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
Kristy Buccieri
Associate Chair, Sociology
Criminology Coordinator
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
Momin Rahman
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
Deborah White
Professor, Sociology
B.A. (Toronto Metropolitan University), 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.
Naomi Nichols
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
Jim Cosgrave
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
Parvinder Hira-Friesen
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
Elizabeth Torrens
Assistant Professor, Sociology
B.A. (Western University), M.A. (Western University), Ph.D. (Western University)
Otonabee College 223, ext. 7822, elizabethtorrens@trentu.ca
Research interests:
- Gender and sexuality
- Bullying
- Education
- Social control and deviance
- Program and policy evaluation
Mary Jean Hande
Assistant Professor, Sociology
B.A. (University of Saskatchewan), M.A. (York University), Ph.D. (University of Toronto)
Otonabee College 230, mjhande@trentu.ca
Research interests:
- Care policy, work, and politics
- Aging, disability, and mad studies
- Im/migrant and precarious work
- Critical consciousness/social movement learning
- Community-engaged research and learning
- Critical theory and qualitative methods
Eugena Kwon
Assistant Professor, Sociology
B.A., M.A., Ph.D. (Western University)
Otonabee College 227, eugenakwon@trentu.ca
Research interests:
- International migration (e.g., post-migration integration and settlement experiences of immigrants and international students);
- Sociology of work and occupations;
- Gender and professions;
- Population health and well-being
Nadiya Nur Ali
Assistant Professor, Sociology
B.A. (University of Toronto), M.A. (Carleton University), Ph.D. (York University)
Durham Campus, DUR - A186, nadiyaali@trentu.ca
Research interests:
- Black Studies
- Race, Racism & Racialization
- Critical Muslim Studies
- Community-Engaged Research
David Rapaport
Adjunct Professor, Sociology
B.A. (Concordia), PhD (Trent)
rapaport@trentu.ca
Research interests:
- Labour
- Unions in Canada
- Collective Bargaining
- The Politics of Technology
- The Public Sector in Canada