their professional lives.
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 […]
Prof. Berdahl and UBC PhD grad Barnini Bhattacharyya co-author study on women of color’s experiences of and response to invisibility at work
Prof. Berdahl and Dr. Bhattacharrya study finds invisibility is a salient and recurring experience for women of color working in traditionally white and male environments. Through inductive interviews of a diverse sample of 65 women of color in the US and Canada, the authors identify four forms of invisibility and three response pathways.