PhD Candidate Kelsea Perry wins Killam Graduate Teaching Assistant Award
Congratulations to PhD Candidate Kelsea Perry who has been awarded a UBC Killam Graduate Teaching Assistant Award. The Department of Sociology would like to also thank Kelsea for her outstanding teaching, research, and service to the community.
PhD Candidate Mark Shakespear awarded prestigious Killam Doctoral Scholarship
Congratulations to UBC Sociology PhD Candidate Mark Shakespear who has won a Killam Doctoral Scholarship, the most prestigious graduate award available at UBC awarded to the top doctoral candidates.
UBC Sociology Undergraduate Research Conference 2022 – Call for Abstracts is Now Open!
The Sociology Students’ Association is pleased to invite all undergraduate students to present their works at the Annual Sociology Undergraduate Research Conference.
Adam Vanzella-Yang and Max Chewinski receive SSHRC awards
Congratulations to UBC Sociology PhD students Adam Vanzella-Yang and Max Chewinski who have both been awarded SSHRC funding for their post-doctoral research.
Isaku Kawamura examines the role of accents as a marker of foreignness in the labour market, examining its intersection with race, class and gender
Fourth-year Honours student Isaku Kawamura’s research studies the experiences of immigrants working in Vancouver, and how non-native accents shape their experiences on the labour market.
Ethan Shapiro analyzes the contemporary growth of the craft beer sector through a microsociological lens
Honours student Ethan Shapiro’s research takes on the growth of a rapidly expanding Canadian craft beer industry, aiming to understand the topic through everyday processes rather than macroeconomic models.
Blossom Cheng deconstructs the impacts of the hypersexualization of Asian women in Western media
Honours student Blossom Cheng investigates how the hypersexualized construction of Asian women perpetuates a pattern of violence that can be considered the expressive arm of white supremacy and power.
Honours student Aida Ardelean explores how childhood experience shapes young adult dating experiences
Aida Ardelean is an Honours Sociology major in her fourth year at the University of British Columbia. Her current Honours research (under the supervision of Dr. Bartolic) focuses on personal attachment styles in relation to modern-day dating norms and hookup culture.
Sociology Department PhD candidate Max Chewinski comments on City News Ottawa piece on ongoing convoy protests
Sociology PhD candidate Max Chewinski commented on the factors that play into the level of repression exerted on different protests, naming “the assessment of threat, […] the political ideology of the protest and protesters, as well as the racial characteristics of the protest”.
Honours student Alec Wilson co-develops an Undergraduate Research Manual with Sociology Professors
Honours student Alec Wilson co-developed an Undergraduate Research Manual as a free-to-use open education resource (OER) for undergraduate students.