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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. 
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Honours student Liva Bahji conceptualizes the “sisterhood wound” in her thesis

September 5, 2023
Achievement, In the Media, Research, Students

PhD student Colter Uscola wins Best Graduate Student Paper award from the American Sociology Association

June 23, 2023
In the Media, Research, Students

PhD student Yasmin Koop-Monteiro presents her paper published in Environmental Sociology

June 20, 2023
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