Professor Tracey Adams
Ph.D. Sociology, U. Toronto
M.A. Sociology, UWO
B.A. Sociology, Hons. UWO
Special Appointments and Honours
2010-14 - Chair,
Department of Sociology
2008-09 Award of Excellence
USC Teaching Honour Roll,
2008-10 - Director of Graduate Studies,
UWO, Department of Sociology
2005-07 - Director of Graduate Studies,
UWO, Department of Sociology
Recent Publications (Past 5 Years)
Books:
(2008) The Organization and Experience of Work. Toronto: Thomson Nelson (with Sandy Welsh)
Book Chapters:
(2010) "Knowledge workers in the new economy: skill, education and credentials in IT employment" (with Erin I. Demaiter) in Julie McMullin and Victor Marshall (eds.) Aging and Working in the New Economy: Changing Career Structures in Small IT Firms, Edward Elgar.
(2008) “Chapter 14: Organizations and Work” (with Jerry P. White) in Hewitt, White and Teevan (eds.) Introduction to Sociology: A Canadian Focus 9th ed., Prentice-Hall.
Refereed Journal Publications:
(2011) "Making a Living: Workers of African origins in London, Ontario, 1861-1901" Labour/Le Travail 67 (Fall): 9-43.
(2010) "Gender and Feminization in Health Care Professions" Sociology Compass 4(2): 1-12.
(2010) "Profession: A Useful Concept for Sociological Analysis?" Canadian Review of Sociology 47(1): 49-70.
(2009) "Regulating Professions in Canada: Interprovincial Differences across 5 provinces" Journal of Canadian Studies 43(3, Fall): 94-221.
(2009) "The Changing Nature of Professional Regulation in Canada: 1867-1961" Social Science History 33(2):217-43.
(2009) "‘I really didn't have any problems with the male-female thing until...’: Successful Women's Experiences in IT organizations" (with Erin I. Demaiter) Canadian Journal of Sociology 34(1): 29-51.
(2008) “Skill, Education and Credentials in the New Economy: The Case of Information Technology Workers” (with Erin I. Demaiter) Work, Employment, & Society. 22(2): 351-62.
(2007) “Interprofessional Relations and the Emergence of a New Profession: Software Engineering in the United States, United Kingdom, and Canada” The Sociological Quarterly 48(3):507-532.
