Achievement

PhD candidate Rose Xueqing Zhang receives FHSS Congress Student Merit Award

The award recognizes and celebrates graduate students who present their work at the Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences.

She has received two awards and multiple honourable mentions for three of her articles from American Sociological Association.

Rose was awarded for her paper, “Racing Against a Hidden Clock: The Prospective Motherhood Penalty and Gendered Ageism in China’s Workplace.”

The judging panel was comprised of past Honours students and members of the Sociology Students Association.

The study explores how time-related expectations and experiences shaped participants’ perceptions of (in)efficiency with online dating.

Dr. Martin completed a Master of Arts in family studies at UBC and then a PhD in sociology of family at UBC.

Daniel Hwang and Isaac Tetreault both joined UBC Sociology this past September and are in the first year of the master’s program.

“Silencing Science: How to Respond to Disinformation and Toxic Public Discourse” is a collaboration with the David Suzuki Institute.

Two of Professor Seth Abrutyn’s articles have made the list for the top downloaded articles from each ASA journal in 2024.

Caitlin received the award for her thesis research on Chinese activism in Vancouver through the fight for 105 Keefer.