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Administration
Anders Holm, Professor
Chair, Department of Sociology
Research Interest/Specialization
Quantitative methods, Socioeconomic status over the lifecourse, Social stratification, Inter-generational mobility, Sociology of health
Patrick Denice, Associate Professor
Graduate Chair, Department of Sociology
Research Interest/Specialization
Social inequality and mobility, Labour markets, Life course, Education, Determinants of wages, Quantitative methods
Sean Waite, Associate Professor
Undergraduate Chair, Department of Sociology
Research Interest/Specialization
Labour market inequality, Gender and sexuality, Education and employment, Criminology and deviance
Full-Time Faculty
Teresa Abada, Associate Professor
Director, Collaborative Graduate Program in Migration and Ethnic Relations (MER)
Research Interest/Specialization
Social, cultural, human capital, Migration, Immigrant health, Immigrant integration, Economic and social integration of children of immigrants
Tracey Adams, Professor
Research Interest/Specialization
Work, Professions, Regulation of professions, Social inequality, Gendered professions, Health professions
Robert Andersen, Professor (cross-listed)
Telephone: 519-661-3987
Email: bob.andersen@ivey.ca
Research Interest/Specialization
Social stratification, Democracy and capitalism, Political economy, Business environments, Inequality, Values and attitudes
Dale Ballucci, Associate Professor
Research Interest/Specialization
Sociology of Law, Sociology of childhood, Criminology and Policing, Young offenders, Theories of Governance, Administration of the criminal justice system
Edward Bell, Professor
Research Interest/Specialization
Political attitudes and behaviours, Political sociology, Political psychology, Personality and politics, Political movements
David Calnitsky, Associate Professor
Research Interest/Specialization
Economic Sociology, Inequality, Gender, Work, Poverty, Social policy
Kate H. Choi, Professor
Director, Centre for Research on Social Inequality
Research Interest/Specialization
Social Demography, Social Determinants of Health, Social Inequality, Family Sociology, Racial Inequality, Quantitative Methodology
Helene A. Cummins, Professor
Research Interest/Specialization
Gender Equity and Inclusion, Rural Sociology, Sociology of the Family, Social Problems
Lorraine Davies, Associate Professor
Research Interest/Specialization
Family structure and health, Gender inequality and social policy, Interpersonal relationships and well-being, Gender and mental health, Intimate partner violence, Relationships over the lifecourse
Michael Gardiner, Professor
Research Interest/Specialization
Sociological theory, Theories of affect (especially boredom), Sociology of the everyday, Utopia, Dialogical social theory (the work of Mikhail Bakhtin in particular)
Jasmine Ha, Assistant Professor
Research Interest/Specialization
International migration, Migration statistics, International education, Globalization, Sustainability, Demography
Michael Haan, Professor
Director, RDC and ICES Western
Research Interest/Specialization
Demography, Immigrant settlement, Labour market integration, Migration, Data development, Longitudinal data analysis
Warren E. (Ted) Hewitt, Professor
Research Interest/Specialization
Brazil-Canada relations, Innovation systems, Regional development, International municipal cooperation, International governance
Laura Huey, Professor
Research Interest/Specialization
Policing, Criminal victimization, Mental health, Extremism, Qualitative research methods, Evidence based policy-making
Steven Kleinknecht, Associate Professor
Research Interest/Specialization
Subcultural studies, Technology and society, Qualitative research methods, Symbolic interactionism, Sociology of deviance, Criminology
Brenda Kobayashi, Assistant Professor
Research Interest/Specialization
Youth justice, Youth and society, Punishment, Socio-legal studies, Law and society, Criminology
Wolfgang Lehmann, Professor
Associate Dean, Undergraduate Studies
Research Interest/Specialization
Social inequality, Social class, Sociology of work, Higher education, Vocational education, School-work transitions
Rachel Margolis, Professor
Telephone: 519-661-2111 x82850
Email: rachel.margolis@uwo.ca
Office: Social Science Centre 5th floor
Research Interest/Specialization
Demography, Social inequality, Family change, Aging
Julie McMullin, Professor
Research Interest/Specialization
Social inequality, Aging and the Life Course, Gender Inequality, Family, Paid and Unpaid Work
Kaitlynn Mendes, Professor
Telephone: 519-661-2111 x87356
Email: kaitlynn.mendes@uwo.ca
Office: Social Science Centre 5th floor
Research Interest/Specialization
Gender inequality, Social media, Sexual violence, Online harms, Mixed methods research, Technology-facilitated sexual violence
Robert Nonomura, Assistant Professor
Research Interest/Specialization
Critical Social Theory, Gender-Based Violence, The Sociology of Morality/Social Ethics, Social Psychology Inequality & Intersectionality, Knowledge Mobilization & Public Sociology
Lora Phillips, Assistant Professor
Research Interest/Specialization
Housing insecurity, Precarious work, Health and well-being, Urban climate equity, Mobile homes
Anabel Quan-Haase, Professor
Associate Dean, Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies, Faculty of Information and Media Studies
Research Interest/Specialization
New media and social change, Digital activism, Social media, Social networks, Digital social capital, Scholarly digital communication
Howard Ramos, Professor
Research Interest/Specialization
Political sociology, Social change, Environmental advocacy, Technology, Migration, Race and ethnicity
Scott Schaffer, Associate Professor
Research Interest/Specialization
Contemporary and global social theory, Processes of social change, Social inclusion, Social ethics, Public sociology, Cultural critique
Kim Shuey, Professor
Research Interest/Specialization
Health inequality, Disability, Life course Sociology, Work and health, Environmental Sociology
Lina Sunseri, Professor
Email: lsunseri@uwo.ca
Research Interest/Specialization
Indigenous women, Gender and nationalism, Gender and popular culture, Community development, Decolonization, Indigenous mothering
Andrea Willson, Associate Professor
Research Interest/Specialization
Social inequalities in health; Disability; Sociology of mental health; Aging and the life course
Yoko Yoshida, Associate Professor
Research Interest/Specialization
Immigration and integration, Social statistics, Race and ethnicity, Social inequality, Inequality in health
Anna Zajacova, Professor
Research Interest/Specialization
Social demography, Population health, Social epidemiology, Social determinants of health, Chronic pain, Quantitative analysis