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Our faculty and graduate students are dedicated to theoretically strong and empirically-oriented research representing our commitment to excellent scholarship.

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Queer Pop-Ups: A Cultural Innovation in Urban Life

 
PhD student Ryan Stillwagon, with his advisor Prof. Amin Ghaziani, publishes his research about temporary spaces in City & Community, the official journal of the Community and Urban Sociology section of the American Sociological Association.

Divergent Public Health Responses to a New HIV Prevention Option: Comparing Health Equity Approaches in Two North American Cities

 
Harlan Pruden (PhD. Student) and Ryan Stillwagon (PhD. Student) examine the divergent public health responses to a new HIV-prevention option, Pre-exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP). Focusing on the accessibility and knowledge translation of the medication, they compare health equity approaches between Chicago, IL and Vancouver, BC.

Professor Amin Ghaziani releases new book, “Imagining Queer Methods”

 
Imagining Queer Methods showcases the methodological renaissance unfolding in queer scholarship. This volume brings together emerging and esteemed researchers from all corners of the academy who are defining new directions for the field.
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Research

In the Media, Research

Prof Amy Hanser Studies The Unwritten Rules of Public Transit

November 29, 2019
Prof Amy Hanser Studies The Unwritten Rules of Public Transit
In the Media, Research

Divergent Public Health Responses to a New HIV Prevention Option: Comparing Health Equity Approaches in Two North American Cities

July 25, 2019
Achievement, Announcements, Research

Professor Amin Ghaziani releases new book, “Imagining Queer Methods”

July 22, 2019
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