Introducing UBC Sociology’s incoming Department Head Catherine Corrigall-Brown
UBC Sociology is thrilled to welcome Dr. Catherine Corrigall-Brown as our new Department Head. She will begin her three-year term on July 1, becoming the first female head of our department.
UBC Sociology thanks Guy Stecklov for his service as Department Head
UBC Sociology thanks Guy Stecklov for his service as Department Head for the past five years. His leadership saw the department welcome many new faculty members, grow more diverse and inclusive, and rise on the international stage.
Prof. Yue Qian’s recent study examines beliefs about science and COVID-19 as a risk factor for infections
Study findings suggest that highly educated people are more likely than the less educated to adopt beliefs that affirm the seriousness of COVID-19, which influnces their behaviors to help reduce the spread of COVID-19.
Prof. Amanda Cheong’s recent paper details stateless children’s experiences with immigration control and detention
Professor Amanda Cheong’s new article, “Deportable to Nowhere: Stateless Children as Challenges to State Logics of Immigration Control,” made visible the lives of those who have been made legally invisible via the denial of citizenship.
Prof. Jennifer Berdahl’s study posits that work are still sites of “masculinity contests” despite strides in gender equality and family forward policies
Berdahl found that people are pushed to work longer for less, “A lot of companies might have great work-life balance policies, but people aren’t using them because of the stigma associated with doing so,” says Berdahl in Fatherly.
Prof. David Tindall discussed the long-standing dilemma of climate activists regarding the B.C. highway blockades
Prof. David Tindall said blockages are less likely to generate support as people’s patience runs thin with the pandemic, but climate activists have “run out of patience as well, nearly three decades after the so-called War in the Woodsover old-growth logging near Tofino.”