Sociology
Master of Arts
Department of Sociology
The Department of Sociology at UBC is an excellent choice for graduate study in sociology. We are ranked among the best departments in the world and within the top two in Canada. Our graduate students place well in both faculty and other professional positions.
Many of our faculty members have been recognized with teaching and research awards and all frequently publish in top academic journals. We host (or have recently hosted) leading journals in the field, including the Canadian Review of Sociology, Sociological Theory, the Journal of Health and Social Behavior, and the Journal of Comparative Family Studies.
Graduate Degree Programs
Research Supervisors
| Name | Research Interests |
|---|---|
| Abrutyn, Seth | Social theory; Sociology and social studies of health, health systems and health care; Sociological Theory; Youth Suicide; Sociology of Emotion; Culture; Medical/Mental Health; Institutions/Organizations |
| Berdahl, Jennifer | Ostracism, Harassment and Bullying, Gender and Diversity in Organizations, Power and Status in Groups, Harassment, Work-Family Interface |
| Cheong, Amanda | Sociology; migration; Citizenship and Legal Status; Statelessness |
| Childress, Clayton | Cultural Production, Reception, and Meaning Making, Taste, Decision Making, Inequality, Organizations, Markets |
| Corrigall-Brown, Catherine | Sociology; social movements; identity; political sociology; social psychology |
| Fu, Qiang | a multidisciplinary perspective on institutional changes, social networks and mental health over the urban space; comparative and temporal analysis of civic engagement and identity; child and youth well-being (e.g., obesity and school bullying); developing |
| Fuller, Sylvia | precarious employment; inequality; work; gender and work; immigration, Work and Labour, Inequality, Gender, Economic Sociology, Social Policy, Welfare state restructuring |
| Ghaziani, Amin | Sociology; Sociology of sexualities; Urban sociology; Cultural sociology; queer nightlife; gay neighbourhoods |
| Hanser, Amy | Work and employment; gender; consumption/consumerism; contemporary Chinese society, Culture and markets, inequality, gender, consumption, service work, China |
| Hirsh, Elizabeth | Sociology; Law; Structures and Organization; Inequality, Gender and Race Discrimination, Work Organizations, Law |
| Huddart, Emily | Sociology; Environment and Society; Social and Cultural Factors of Environmental Protection; Gender; social class; Sustainable consumption |
| Huyser, Kimberly | |
| Johnson, Phyllis | Allocation of financial and human resources by families coping with stressful circumstances, including immigration and resettlement, family separation, unemployment, and conflicts between work and family responsibilities |
| Jorgenson, Andrew | Sociology and related studies; Social and economic geography; Other social sciences; climate change; environmental sociology; global political economy; Global Environmental Change; sociology of development; Population health; Comparative-International Sociology; sustainability science |
| Karimi, Aryan | Race and ethnic relations; Sociological methodology and research methods; Sociology and social studies of science and technology; Social relations; migration and refugee studies; ethnic and racial boundaries studies; assimilation, integration, transnationalism; Research methods |
| Lauer, Sean | Urban sociology and community studies |
| Lauster, Nathanael | Population, Housing, Urban Studies, Crowding, Home & Housing, Technology & Environment, City Building & Regulation, Family, Demography, Health |
| Maghbouleh, Neda | Migration, Race, and Identity; Middle Eastern and North African (MENA) communities; race; Racialization; Im/migration; identity |
| Mawani, Renisa | Sociology; Colonial Legal History; critical theory; Oceans and Maritime Worlds; Philosophy, History and Comparative Studies; Race and Racism; Time and Temporality |
| McConnell, Kathryn | Social sciences; environmental sociology; climate change; wildfire; migration; built environment |
| Nelson, Laura | Social movements, culture, gender, and organizations and institutions, Processes around the formation of collective identities, Social movement strategy in feminist and environmental movements, Continuities between cycles of activism and the role of place in shaping social movement activity, Intersectionality in U.S. women’s movements, Coverage of social movements in news media over time, Ways in which history is recorded and remembered, Gender inequality in startups and entrepreneurship |
| Qian, Yue | Sociology; family; Gender Relationship; Migrations, Populations, Cultural Exchanges; Demography; Family Studies; Gender Studies; sociology |
| Raker, Ethan | Social sciences; Social demography; sociology of health; Climate/environmental sociology; Sociology of disasters |
| Richardson, Lindsey | Sociology of health and illness, substance use, HIV/AIDS, urban health, sociology of work and economic life, health disparities |
| Silva, Tony | |
| Stecklov, Guy | Family and household demographic studies; Fertility; Migration; Mortality; Demography; Studies of Canadian society; Demographic behavior; Historical social change; Demographic Change in Sub-Saharan Africa; Migration and assimilation; Population and Development; Research and survey methodology |
| Tindall, David | environmental movement, social movements, environmental protest, social protest, social networks, social aspects of climate change, Aboriginal protest about natural resources and environmental issues, social surveys, polling, environmental politics, environmental attitudes, environmental values, opinion about the environment, protest about pipelines, protest about oil sands, protest about tar sands, wilderness, wilderness preservation, use of social media in social protest, use of social media in social movements, social media and social networks, social aspects of forestry, climate change policy, news media, social psychology of environmental issues, Envionmental sociology, social research methods, aboriginal forestry, social science |
| Veenstra, Gerry | Sociology and social studies of health, health systems and health care; Health equity; Sociology, n.e.c.; social determinants of health; Socioeconomic status and health; racial health inequalities; Bourdieusian field theory, lifestyle practices and health; culture and class; Quantitative Methods; Sociology of soccer |
| Wilkes, Rima | protest, media and First Nations, media and racism, immigration, Collective Action by Indigenous Nations, Media and social movements, Public Opinion, Immigration, Trust |
| Yodanis, Carrie | Family, Marriage, Statistics |
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