Sociology Faculty Archives - Department of Sociology and Anthropology /socanth/category/sociology-faculty-news/ ĐÓ°ÉÔ­´´ University Fri, 06 Mar 2026 15:16:15 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 Dr. Tonya Davidson Featured on CBC’s Ottawa Morning Defending the Social Sciences /socanth/2026/dr-tonya-davidson-featured-on-cbcs-ottawa-morning-defending-the-social-sciences/ Fri, 06 Mar 2026 15:16:14 +0000 /socanth/?p=33765 Dr. Tonya Davidson, Sociology Professor, was recently featured on CBC’s Ottawa Morning with Rebecca Zandbergen, where she discusses the value of the social sciences and defends their importance. They also discuss job opportunities for graduates with arts degrees. Check it out here!

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Dr. Tonya Davidson Featured on CBC’s Ottawa Morning Defending the Social Sciences

March 6, 2026

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Dr. Tonya Davidson, Sociology Professor, was recently featured on CBC’s , where she discusses the value of the social sciences and defends their importance. They also discuss job opportunities for graduates with arts degrees.

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]]> Dr. Amina Mire’s recent interview with an Austrian based magazine /socanth/2026/dr-amina-mires-recent-interview-with-an-austrian-based-magazine/ Fri, 23 Jan 2026 13:58:42 +0000 /socanth/?p=33567 The post Dr. Amina Mire’s recent interview with an Austrian based magazine appeared first on Department of Sociology and Anthropology.

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Dr. Amina Mire’s recent interview with an Austrian based magazine

March 6, 2026

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“The message is always – pigment should disappear”. You can read her article

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]]> Dr. Nahla Abdo Featured in Interview with York University’s Centre for Feminist Research /socanth/2026/dr-nahla-abdo-featured-in-interview-with-york-universitys-centre-for-feminist-research/ Wed, 21 Jan 2026 13:05:50 +0000 /socanth/?p=33547 Dr. Nahla Abdo, Chancellor’s Professor of Sociology, was recently interviewed by the Centre for Feminist Research at York University. Dr. Abdo discussed Palestine as the moral centre of feminism. She was also recently awarded the inaugural National Medal for Excellence in Feminist Scholarship in Canada. Check out the full interview at York University’s website!

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Dr. Nahla Abdo Featured in Interview with York University’s Centre for Feminist Research

March 6, 2026

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Dr. Nahla Abdo, Chancellor’s Professor of Sociology, was recently interviewed by the Centre for Feminist Research at York University. Dr. Abdo discussed Palestine as the moral centre of feminism. She was also recently awarded the inaugural .

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]]> Dr. Kelly Fritsch named Canada Research Chair in Disability, Health, and Social Justice /socanth/2025/dr-kelly-fritsch-named-canada-research-chair-in-disability-health-and-social-justice/ Fri, 07 Nov 2025 14:15:25 +0000 /socanth/?p=33180 Professor Kelly Fritsch from the Department of Sociology and Anthropology has been named Canada Research Chair in Disability, Health, and Social Justice. Dr. Fritsch’s research, teaching, and community contributions are united by a deep commitment to transforming the ableist social relations that structurally exclude, oppress, and debilitate disabled people. See the full story here.

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Dr. Kelly Fritsch named Canada Research Chair in Disability, Health, and Social Justice

March 6, 2026

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Professor Kelly Fritsch from the Department of Sociology and Anthropology has been named Canada Research Chair in Disability, Health, and Social Justice. Dr. Fritsch’s research, teaching, and community contributions are united by a deep commitment to transforming the ableist social relations that structurally exclude, oppress, and debilitate disabled people.

See the full story here.

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]]> Sociology Prof. Azar Masoumi discusses ĐÓ°ÉÔ­´´â€™s “Impartiality Policy” on CBC /socanth/2025/sociology-prof-azar-masoumi-discusses-carletons-impartiality-policy-on-cbc/ Mon, 27 Oct 2025 15:12:37 +0000 /socanth/?p=33158 Sociology Prof. Azar Masoumi interviewed on CBC’s Ottawa Morning on ĐÓ°ÉÔ­´´’s plans to implement “Impartiality Policy”. Listen to the interview here.

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Sociology Prof. Azar Masoumi discusses ĐÓ°ÉÔ­´´â€™s “Impartiality Policy” on CBC

March 6, 2026

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Sociology Prof. Azar Masoumi interviewed on CBC’s Ottawa Morning on ĐÓ°ÉÔ­´´’s plans to implement “Impartiality Policy”. Listen to the interview .

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]]> Professor Kelly Fritsch publishes Special Issue in Frontiers of Sociology  /socanth/2025/professor-kelly-fritsch-publishes-special-issue-in-frontiers-of-sociology/ Tue, 21 Oct 2025 12:51:27 +0000 /socanth/?p=33119 Professor Kelly Fritsch has published a special issue on “Affecting, Emoting, and Feeling Disability; Entanglements at the Intersection of Disability Studies and the Sociology of Emotion” in the international journal Frontiers in Sociology. The issue, co-edited with Yvonne Wechuli and Marie Sepulchre, features 13 articles examining how emotion, feeling, and affect produce, maintain, alter, or dismantle […]

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Professor Kelly Fritsch publishes Special Issue in Frontiers of Sociology 

March 6, 2026

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Professor Kelly Fritsch has published a special issue on “Affecting, Emoting, and Feeling Disability; Entanglements at the Intersection of Disability Studies and the Sociology of Emotion” in the international journal Frontiers in Sociology. The issue, co-edited with Yvonne Wechuli and Marie Sepulchre, features 13 articles examining how emotion, feeling, and affect produce, maintain, alter, or dismantle notions of disability. The full issue is available open access as a downloadable .Ěý

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]]> Tonya Davidson Featured on CBC’s “Information Morning” /socanth/2025/tonya-davidson-featured-on-cbcs-information-morning/ Wed, 08 Oct 2025 15:20:21 +0000 /socanth/?p=33069 Dr. Tonya Davidson, Sociology Associate Professor, was recently featured on CBC Cape Breton’s Information Morning with Don Munro. She discussed the second edition of her book, Seasonal Sociology. Listen to the full interview here!

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Tonya Davidson Featured on CBC’s “Information Morning”

March 6, 2026

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Dr. Tonya Davidson, Sociology Associate Professor, was recently featured on CBC Cape Breton’s Information Morning with Don Munro. She discussed the second edition of her book, .

Listen to the full interview here!

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]]> Dr. Laura Hall Publishes New Book “Bloodied Bodies, Bloody Landscapes: Settler Colonialism in Horror” /socanth/2025/dr-laura-hall-publishes-new-book-bloodied-bodies-bloody-landscapes-settler-colonialism-in-horror/ Thu, 02 Oct 2025 13:08:46 +0000 /socanth/?p=32995 Congratulations to Dr. Laura Hall, Associate Professor of Sociology, for publishing a new book titled Bloodied Bodies, Bloody Landscapes: Settler Colonialism in Horror! The publisher describes the book as Turning a lens on the dark legacy of colonialism in horror film, from Scream to Halloween and beyond Horror films, more than any other genre, offer a chilling glimpse—like peering […]

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Dr. Laura Hall Publishes New Book “Bloodied Bodies, Bloody Landscapes: Settler Colonialism in Horror”

March 6, 2026

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Congratulations to Dr. Laura Hall, Associate Professor of Sociology, for publishing a new book titled Bloodied Bodies, Bloody Landscapes: Settler Colonialism in Horror!

The publisher describes the book as

Turning a lens on the dark legacy of colonialism in horror film, from Scream to Halloween and beyond

Horror films, more than any other genre, offer a chilling glimpse—like peering through a creaky attic door—into the brutality of settler colonial violence. While Indigenous peoples continue to struggle against colonization, white settler narratives consistently position them as a threat, depicting the Indigenous Other as an ever-present menace, lurking on the fringes of “civilized” society. Indigenous inclusion or exclusion in horror films tells a larger story about myths, fears, and anxieties that have endured for centuries.

Bloodied Bodies, Bloody Landscapes traces connections between Indigenous representations, gender, and sexuality within iconic horror classics like The Texas Chainsaw Massacre and Friday the 13th. The savage killer, the romantic and doomed Indian, the feral “mad woman”—no trope or archetype escapes the shadowy influence of settler colonialism. In the end, horror both disrupts and uncovers colonial violence—only to bury its victims once more.

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]]> Dr. Tonya Davidson Publishes New Book “Seasonal Sociology, Second Edition” /socanth/2025/dr-tonya-davidson-publishes-new-book-seasonal-sociology-second-edition/ Wed, 10 Sep 2025 17:41:46 +0000 /socanth/?p=32894 Due to the success of Seasonal Sociology (first edition, 2020), the editors Tonya Davidson and Ondine Park developed a second edition. This edition has six new chapters, including chapters on Labour Day, disability and online dating, maple sugar shacks, summer wildfires, and social movements like Pride and Black Lives Matter. This edition includes chapters by […]

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Dr. Tonya Davidson Publishes New Book “Seasonal Sociology, Second Edition”

March 6, 2026

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Due to the success of Seasonal Sociology (first edition, 2020), the editors Tonya Davidson and Ondine Park developed a second edition. This edition has six new chapters, including chapters on Labour Day, disability and online dating, maple sugar shacks, summer wildfires, and social movements like Pride and Black Lives Matter.

This edition includes chapters by ĐÓ°ÉÔ­´´ University Sociology & Anthropology faculty Tonya Davidson (Chapter 17, on summer cottages), Rania Tfaily (Chapter 12 on demography and seasonal births, deaths, marriages and divorces), and SOAN Anthropology PhD alum Emma Bider (Chapter 11 on maple trees, tree-taping, and the myth of the sugar shack). 

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]]> Adjunct Research Professor Dr. Cihan Erdal and Professor Jackie Kennelly Published in Curriculum Inquiry Journal /socanth/2025/adjunct-research-professor-dr-cihan-erdal-and-professor-jackie-kennelly-published-in-curriculum-inquiry-journal/ Thu, 17 Jul 2025 19:27:51 +0000 /socanth/?p=32614 Adjunct Research Professor Dr. Cihan Erdal has recently published an article with Professor Jackie Kennelly in Curriculum Inquiry, titled: “The Disorientation of Democracy and Civic Life: (Neo)Liberal Democratic Citizenship Education in the Twenty-First Century.” Read the full article here.

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Adjunct Research Professor Dr. Cihan Erdal and Professor Jackie Kennelly Published in Curriculum Inquiry Journal

March 6, 2026

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Adjunct Research Professor Dr. Cihan Erdal has recently published an article with Professor Jackie Kennelly in , titled: “The Disorientation of Democracy and Civic Life: (Neo)Liberal Democratic Citizenship Education in the Twenty-First Century.”

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