Comprehensive Areas:  Sociology of Race and Ethnicity; Social Psychology

Areas of interest: Criminology, Ethnography, Policing, Prisons, Social psychology, Violence

Areas of interest: Social inequality

Comprehensive Examination Areas: Migration; Political Sociology and Social Movements

Other Research Areas: Climate (Im)mobility; Quantitative Methods; Environmental Sociology; Climate Change; Sociology of Sport

Professional Service Positions:

• McMaster Graduate Council: Student Representative for Faculty of Social Sciences; Student Member of Committee on Graduate Financial Support
• McMaster Sociology Graduate Student Caucus: Caucus Chair
• CUPE 3906: Department Steward & Local Trustee

Comprehensive Examination Areas:  Indigenous Thought & Settler Colonial Studies, Social Psychology

Areas of Interest: My research focuses on the sociocultural impacts of climate change on Indigenous communities, particularly the Anishinaabe peoples in Northwestern Ontario. I explore the intersection of climate change, cultural identity, and traditional ecological knowledge, emphasizing resilience, adaptation strategies, and decolonization frameworks.

Key Words:
Climate Change, Traditional Ecological Knowledge, Social Psychology, Sociology, Decolonization Frameworks, Environmental Sociology, Community Based Research

Proposed Dissertation Title: Climate Change, Cultural Identity, and Adaptation Among Anishinaabe Peoples in Northwestern Ontario

Areas of interest: Intimate relationships & families, Social inequality, Social media & new technologies, Social policy & the law

Comprehensive Examination Areas:  Social Psychology, Political Sociology and Social Movements

Areas of Interest: Social Psychology, Political Sociology and Social Movements, Sociology of Public
Intellectuals

Proposed Dissertation Title: The Making of Public Intellectuals: A Comparative Analysis of Fame, Controversy, and Influence in Contemporary Thought.

Areas of interest: Political sociology & social movements, Race & ethnicity, Social inequality, Social psychology

Areas of interest: Gender & Sexuality, Political sociology & social movements, Social inequality

Research Interests: Sociology of Gender, Sexuality, and Family; Social Inequality

Comprehensive Examination areas: Sociology of Race and Ethnicity; Sociology of Education

Other Research Areas: Post-Secondary Education, Black Studies in Canada

Dissertation Title: Black Voices in Academia: Understanding the Impact of Cohort Hires in Canadian Universities

Areas of interest: Employment, Occupational health, Occupations & organization, Precarious employment, Statistics, Work & occupations

Areas of interest: Gender and sexuality, Political sociology and social movements, Race and ethnicity, Social inequality

Areas of interest: Big data, Climate, water & sustainability, Community based research, Comparative politics, Political sociology, Politics & history, Prisons, Social inequality

Areas of interest: Aging & pensions, Canadian public policy, Employment, Immigration, Occupations & organization, Poverty, Precarious employment, Social welfare, Sport, Work & occupations

Areas of interest: Sociology of Race and Ethnicity, Sociology of Education, Migrant Diasporas and Identities

Comprehensive Examination Areas:   Social Psychology, Sociology of Gender

Other Research Areas:   Mental Health, Disordered Eating

Publication:  Andrejek, N., Lea, Z., Cussons, A. et al. Advancing telemedicine and task-sharing to improve access to psychotherapy for perinatal populations. Communications Medicine 5, 406 (2025).

Areas of interest: Political sociology & social movements, Race & ethnicity, Social inequality, Social psychology

Political Sociology; Authoritarianism; Digital Techology; Social Media; Digital Media & Society; Political Control & Resistance; Public Sphere; Computational Social Science

Areas of interest:  Crime & Law, Work & Occupations

Publications:

Natasha Martino, Erin Dej, Carrie B Sanders, “Bureaucrats with Badges”: Bylaw Enforcement and the Invisibilization of Homelessness, Social Problems, 2025

Natasha Martino, Alysha McDonald, Luca Berardi, Kevin D Haggerty, Sandra M Bucerius, Between Grief and Relief: The Emotional Impact of Incarceration on Loved Ones, Social Problems, 2025.

Comprehensive Examination Areas: Sociology of Racee and Ethnicity; Sociology of Education

Other Research Areas: Muslim Canadian Youth, Identity, Sense of Belonging

Comprehensive Examination areas: Crime and Law, Social Psychology
Other research area: Risk governance, reintegration, freedom, identity, belonging

Dissertation Title: “I’m Not Free. I’m Just Not Wearing Orange:” Experiences of Risk, Regulation, and Recognition After Release from Prison

Publications:

• McDonald, A. (2026). “Risk, Release, Repeat: How Previously Incarcerated Men Use Tactics to Respond to Restrictive Supervision.” Social Problems.
• Martino, N., McDonald, A., Berardi, L., Bucerius, S., and Haggerty, K. (2025, Online First). “Between Grief and Relief: Navigating the Ambiguous Loss of an Incarcerated Loved One.” Social Problems, 00, 1-16.
• McDonald, A., Berardi, L., Bucerius, S., and Haggerty, K. (2025). “Who cares?: The burdens of care borne by the loved ones of incarcerated men.” Punishment & Society, 27(2), 380-398.
• McDonald, A., Berardi, L., Tetrault, JEC., Bucerius, S., and Haggerty, K (2023). “More of the same, only worse: COVID and the administrative burdens facing loved ones of incarcerated men.” British Journal of Criminology, 63(2), 444-460.

Professional Service Positions: American Society of Criminology, Canadian Sociology Association, Golden Key Honours Society

Areas of interest:  Gender & Sexuality, Crime & Law

Areas of interest: Political sociology & social movements, Race & ethnicity, Social psychology

Comprehensive Examination Areas: Indigenous Thought & Settler Colonial Studies; Political Sociology & Social Movements

Other Research Areas: Abolitionist & Indigenous Feminisms; Decolonization; Motherhood Studies; Sociology of Emotions

Additional Education: Graduate Diploma (PhD) in Gender and Social Justice; The Fundamentals of OCAP®

Professional Service Positions:

• Canadian Sociological Association: Executive Committee (Member) & Student Concerns Subcommittee (Chair)
• McMaster Sociology Graduate Student Caucus: Undergraduate Relations Committee (Chair)

Areas of interest:  Gender & Sex, Education

Areas of interest:  Political Sociology & Social Movements, Gender & Sexuality

Areas of interest:  Race & Ethnicity, Political Sociology & Social Movements

Areas of interest:  Work & Occupations, Crime & Law

Areas of interest: Social psychology

Areas of interest: Citizenship studies, Cultural studies, Gender & ethnic relations, Globalization, Industrial relations

Areas of interest:  Crime & Law, Social Psychology

Areas of interest: Race & Ethnicity, Social inequality; Education

Areas of interest:  Race & Ethnicity, Indigenous Thought & Settler Colonial Studies

Areas of interest: Political sociology & social movements, Race & ethnicity, Social inequality

Areas of interest: Race & ethnicity, Social psychology

Areas of interest:  Race & Ethnicity, Crime & Law

Areas of interest: Gender & sexuality, Mental health, Occupational health, Occupations & organization, Work & occupations

Areas of interest: Employment, Gender & sexuality, Globalization & transnationalism, Health, Movements, Political sociology & social movements, Public economics, Race, Social inequality

Areas of interest: Communications, Cultural studies, Media, Political economy, Political sociology, Social inequality

Areas of interest: Gender and sexuality, Social inequality, Social psychology