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MA and PhD alumni, Krys Maki Book Launch - Ineligible
Nov 26, 2021
Fernwood Publishing in collaboration with Novel Idea, The Department of Sociology Queen’s University, and th...
Dr. Victoria Sytsma and Queen's Sociology PhD student, Ethan Pohl have a new article
Sep 24, 2021
Dr. Victoria Sytsma and Queen's Sociology PhD student, Ethan Pohl have a new article titled, Situational and Ecological Predictors of Conducted Energy Weapon Application Severity. This article will appear in a special issue of Canadian Journal of Criminology and Criminal Ju...
Welcome Dr. Alana Saulnier
Jul 01, 2021
The Department of Sociology is delighted to announce that from July 1, Alana Saulnier joins the department as an Assistant Professo...
Congratulations to Dr. David Lyon on his retirement
Jun 30, 2021
The Department of Sociology wishes to congratulate David Lyon on his retirement from Queen’s University on June 30, 2021. Read The Surveillance Studies Centre P...
MA student, David Eliot, and Dr. David Murakami Wood have a new piece out
May 20, 2021
David Eliot and Dr. David Murakami Wood have a new piece out from the Centre for International Governance Innovation: Minding the FLoCs: Google's Marketing Moves, AI, Privacy and the Data Commons. This piece examines Google's transition to being a primarily AI-centred compa...
Congratulations to our Graduating Class of 2021!
May 11, 2021
It is with the greatest pleasure that the Department of Sociology sends our best wishes to the graduating class of SOCY students. We wish you all the best with future endeavours and adventures.
PhD Candidate Karina Rider accepts a Postdoctoral Fellow
May 04, 2021
Congratulations to our own PhD Candidate, Karina Rider, who has accepted a Postdoctoral Fellow with the Social Media Collective at Microsoft Research New England, headed by Tarleton Gillespie, Nancy Baym, and Mary Gray.
Sociology PhD Student Elham Yousefinejad wins Barbara Paul Memorial Award
Apr 29, 2021
Congratulations to Sociology PhD Candidate, Elham Yousefinejad, who recently won the Barbara Paul Memorial Award for mature women students finishing their degree.
Dr. Victoria Sytsma’s new article
Mar 19, 2021
Dr. Victoria Sytsma’s article entitled Scripting Police Escalation of Use of Force through Conjunctive Analysis of Body-Worn Camera Footage: A Systematic Social Observational Pilot Study is now out in the prestigious Journal of Criminal Justice.
Dr. Murakami Wood publishes piece in The Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI)
Mar 15, 2021
The Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI) will publish a piece by Dr. Murakami Wood, 'Platform Capitalism, Empire and Authoritarianism: Is there a way out?'