The Department of Sociology is home to many faculty members available to supervise graduate students in a variety of specializations.
Discover the structure and process of work and occupations in modern society. This topic engages with theoretical and empirical work that addresses the study of changing economies, forms of inequality and the social organization and structure of work.
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Associate Professor, Sociology Associate Professor, Social Psychology
Associate Chair, Sociology
Areas of interest: Employment, Occupational health, Occupations & organization, Precarious employment, Statistics, Work & occupations
Associate Professor, Sociology
Areas of interest: Aging & pensions, Canadian public policy, Employment, Immigration, Occupations & organization, Poverty, Precarious employment, Social welfare, Sport, Work & occupations
Assistant Professor, School of Labour Studies Associate Professor, Sociology
Areas of interest: Citizenship studies, Cultural studies, Gender & ethnic relations, Globalization, Industrial relations
Professor, Sociology Adjunct & Associate Member, Health, Aging & Society
Canada Research Chair in Mental Health and Work-Life Transitions
Areas of interest: Gender and sexuality, Social inequality, Social psychology
Study how racial, ethnic and national identities are constructed and enacted. This research area employs multiple theoretical frameworks to explore racism, intersectionality and colonialism with a particular interest in Canadian public discourse including multiculturalism and Indigenous-settler relations.
Areas of interest: Political sociology & social movements, Race & ethnicity, Social inequality, Social psychology
Assistant Professor, Sociology
Graduate Chair Professor, Sociology
Ontario Research Chair in Educational Achievement and At-Risk Youth
Areas of interest: Race & Ethnicity, Social inequality; Education
Undergraduate Chair, Sociology
Professor, Sociology
Areas of interest: Political sociology & social movements, Race & ethnicity, Social inequality
Associate Professor, Sociology Associate Professor, Indigenous Studies
Paul R. MacPherson Chair in Indigenous Studies Member, McMaster Indigenous Research Institute (MIRI) Acting Chair, Indigenous Studies
Investigate the ways in which gender, sexuality and family relationships shape individuals’ experiences and are, in turn, shaped by broader structural forces like the nation-state and globalization. This topic studies gender relations and inequalities and their link to race, ethnicity, citizenship and class.
Department Chair, Sociology
Areas of interest: Gender & Sexuality, Political sociology & social movements, Social inequality
Associate Dean, Graduate Studies, Office of the Associate Dean Adjunct & Associate Member, Institute on Globalization & the Human Condition
Areas of interest: Gender and sexuality, Political sociology and social movements, Race and ethnicity, Social inequality
Explore the nature, dynamics and interacting influences of culture, politics, protest movements, electoral institutions and policy options using both theoretical and methodological approaches.
Assistant Professor, Sociology Assistant Professor, Wilson College of Leadership and Civic Engagement
Political Sociology; Authoritarianism; Digital Techology; Social Media; Digital Media & Society; Political Control & Resistance; Public Sphere; Computational Social Science
Professor, Sociology Professor, Social Psychology
Areas of interest: Political sociology & social movements, Race & ethnicity, Social psychology
Focus on self-conceptions and identity and the ways that social structure and culture shape emotions, social cognition, the negotiation of meaning in everyday life, small group dynamics, as well as the personal consequences of social inequality.
Associate Professor, Sociology Assistant Professor, Social Psychology
Areas of interest: Criminology, Ethnography, Policing, Prisons, Social psychology, Violence
What are the causes and consequences of social inequality? The study of social inequality brings together work in health, education, incomes, gender and sexuality, families, race and ethnicity, organizations and meaning-making to uncover the ways that inequality impacts society and the lives of individuals.
Areas of interest: Social inequality
The Department of Sociology has a dynamic research program. Our areas of strength cluster around the following themes: