Welcome to the Department of Sociology
Featured News
2024 Asian Law & Society Association Distinguished Article Award
Dr. Qian Liu, Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology, receives the award for the article "Relational Legal Consciousness in the One-Child Nation."
UCalgary undergraduate students begin their transdisciplinary research journeys
Apply for your PURE award by Jan. 27
The Final Rumble: Creative Arts Community Sparks New Movement
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.
‘I found my passion’: How a UCalgary student discovered his Vietnamese identity through an undergraduate research project
Billy ‘Me’ Wijaya traced his family's roots over the course of a transdisciplinary undergraduate research summer studentship
2024 Killam Awards recognize outstanding UCalgary researchers
Recognition for excellence in research and mentorship given across diverse disciplines
Texaco and Lincoln-McKay Chair in North American Studies
Dr. Cora Voyageur (Sociology) appointed to the Texaco and Lincoln-McKay Chair in North American Studies
In the news
In the News Michael Adorjan, Sociology, in MediaSmarts | HabiloMédias
Experiences Researching Artificial Intelligence Literacy | Media Literacy Week 2024 event
In the News Dean Curran, Sociology, in CBC News Calgary
Calgarians' hope for financial future is fading, new report suggests
In the News Pallavi Banerjee, Sociology, in Calgary Herald
As migrants continue to arrive, Alberta still seeing largest population growth in Canada
In the News Alex Bierman, Sociology, in Global News
How Jasper’s residents can process grief after wildfire hits community
In the News Pallavi Banerjee, Sociology, in Calgary Sun
As migrants continue to arrive, Alberta still seeing largest population growth in Canada
In the News Pratim Sengupta, Pallavi Banerjee and Yahya El-Lahib writing in The Conversation Canada
Student protests: How the university perpetuates colonial violence on campus
Featured publications
In the News Gender Work Organization, Wiley Online Library
Pallavi Banerjee and Carieta Thomas, “The Migrant Care Work Regime and the Making of the Constant-Care Worker Among Indian Immigrant Nurses.”
In the News Michael Adorjan, Sociology, in Routlegde, Taylor & Francis Group
Parenting Cyber-Risk: Opportunities and Challenges Raising Children with Digital Environments
In the News Sharla Alegria and Pallavi Banerjee - Oxford Academic, Social Problems
Time Won’t Give Me Time: Intersections of Racialized and Gendered Organization of Work in Tech
In the News M. Harmon and A. Bierman - Journal of Applied Gerontology
Social Statuses, Quality of Social Relationships, and Self-Esteem Among Older Adults in Canada: Resource Multiplication or Substitution?
In the News Taylor & Francis Group
South Asian Diaspora, Gender, and Transnational Lives: Epistemological Omission of Caste by Pallavi Banerjee and Chetna Khandelwal
Faculty of Arts Awards and Celebration of Excellence
Kristina Penn's striking photograph of frazil ice in Tasààn Zhat Chù’ (Copper Joe Creek) selected as this year’s design.