Prof. Amanda Cheong theorizes omission and the political strategy behind it
Amanda Cheong’s new publication, titled “Theorizing Omission: State Strategies for Withholding Official Recognition of Personhood,” examines omission — the condition of being left out of state administrative apparatuses.
Honours student Liva Bahji conceptualizes the “sisterhood wound” in her thesis
Liva Bahijj’s thesis “Unsmothering Girlhood: The Geometry of the Sisterhood Wound” offers a sociological approach to the degenerative and often default emotional dynamics between women.
PhD student Colter Uscola wins Best Graduate Student Paper award from the American Sociology Association
Colter Uscola’s paper, “Drinker Identity Development: Shame, Pride and a Thirst to Belong,” discusses how marginalized identities form, aiming to challenge current theoretical assumptions that dominate intervention strategies and recovery policy. We talked to him about his work on this article.
PhD student Yasmin Koop-Monteiro presents her paper published in Environmental Sociology
UBC Sociology PhD student Yasmin Koop-Monteiro recently published a paper titled, “Animals and climate change: A visual and discourse network analysis of Instagram posts” in Environmental Sociology with UBC Sociology Prof. David Tindall.
Meet our Sociology Faculty!
Welcome to UBC Sociology where we do transformational teaching, impactful research and engage with our community and the world.
Celebrating Professor Gillian Creese’s career and retirement
UBC Sociology celebrates the retirement of Dr. Gillian Creese, who has been a member of our UBC community and the departments of Sociology and GRSJ for over 35 years.
CIEDAR and UBC Health co-present “Hearing Indigenous Voices During the COVID-19 Pandemic” dialogue session
CIEDAR & UBC Health co-presented, “Hearing Indigenous Voices During the COVID-19 Pandemic,” last week with UBC Sociology Professor Kimberly Huyser organizing the event. The hybrid dialogue sessions discussed lessons learned about conducting research and Indigenous resilience during the pandemic with researchers based in Canada, the United States, and New Zealand.
Congratulations to this year’s SSHRC scholarship recipients!
Congratulations to our students Lara Antebi, Jiaxin Gu, Carly Hamdon, Parker Muzzerall, and Mark Shakespear, who received SSHRC funding for their research projects!
Watch: Dr. Sarah Eaton presents her research on artificial intelligence and academic integrity.
Dr. Sarah Eaton presented her research in progress on artificial intelligence and academic integrity at our Sociology Research Forum on March 30, 2023. You can now watch a recording of that presentation via our YouTube channel.
Congratulations to our Sociology Undergraduate Research Conference prize winners
Congratulations to Sociology Undergraduate Research Conference prize winners Hal Kowalewski, Emilia Heilakka and Teodora Marie Rawsthorne Eckmyn.