Faculty & Research
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Peri Ballantyne- Chair of Sociology
Professor, Sociology
B.A., M.A. (Western), Ph.D. (Toronto)
Otonabee College 224, ext. 7813, periballantyne@trentu.ca
Research interests:
- Sociology of health and the ‘social determinants of health’
- poverty, food security, work and employment
- medicines access/use/outcomes;
- qualitative methods, including grounded theory, ethnography, institutional ethnography
Professor, Sociology
B.A., Ph.D. (Strathclyde)
Otonabee College 228, ext. 7812, mominrahman@trentu.ca
Research interests:
- LGBT identities and politics
- racialization and systemic racism
- postcolonialism
- Islamophobia
Professor, Sociology
B.A. (Ryerson), M.A. (Toronto), Ph.D. (Carleton)
Otonabee College 231, ext. 7865, deborahwhite2@trentu.ca
1998 Symons Award for Excellence in Teaching
Research interests:
- The institutional responses to sexual violence, particularly medico-legal interventions and the role and nature of forensic evidence and experts in criminal justice systems
- science and technology studies (STS)
- critical research on technologies of rape and sexual assault, specifically anti-rape technologies.
Associate Professor & Canada Research Chair (Tier 2) in Community-Partnered Social Justice
B.A. (Trent), B.Ed.(Queen's), M.A. & Ph.D. (York)
Otonabee College 232, ext. 7822, naominichols@trentu.ca
Research interests:
- Social inequality; poverty; youth homelessness; youth justice; child welfare; education; "youth at risk"; youth mental health; higher education
- research impact and community-academic research collaborations
Associate Professor, Sociology
B.Soc.Sc. (Ottawa), M.A. (Carleton), Ph.D. (York)
Otonabee College 226, ext. 6382, kristybuccieri@trentu.ca
Research interests:
- homelessness
- health care
- public health
- policy
- service provision
Associate Professor, Sociology
B.A., M.A., Ph.D. (York)
Durham Campus, DUR 174, ext. 5049, jimcosgrave@trentu.ca
Research interests:
- Sociology of gambling; the state and legalized/expanded gambling markets
- sociology of money; financialization and culture
- mass mediation and Canadian cultural and national identity
- sociology of humour
Assistant Professor, Sociology
B.A. (Bogazici University), M.A. (Sabanci University), M.A. (University of Pennsylvania), Ph.D. (University of Pennsylvania)
Otonabee College, tugceellialtikose@trentu.ca
Research interests:
- Gender and Sexuality
- Law and Society
- Violence against Women
- Ethnography of the State
- Political Sociology
Assistant Professor, Sociology
BSc (University of Alberta), M.A. (University of Alberta), Ph.D. (University of Calgary)
Durham Campus, DUR 186, ext. 5051, parvinderhirafriesen@trentu.ca
Research interests:
- Immigration
- Labour
- Social Justice
Assistant Professor, Sociology
Otonabee College 223, ext. 7822, elizabethtorrens@trentu.ca
Research interests:
- Gender and sexuality
- bullying
- education
- social control and deviance
- education
- program and policy evaluation
Mary Jean Hande
Assistant Professor, Sociology
Otonabee College 230, mjhande@trentu.ca
B.A. (University of Saskatchewan), M.A. (York University), Ph.D. (University of Toronto)
Eugena Kwon
Assistant Professor, Sociology
B.A. (Western University), M.A. (Western University), Ph.D. (Western University)
Otonabee College 227, eugenakwon@trentu.ca
Nadiya Ali
Assistant Professor, Sociology
B.A. (University of Toronto), M.A. (Carleton University), Ph.D. (York University)
Durham Campus, DUR 186, nadiyaali@trentu.ca