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Administration of Justice

Sociology of Law   /  Policing  /  Justice Systems and Public Policy  /  Corrections  /  Crime Control Technology

Laura Huey, Professor

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  • Policing
  • Victimization
  • Trauma and resiliency
  • Research and policy

lhuey@uwo.ca
519-661-2111 x85151
SSC 5213
office hours: by appointment
Faculty Profile


Communication

Media  /  Mass Media and Popular Culture  /  Social Networks  /  Internet Use

Anabel Quan-Haase, Professor

Anabel Quan-Haase
  • Computer-mediated communication
  • The networked society
  • Social networks
  • New media and social change

aquanhaa@uwo.ca
519-661-2111 x86952
SSC 5413
Faculty Profile


Diversity and Inequality

Inequality  /   Gender  /   Race and Ethnicity  /  First Nations Communities  /  Integration  /  Social Class and Status  /  Health Inequality

Tracey Adams, Professor
Chair, Department of Sociology

Tracey Adams
  • Professions, gender and work
  • Regulation of professions in Canada (alternate health professions)

tladams@uwo.ca
519-661-2111 x85142
SSC 5328
office hours: by appointment
Faculty Profile

Anton Allahar, Professor

Anton Allahar
  • Economic and political sociology of the Caribbean
  • Ideology, ethnicity, class and nationalism

allahar@uwo.ca
519-661-2111 x85116
SSC 5206
office hours: Mon & Wed 8:15-9:00am or by appointment
Faculty Profile

Kate H. Choi, Assistant Professor

Kate Choi
  • Family demography
  • International migration
  • Social stratification
  • Quantitative methods

hchoi228@uwo.ca
519-661-2111 x85115
SSC 5331
office hours: by appointment
Faculty Profile

Samuel Clark, Professor Emeritus

Samuel Clark
  •  social stratification

sclark4@uwo.ca
519-661-2111 x85127
SSC 5402
office hours: by appointment
Faculty Profile

Lorraine Davies, Associate Professor
Associate Vice-Provost, School of Graduate and Post-Doctoral Studies

Lorraine Davies
  • Gender inequality
  • Stress and women’s health across the life course
  • The effects of interpersonal violence on women’s well-being

ldavies@uwo.ca
519-661-2102
SSB 4180
office hours: by appointment
Faculty Profile

Wolfgang Lehmann, Associate Professor
Undergraduate Chair, Department of Sociology

Wolfgang Lehmann
  • Work
  • Education
  • Social inequality
  • The interplay between structural factors and individual agency in school-work transitions

wlehmann@uwo.ca
519-661-2111 x85385
SSC 5430
office hours: Tues 9:00-11:00 am
Faculty Profile

Julie McMullin, Professor
Vice-Provost (International)
Director, Workforce Aging in the New Economy

Julie McMullin
  • How class, age, gender, ethnicity, and race, structure inequality in paid work and families

mcmullin@uwo.ca
519-661-2111 x86409
StvH 3107G
On leave, serving as Vice-Provost (International)

Kim Shuey, Associate Professor
Graduate Chair, Sociology

Kim Shuey
  • Health inequality across the life course
  • Work, health, and aging in the new economy
  • Nonstandard and precarious employment

kshuey@uwo.ca
519-661-2111 x85135
SSC 5426
office hours: by appointment
Faculty Profile

Jerry White, Professor Emeritus
Director, Aboriginal Policy Research Consortium (International)
Co-Director, Indigenous Health and Well-being Initiative
Director, IndigiLINK World Social Networking for Indigenous Scholars, Communities, Educators and Policy Makers

Jerry White
  • Aboriginal Well-being
  • Social and Economic development of Indigenous peoples
  • Educational attainment of Indigenous peoples

white@uwo.ca
519-661-2111 x85230
SSC 5412
Faculty Profile


Health

Child and Youth Health  /  Mental Health  /  Stress  /  Health and Family Structure  /  Aging  /  Work and Health  /  Health Inequality

Lorraine Davies, Associate Professor
Associate Vice-Provost, School of Graduate and Post-Doctoral Studies

Lorraine Davies
  • Gender inequality
  • Stress and women’s health across the life course
  • The effects of interpersonal violence on women’s well-being

ldavies@uwo.ca
519-661-2102
SSB 4180
office hours: by appointment
Faculty Profile

Rachel Margolis, Associate Professor

Rachel Margolis
  • Demography
  • Family
  • Health and Well-being

rachel.margolis@uwo.ca
519-661-2111 x82850
SSC 5326
office hours: by appointment
Faculty Profile

Kim Shuey, Associate Professor
Graduate Chair, Sociology

Kim Shuey
  • Health inequality across the life course
  • Work, health, and aging in the new economy
  • Nonstandard and precarious employment

kshuey@uwo.ca
519-661-2111 x85135
SSC 5426
office hours: by appointment
Faculty Profile

Jerry White, Professor Emeritus
Director, Aboriginal Policy Research Consortium (International)
Co-Director, Indigenous Health and Well-being Initiative
Director, IndigiLINK World Social Networking for Indigenous Scholars, Communities, Educators and Policy Makers

Jerry White
  • Aboriginal Well-being
  • Social and Economic development of Indigenous peoples
  • Educational attainment of Indigenous peoples

white@uwo.ca
519-661-2111 x85230
SSC 5412
Faculty Profile

Andrea Willson, Associate Professor

Andrea Willson
  • Social inequality of the life course
  • Longitudinal data methods
  • Socioeconomic status and health

willson@uwo.ca
519-661-2111 x85132
SSC 5423
Faculty Profile


Lifecourse Studies

Aging and Health  /  Family Ties  /  School to Work Transitions  /  Youth  /  Education

Ingrid Arnet Connidis, Professor

Ingrid Arnet Connidis
  • Family ties and aging
  • Centrality of gender to family life
  • Value of life course perspective and context in studying relationships
  • Policy implications of research results

connidis@uwo.ca
519-661-3691
SSC 5329
office hours: by appointment
Faculty Profile

Rachel Margolis, Associate Professor

Rachel Margolis
  • Demography
  • Family
  • Health and Well-being

rachel.margolis@uwo.ca
519-661-2111 x82850
SSC 5326
office hours: by appointment
Faculty Profile

Kim Shuey, Associate Professor
Graduate Chair, Sociology

Kim Shuey
  • Health inequality across the life course
  • Work, health, and aging in the new economy
  • Nonstandard and precarious employment

kshuey@uwo.ca
519-661-2111 x85135
SSC 5426
office hours: by appointment
Faculty Profile

Andrea Willson, Associate Professor

Andrea Willson
  • Social inequality of the life course
  • Longitudinal data methods
  • Socioeconomic status and health

willson@uwo.ca
519-661-2111 x85132
SSC 5423
Faculty Profile


Population Studies

Migration, Immigration and Ethnic Relations  /  Social Demography  /  Fertility  /  Mortality  /  Effects of Socio-Economic and Political Policies

Teresa Abada, Associate Professor

Teresa Abada
  • Economic and social integration of children of immigrants

tabada@uwo.ca
519-661-2111 x83690
SSC 5429
office hours: by appointment
Faculty Profile

Kate H. Choi, Assistant Professor

Kate Choi
  • Family demography
  • International migration
  • Social stratification
  • Quantitative methods

hchoi228@uwo.ca
519-661-2111 x85115
SSC 5331
office hours: by appointment
Faculty Profile

Rachel Margolis, Associate Professor

Rachel Margolis
  • Demography
  • Family
  • Health and Well-being

rachel.margolis@uwo.ca
519-661-2111 x82850
SSC 5326
office hours: by appointment
Faculty Profile

Jerry White, Professor Emeritus
Director, Aboriginal Policy Research Consortium (International)
Co-Director, Indigenous Health and Well-being Initiative
Director, IndigiLINK World Social Networking for Indigenous Scholars, Communities, Educators and Policy Makers

Jerry White
  • Aboriginal Well-being
  • Social and Economic development of Indigenous peoples
  • Educational attainment of Indigenous peoples

white@uwo.ca
519-661-2111 x85230
SSC 5412
Faculty Profile


Social Groups and Crime

Ethnic Groups and Justice Systems  /  Women and Crime  /  Youth and Crime

Laura Huey, Professor

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  • Policing
  • Victimization
  • Trauma and resiliency
  • Research and policy

lhuey@uwo.ca
519-661-2111 x85151
SSC 5213
office hours: by appointment
Faculty Profile


Social Problems

Sociology of Deviance  /  Domestic Violence  /  Drugs

Lorraine Davies, Associate Professor
Associate Vice-Provost, School of Graduate and Post-Doctoral Studies

Lorraine Davies
  • Gender inequality
  • Stress and women’s health across the life course
  • The effects of interpersonal violence on women’s well-being

ldavies@uwo.ca
519-661-2102
SSB 4180
office hours: by appointment
Faculty Profile

Laura Huey, Professor

no photo
  • Policing
  • Victimization
  • Trauma and resiliency
  • Research and policy

lhuey@uwo.ca
519-661-2111 x85151
SSC 5213
office hours: by appointment
Faculty Profile


Social Structure and Social Change

Social Class and Social Change  /  First Nations Communities  /  Social Movements  /  Social Class  /   States  /  Political Sociology  /   Education  /   Family  /  Work, Occupations and Professions

Tracey Adams, Professor
Chair, Department of Sociology

Tracey Adams
  • Professions, gender and work
  • Regulation of professions in Canada (alternate health professions)

tladams@uwo.ca
519-661-2111 x85142
SSC 5328
office hours: by appointment
Faculty Profile

Anton Allahar, Professor

Anton Allahar
  • Economic and political sociology of the Caribbean
  • Ideology, ethnicity, class and nationalism

allahar@uwo.ca
519-661-2111 x85116
SSC 5206
office hours: Mon & Wed 8:15-9:00am or by appointment
Faculty Profile

Kate H. Choi, Assistant Professor

Kate Choi
  • Family demography
  • International migration
  • Social stratification
  • Quantitative methods

hchoi228@uwo.ca
519-661-2111 x85115
SSC 5331
office hours: by appointment
Faculty Profile

Samuel Clark, Professor Emeritus

Samuel Clark
  •  social stratification

sclark4@uwo.ca
519-661-2111 x85127
SSC 5402
office hours: by appointment
Faculty Profile

James Côté, Professor

James Côté
  • Youth studies
  • Sociology of education
  • Identity studies

cote@uwo.ca
519-661-2111 x85118
SSC 5208
office hours: by appointment
Faculty Profile

Lorraine Davies, Associate Professor
Associate Vice-Provost, School of Graduate and Post-Doctoral Studies

Lorraine Davies
  • Gender inequality
  • Stress and women’s health across the life course
  • The effects of interpersonal violence on women’s well-being

ldavies@uwo.ca
519-661-2102
SSB 4180
office hours: by appointment
Faculty Profile

Wolfgang Lehmann, Associate Professor
Undergraduate Chair, Department of Sociology

Wolfgang Lehmann
  • Work
  • Education
  • Social inequality
  • The interplay between structural factors and individual agency in school-work transitions

wlehmann@uwo.ca
519-661-2111 x85385
SSC 5430
office hours: Tues 9:00-11:00 am
Faculty Profile

Julie McMullin, Professor
Vice-Provost (International)
Director, Workforce Aging in the New Economy

Julie McMullin
  • How class, age, gender, ethnicity, and race, structure inequality in paid work and families

mcmullin@uwo.ca
519-661-2111 x86409
StvH 3107G
On leave, serving as Vice-Provost (International)

Anabel Quan-Haase, Professor

Anabel Quan-Haase
  • Computer-mediated communication
  • The networked society
  • Social networks
  • New media and social change

aquanhaa@uwo.ca
519-661-2111 x86952
SSC 5413
Faculty Profile

Scott Schaffer, Associate Professor

Scott Schaffer
  • Contemporary and global social theory
  • The sociology of development
  • Resistance movements
  • The interplay between sociological theory, social policy, and social change

scott.schaffer@uwo.ca
519-661-2111 x85122
SSC 5411
office hours: by appointment
Faculty Profile

Kim Shuey, Associate Professor
Graduate Chair, Sociology

Kim Shuey
  • Health inequality across the life course
  • Work, health, and aging in the new economy
  • Nonstandard and precarious employment

kshuey@uwo.ca
519-661-2111 x85135
SSC 5426
office hours: by appointment
Faculty Profile

Jerry White, Professor Emeritus
Director, Aboriginal Policy Research Consortium (International)
Co-Director, Indigenous Health and Well-being Initiative
Director, IndigiLINK World Social Networking for Indigenous Scholars, Communities, Educators and Policy Makers

Jerry White
  • Aboriginal Well-being
  • Social and Economic development of Indigenous peoples
  • Educational attainment of Indigenous peoples

white@uwo.ca
519-661-2111 x85230
SSC 5412
Faculty Profile


Theory and Criticism

Social Theory  /  Sociology of Development  /  Social Psychology  /  Identity  /  Moral Development  /  Critical Theory  /  Research Methods  /  Program and Policy Evaluation

Anton Allahar, Professor

Anton Allahar
  • Economic and political sociology of the Caribbean
  • Ideology, ethnicity, class and nationalism

allahar@uwo.ca
519-661-2111 x85116
SSC 5206
office hours: Mon & Wed 8:15-9:00am or by appointment
Faculty Profile

James Côté, Professor

James Côté
  • Youth studies
  • Sociology of education
  • Identity studies

cote@uwo.ca
519-661-2111 x85118
SSC 5208
office hours: by appointment
Faculty Profile

Michael Gardiner, Professor

Michael Gardiner
  • Theories of affect (especially boredom)
  • The everyday
  • Utopia
  • Dialogical social theory (the work of Mikhail Bakhtin in particular)

megardin@uwo.ca
519-661-2111 x85139
SSC 5424
office hours: by appointment
Faculty Profile

Charles G. Levine, Associate Professor

Charles G. Levine
  • Social psychology
  • Ego development
  • Critical theory
  • The history of sociological theory

clevine@uwo.ca
519-661-2111 x85131
SSC 5316
office hours: by appointment
Faculty Profile

Scott Schaffer, Associate Professor

Scott Schaffer
  • Contemporary and global social theory
  • The sociology of development
  • Resistance movements
  • The interplay between sociological theory, social policy, and social change

scott.schaffer@uwo.ca
519-661-2111 x85122
SSC 5411
office hours: by appointment
Faculty Profile

Practical Expertise


Qualitative Research Methods

Laura Huey, Professor

no photo
  • Policing
  • Victimization
  • Trauma and resiliency
  • Research and policy

lhuey@uwo.ca
519-661-2111 x85151
SSC 5213
office hours: by appointment
Faculty Profile


Quantitative Research Methods

Kate H. Choi, Assistant Professor

Kate Choi
  • Family demography
  • International migration
  • Social stratification
  • Quantitative methods

hchoi228@uwo.ca
519-661-2111 x85115
SSC 5331
office hours: by appointment
Faculty Profile

Rachel Margolis, Associate Professor

Rachel Margolis
  • Demography
  • Family
  • Health and Well-being

rachel.margolis@uwo.ca
519-661-2111 x82850
SSC 5326
office hours: by appointment
Faculty Profile

Andrea Willson, Associate Professor

Andrea Willson
  • Social inequality of the life course
  • Longitudinal data methods
  • Socioeconomic status and health

willson@uwo.ca
519-661-2111 x85132
SSC 5423
Faculty Profile


Research Resources

Marg Sloan
Research and Instructional Services Librarian

Marg Sloan
  • Sociology research resources
  • Women's Studies and Feminist research resources
  • Film Studies research resources

sloan@uwo.ca
519-661-2111 x84801
D.B. Weldon Library, M1K
website