Gendering digital labor: Prof. Yue Qian analyses work and family digital communication across 29 countries
In a new paper, Prof. Yue Qian explores how the labor of using technology for digital communication is gendered across the domains of work and family.
Fronts and Friends: Prof. Lindsey Richardson examines social contingencies in the management of drug debt in new paper
In a new paper, Prof. Lindsey Richardson explores experiences in managing debt to dealers and within social networks adjacent to drug markets.
Prof. Amanda Cheong speaks with Contexts about her award-winning article about driver’s licenses for undocumented immigrants
Prof. Amanda Cheong spoke with the Contexts Blog in celebration of her recent award from the American Sociological Association’s Section on Public Sociology and Sociological Practice.
Queer nightlife and the pursuit of joy: Prof. Amin Ghaziani on alumniUBC’s From Here Forward podcast
Professor Amin Ghaziani joined From Here Forward hosts Carol and Jeevan talk to about his new book, “Long Live Queer Nightlife: How the Closing of Gay Bars Sparked a Revolution.”
Welcoming Assistant Professor Katie McConnell to UBC Sociology
The Department of Sociology welcomes Dr. Katie McConnell to UBC this year as an Assistant Professor. Dr. McConnell joins us from Brown University’s Population Studies and Training Center, where she was a Postdoctoral Research Associate. Her research examines the social dynamics of climate change, with a focus on the intersection of climate hazards, the built […]
Growing interest in book clubs is “good for people and good for society,” says Prof. Clayton Childress in the CBC
“Book clubs are places for people to talk about serious stuff in an unserious situation,” said Prof. Clayton Childress about the value of the modern book club amid its rise in popularity.
Prof. Alyssa Alexander examines the effect of parenthood on care workers’ earnings
Using data from the American Community Survey (ACS), the analysis shows that mothers experience wage penalties compared to fathers and non-mothers, while fathers experience wage premiums.
Prof. Amin Ghaziani examines new evidence from Census 2020 on the residential segregation of same-sex households
In a new research note, Prof. Amin Ghaziani uses 2020 census data to examine the residential patterns of same-sex households down to the neighborhood level.
Profs. Amin Ghaziani and Seth Abrutyn expand Durkheim’s theory of disruptions via queer nightlife in new paper
Profs. Ghaziani and Abrutyn develop a new Durkheimian theory of disruptions that explains why some members of a community are motivated to renew rather than replicate existing institutional structures.
UBC Sociology professor and graduate students receive 2024 awards from the Canadian Sociological Association
Professor Lindsey Richardson and graduate students Sonali Patel, Tori Yang and Manlin Cai were all honoured with awards for their research.