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Tracey Adams, Professor

PhD, Sociology, University of Toronto

Tracey Adams is a sociologist who specializes in the sociology of professions and the sociology of work. Within this broad area, she has two primary areas of research. The first concerns the regulation of professions past and present, in Canada and in comparative contexts.  The second explores the changing nature of professional work, with particular attention to social inequalities by gender, in intersection with race, class, and age.  Other areas of recent research interest include the impact of technological change on professional work and the regulation of that work. She is the author of over 50 peer-reviewed journal articles and 4 books, among other publications. Her grant-funded and award-winning research has been published in a variety of national and international journals.

Areas of Specialization

Selected Publications

• Adams, T.L. 2022. Drivers of Regulatory Reform in Canadian Health Professions: Institutional Isomorphism in a Globalizing Social Context. Journal of Professions and Organization, 9(3), DOI: 10.1093/jpo/joac018
  * runner-up for the Journal of Professions and Organization's Best Paper Award 2022/23
• Siberry, A. and Adams, TL. 2024. Gendered Ecologies: Explaining interprofessional and gender inequalities in Ontario midwifery.  Journal of Professions and Organization, 11.
• Adams, Tracey L. 2022. ‘I think the young women have it easier’: Age, Gender, and Women’s experiences in Canadian engineering. International Journal of Gender, Science and Technology, 13(3), 222-241.
• Adams, Tracey L. 2022.  Working in Canada.  Oxford University Press.
• Adams, Tracey L. 2018. Regulating Professions: The Emergence of Professional Self-Regulation in Four Canadian Provinces . Toronto, ON: University of Toronto Press.
   Winner of the 2019 John Porter Tradition of Excellence Book Award

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Tracey Adams receives John Porter Tradition of Excellence Book Award

Best Article Award

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