June 2, 2023
McMaster Sociologist, Dr. Phillipa K. Chong, has been invited to speak at the 2023 Nobel Symposia in Stockholm, Sweden
Dr. Phillipa K. Chong has been invited to speak at the 2023 Nobel Symposia in Stockholm, Sweden. She will be presenting a lecture entitled, “How the Other Half Reviews”. The talk will be live-streamed. Please see here for more details: https://www.dla-marbach.de/presse/press-release-literary-judgement-and-the-fora-of-criticism/
May 31, 2023
2023 spring and summer USRA students explain their research projects
The latest round of Undergraduate Student Research Awards has been announced for spring and summer, and the students are ready to get started on their projects. We caught up with the students and asked them to summarize their research and explain how they got interested in it. Watch their videos below. Abby Keesmaat […]
May 30, 2023
Anne-Marie Livingstone earns national recognition for study on racism in policing
An assistant professor in the department of Sociology has been presented with an honorary mention by Community-Based Research Canada (CBRCanada). Anne-Marie Livingstone’s accomplishments will be highlighted at CBRCanada’s C2UExpo in June. Livingstone’s community-engaged research addresses the problem of racial profiling by police and the over-surveillance of Black communities in Canada. Between 2015 […]
May 10, 2023
Social Sciences research aims to improve mental health resources through global e-mental health survey
The study hopes to understand the types of help-seeking behaviours that students engage in, with the hopes that this research could shape the services that higher education institutions, such as McMaster, provides....
April 27, 2023
‘Forbidden Intimacies’: In conversation with Melanie Heath about her new book
In the western world, polygamous marriages exist outside the threshold of tolerance. Often criminalised, these relationships are pushed underground, potentially making family members more vulnerable. But as different populations, such as the fundamentalist Mormons in North America and West African immigrants in France, practice polygamous relationships, how does the state regulate them, and why? […]
April 14, 2023
Social Science alumna Joanna Das Gupta explains how McMaster set her up for success
Joanna Das Gupta graduated from McMaster University in 2018 with degrees in Labour Studies and Sociology. She now works at Apotex Pharmaceuticals as a coordinator of health services. We caught up with Das Gupta to see how McMaster set her up for success, the sense of home she felt on campus, and her favourite study […]
April 12, 2023
Analysis: Adding charter schools to Ontario would exacerbate student inequities
School choice already abounds in Ontario, and adding charter schools in the name of choice will not improve student achievement, write Karen Robson and Rochelle Wijesingha....
April 3, 2023
Revisiting the Impact of Prison Building on Job Growth
The research of Greg Hooks, Professor, Sociology was recently featured in a New York Times op ed article titled, “Eastern Kentucky Needs Flood Relief, Not Another Federal Prison.” Hooks’ research analyzed all new prison growth from 1960 to 2004, providing “evidence that prison construction impedes economic growth in rural counties, especially in counties that lag […]
October 14, 2022
Sociologist Victor Satzewich receives Fulbright Canada Research Chair to study Ukrainian diaspora in the U.S.
Satzewich will spend a semester at Norwich University in Vermont, studying how the diaspora is mobilizing support for Ukraine during the Russian invasion....
August 31, 2022
How the pandemic imposed particularly acute hardships on the loved ones of incarcerated men
A study that included McMaster researchers identified three significant concerns for family members: the health and safety of their incarcerated loved ones, challenges in trying to communicate with them and a loss of personal connection....
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