Department of Sociology News

An advanced topic, Sociology of Blackness (SOCI 401-01), was taught for the first time in the fall term of 2024 by Gbenga Adejare as an in-person class. The course was designed to explore the context of being Black in the social world. There were multiple assessments in the course aimed at reifying concepts, internalization of abstract issues, and bringing out the creativity in students.

We asked some notable UCalgary alumni from the last year to reflect on the mentors who shaped their journeys from career-defining advice to life-changing support.

Dr. Qian Liu, Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology, receives the award for the article "Relational Legal Consciousness in the One-Child Nation."

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After 12 years, UCalgary Alumni Rich and Jessica Théroux are closing the curtain on Rumble House and sketching the blueprint for Calgary's next big art revolution.

Billy ‘Me’ Wijaya traced his family's roots over the course of a transdisciplinary undergraduate research summer studentship