Editor, Pedagogy Series, International Sociological Association Social Justice and Democratization Space (2020-present)

Courses:

edX free course. “Social Inequality in Global Pandemics”  (register here)

COVID-19 & Society (SOCI 410)

Global Pandemics (Soci 290)

Social Interaction and Culture (Soci 101)

Inequality and Social Change (Soci 102)

Sociological Methods: Qualitative Research (Soci 382)

Vantage College Projects (Vant 148)

Multidisciplinary Research Project (Capstone Conference Project) (Vant 149)

Vantage One In-Term Orientation Program (Arts 101)

Jump Start (UBC Transition Program for First Year International Students)

I work within the fields of sociology of education and scholarship of teaching and learning, focusing on experiential pedagogies and inclusive assessment. Currently I am researching:

i) Inclusive assessment practices in multiple choice exams (listen here)

ii) Accessibility of community-engaged learning for new international students

iii) Self-regulated learning for new university students

iv) Digitally-mediated experiential learning in sociology

Textbooks

Ball, J., Tepperman, L., Lyon, K.A. (2025). The Stacked Deck: An Introduction to Social Inequality (3^rd ed.). Under contract with Oxford University Press

Tepperman, L., Curtis, J., Lyon, K.A., & Colavecchia, S. (2024, in press). Social problems: A Canadian perspective (6^th ed.). Oxford University Press.

Lyon, K.A., Christy, K., & Miniaci, A. (2022). COVID-19 and society. Oxford University Press.

Peer-Reviewed Articles (Scholarship of Teaching and Learning)

Lyon, K. A., Roberson, N., Lam, M., Riccardi, D., Lightfoot, J., & Lilliot, S. (2023). A sociological lens on linguistic diversity: Implications for writing inclusive multiple-choice assessments. Teaching Sociology. Advance online publication. DOI: 10.1177/0092055X221134126

Lyon, K. A., Holroyd, H., Malette, N., Greer, K., & Bartolic, S.K. (2022). Owning the conversation: Mentor and mentee perceptions of student-led peer mentoring. Mentoring and Tutoring: Partnership in Learning. 30(1), 65-83. DOI: 10.1080/13611267.2022.2030187

Riccardi, D., Lightfoot, J., Lam, M., Lyon, K. A., Roberson, N. D., & Lolliot, S. (2020). Investigating the effects of reducing linguistic complexity on EAL student comprehension in first-year undergraduate assessments. Journal of English for Academic Purposes, 43(1), 1475-1486.

Lyon, K.A., Malette, N., Holroyd, H., Greer, K., & Bartolic, S. K. (2020). Reimagining ownership of formal, student-led peer mentoring: Student mentors speak back to the literature. The Chronicle of Mentoring & Coaching, 1(13), 13–18.

Lyon, K. A., & Guppy, N. (2016). Enhancing student compositional diversity in the sociology classroom. Teaching Sociology, 44(2), 106-117.

Bartolic, S. K., Lyon, K. A., Sierra, L., & White, J. M. (2016). Comparative approaches to teaching family theories. Family Science Review, 21 (1),56-70.

Other Publications

Lyon, K.A. & Malette, N. (2020). Sociological approaches to education in Canada. In S. Knudson & D. Hahn (Eds.), Committing sociology: Critical perspectives on our social world. Pearson Publishing, Don Mills Ontario (26p).

Lyon, K.A., Tézli, A., & Khan, S., Rama, S. (2020). Institutional and contextual factors that shape sociological teaching practices: The importance of global collaboration among sociology educators. International Sociological Association eSymposium for Sociology, 10(1), 1-11.

d’Entremont, Agnes, Banka, A., & Lyon, K.A. (2023). “Examining the impact of state-level affirmative action bans on the enrollment of historically excluded students in engineering schools.” Proceedings of the American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference.

d’Entremont, A., Greer, K., & Lyon, K.A. (2020). Does adding “helping disciplines” to engineering schools contribute to gender parity? Proceedings of the American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference. 10.18260/1-2–34474

Lyon, K. A., & Guppy, N. (2019). Canada: A review of research on race, ethnicity and inequality in education from 1980 to 2017. In P. Stevens & G. A. Dworkin (Eds.), The Palgrave Handbook of Race and Ethnic Inequalities in Education (2^nd ed.), Basingstoke, Hants: Palgrave Macmillan.

Greer, K., d’Entremont, A., Lyon, K.A., Demmers, D. (2015). Creating an (un)inviting environment through texts and images: Representations of gender in engineering education recruitment materials. In WWEST’s Gender diversity in STEM: A briefing on women in science and engineering (Vol. 1). San Francisco, CA: Blurb.

Guppy, N., & Lyon, K.A. (2012). Multiculturalism, education practices and colonial legacies: The case of Canada. In C. Kassimeris, & M. Vryonides (Eds.), The politics of education: Challenging multiculturalism (pp. 114-135). New York, NY: Routledge.

Teaching Awards

Killam Teaching Prize, UBC 2021

Teaching Innovations Award, UBC Vantage One, 2019

Teaching Award, UBC Vantage One, 2018

Sessional Teaching Award, UBC Department of Sociology, 2017

SAGE Teaching Innovations and Professional Development Award, American Sociological Association, 2015