Sociology's Dr. Adrienne Peters features on VOCM about the provinces rise in crime: vocm.com/2023/08/01/cri…

Sociology's Dr. Cindy Whitten featured in the Gazette for her research with Dr. Sahar Iqbal (Medicine) showing how psycho-social factors impact individual management of type 2 Diabetes:

gazette.mun.ca/research/human…

Congratulations to MUNL Sociology PhD candidate Kimberly Phillips who has been selected to be a National Women's Studies Association (NWSA) Women of Color Leadership Project (WoCLP) Fellow!

Dr. Eric Tenkorang (Sociology), Dr. Sevtap Savas (Medicine), and Dr. Teri Stuckless (Medicine) – have published their findings on how misconceptions about cancer affect individuals with a history of the disease in Newfoundland and Labrador.

gazette.mun.ca/research/elimi…

Drs. Adrienne Peters and Sulaimon Giwa featured in CBC news story about collecting race-based data to identify and help address racial bias in the justice system:

cbc.ca/news/canada/ne…

We are hiring!

The Department of Sociology invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor position in the area of Criminology.

Application deadline: August 15th 2023.

For more information, please see the detailed job ad here:

mun.ca/sociology/medi…

Congratulations to Matthew Hawco who has been awarded the Pro Vice-Chancellor’s Prize for his SOCI 2100: Social Inequalities paper called 'Manifestations of Settler Colonialism in Canada: How Settler Colonialism in Canada is Contributing to the Climate Crisis.'

Congratulations to Dr. Liam Swiss who has been elected as the new President Elect of the Canadian Sociological Assocation and PhD student Shayan Morshedi who has been elected as a member of the Student Concerns Subcommittee!

Congratulations to the two newest Fellows of the School of Graduate Studies - Sociology PhD candidates Foroogh Mohammadi and Yixi Yang! This honour recognizes outstanding achievement throughout a graduate program. Congratulations!

Congratulations to MA student Hannah McLean who has been awarded the Deans Excellence Award in support of her program of work!

Congratulations to the winners of the Canadian Sociological Association (CSA) Outstanding Graduating Student Awards for our department! Navjotpal Kaur (PhD Category) and Heather Austin (MA Category)

New publication co-authored by Dr. Mark Stoddart, PhD candidate Yixi Yang, and Cole Atlin! ecologyandsociety.org/vol28/iss2/art4

Congratulations to Heather Dicks who has been selected among the top 25 finalists for the SSHRC Storytellers competition!
Heather will be part of the SSHRC Storytellers Showcase at Congress on May 29 at York University.

Congratulations to two MUNL Sociology faculty members – Daniel Kudla and Lisa-Jo van den Scott – who have been recognized by SGS as Rockstar supervisors!

New co-authored publication by Sociology's Dr. Mark Stoddart:

'Competing Crises? Media Coverage and Framing of Climate Change During the COVID-19 Pandemic' is featured in a special issue of Environmental Communication.

tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

Congratulations to Sociology graduate student Daniel Amoah who has been awarded the Scotiabank Bursary for International Study!

Congratulations to two new graduate student award winners in our department!

Hannah McLean was awarded a SSHRC MA Scholarship for her project, Transgender/Non-Binary Supports for Homelessness in Canada.

Pouya Morshedi was awarded a Scotiabank Bursary for International Study.

Congratulations to the winners of the 2023 SITA Graduate Research Awards in Sociology!

PhD Award:
Navjotpal Kaur

MA Thesis:
Heather Austin
Sam Morton

We are hiring!

9-month teaching term appointment for Fall 2023 and Winter 2024.

Applicants should forward a curriculum vitae, evidence of teaching effectiveness, and the names and addresses of three referees to [email protected] by April 30th 2023.

Details attached.

Congratulations to MUNL Sociology PhD candidate Kimberly Phillips who has just won the Dalhousie University John Flint Prize for Best Paper! Her paper - “We Come Not Here to Talk”—Revisiting the Work of Anna Julia Cooper' - is is forthcoming in the journal Symbolic Interaction.