Ph.D. Candidate Adriana Bordyn Receives Top Cited Article Award of 2018-19 from Wiley Publishing
Congratulations Adriana Bordyn, a Ph.D. student at the UBC Department of Sociology, who has recently received the top cited article award for her paper “Performative Progressiveness: Accounting for New Forms of Inequality in the Gayborhood” (Co-Authored with Prof. Amin Ghaziani). Performative Progressiveness looks at the co-occurrence of progressive mindsets and homonegative actions among straight residents […]
Prof. Amin Ghaziani Receives two ‘Top Cited Articles of 2018-19’ Awards from Wiley Publishing
Congratulations to Professor Amin Ghaziani for receiving two “Top Cited Article, 2018-2019” awards from Wiley publishing . His articles, Performative Progressiveness: Accounting for New Forms of Inequality in the Gayborhood (co-Authored with doctoral student Adriana Brodyn) and Cultural Archipelagos: New Directions in the Study of Sexuality and Space were both published in City & Community […]
Prof. Thomas Kemple speaks about his 2019 Killam Mentoring Prize
The Killam Award for Excellence in Mentoring recognizes the outstanding efforts in the mentorship of graduate students by a faculty member over the course of many years. This year, the Department of Sociology’s Thomas Kemple is the recipient of the senior level Killam Mentoring Prize due to his never-ending dedication to the education, growth, and critical […]
Queer Pop-Ups: A Cultural Innovation in Urban Life
PhD student Ryan Stillwagon, with his advisor Prof. Amin Ghaziani, publishes his research about temporary spaces in City & Community, the official journal of the Community and Urban Sociology section of the American Sociological Association.
Prof. Yue Qian receives 2019 Alexis Walker Award
Professor Qian’s article, “Gender Asymmetry in Educational and Income Assortative Marriage” in the Journal of Marriage and Family is selected as the 2019 Alexis Walker Award recipient.
PhD. Students D. Kyle Sutherland and Adam Vanzella Yang receive 2019 SSHRC Doctoral Fellowship
PhD. Students D. Kyle Sutherland and Adam Vanzella Yang are the recipients of the 2019 SSHRC Doctoral Fellowship.
Professor Amin Ghaziani releases new book, “Imagining Queer Methods”
Imagining Queer Methods showcases the methodological renaissance unfolding in queer scholarship. This volume brings together emerging and esteemed researchers from all corners of the academy who are defining new directions for the field.
Sojourners release Volume 11 of their Publication
Sojourners, North America’s first undergraduate, peer and faculty-reviewed Sociology publication, releases volume 11 of their journal.
Prof. Amanda Cheong receives IUSSP CRVS 2019 Fellowship
Amanda Cheong, Assistant Professor at the Department of Sociology, receives an International Union for the Scientific Study of Population and Civil Registration and Vital Statistics (IUSSP CRVS) fellowship.
Undergrad. Students Joyce Shen and Emily Lam accepted to participate in the Theory Construction and Research Methodology workshop
Their paper, “A Theoretical Analysis of Role Changes and Effects on Coresidence Living,” has been selected to participate in the workshop at the National Council on Family Relations Conference.