Faculty & Research
Gillian Balfour
Full Professor, Sociology
B.Sc., M.A. (Ottawa), Ph.D. (Manitoba)
Otonabee College 223, ext. 7607, gillianbalfour@trentu.ca
Research interests: Feminist engagement with all aspects of the criminal justice system, with a particular focus on the victimization criminalization and incarceration continuum. This includes historical and contemporary practices of punishment of women within Canadian prisons; how punishment has been organized and implemented in the lives of imprisoned women, and how women have resisted the conditions of their confinement.
Peri Ballantyne
Professor, Sociology
B.A., M.A. (Western), Ph.D. (Toronto)
Otonabee College 224, ext. 7813, periballantyne@trentu.ca
Research interests: Social determinants of health across the life course; sociology of pharmaceuticals; the role of the pharmacy profession in health care.
Kristy Buccieri
Associate Professor, Sociology
B.Soc.Sc. (Ottawa), M.A. (Carleton), Ph.D. (York)
Otonabee College 226, ext. 6382, kristybuccieri@trentu.ca
Research interests: Intersections between health and homelessness, with special focus on youth homelessness, social and spatial dimensions, and systems integration.
Jim Conley
Emeritus Professor, Sociology
B.A. (Alberta), M.A. (Toronto), Ph.D (Carleton)
Otonabee College 232, ext. 7822, jconley@trentu.ca
Research interests: Urban mobilities; recent French sociology; social movements. Current research combines French pragmatic sociology of critique with investigations of disputes over spaces of mobility.
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.
Stephen Katz
Emeritus Professor, Sociology
B.A. (York), M.A. (McGill), Ph.D. (York)
Otonabee College 230, ext. 6020, skatz@trentu.ca
2009 Distinguished Researcher Award
Research interests: Aging and old age; critical gerontology; sociology of the body; memory and cognitive culture; biopolitics of health.
Alan Law
Emeritus Professor, Sociology
B.A.S. (Sydney), M.A., Ph.D. (Alberta)
Lady Eaton College 130.2, ext. 1064, alaw@trentu.ca
Research interests: Historical sociology, sociology of sport and leisure, research methodology, social inequality.
Barb Marshall
Professor, Sociology
B.A., M.A. (Guelph), Ph.D. (Alberta)
Otonabee College 225, ext. 7856, bmarshall@trentu.ca
Research interests: Feminist and social theory, gender, sexuality, aging, bodies, science and technology, consumption. Current projects are 1) exploring ways to increase sexual and gender diversity in representations of successful aging, 2) bringing together insights from science and technology studies and critical aging studies, with a focus on self-tracking, gamification and data-veillance, and 3) analyzing intersections between aging, gender and embodiment.
Momin Rahman
Professor, Sociology
B.A., Ph.D. (Strathclyde)
Otonabee College 228, ext. 7812, mominrahman@trentu.ca
Research interests: Intersections between sexualities and ethnicities, with a particular focus on Muslim LGBT politics and identity.
Deborah White
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: Cultural regulation and popular culture; institutional responses to sexual assault (legal, medical and scientific dimensions); gender and regulation; policy analysis; social production of scientific and forensic evidence and expertise.