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![Photo of Harris Ali](https://profiles.laps.yorku.ca/files/har-1-wpcf_110x108.jpg?x81992)
PhD (Sociology), McMaster University
BEng (Materials), McMaster University
BEng (Materials), McMaster University
Interests:
Global/Climate Change, Environment, Environment and health; Sociology of risk, Disasters; Infectious diseases, Environmental management; Environmental justice
![No Photo](/files/photos/head-icon.jpg?x81992)
Interests:
, Social Media; Teaching and Technology; Sociology of the Body; Neuro-Sociology.
![Photo of Sylvia Bawa](https://profiles.laps.yorku.ca/files/Prof.-Headshop-1-wpcf_100x150.jpg?x81992)
Ph.D. , Queen's University
MA. , Brock University
B.A.(First Class Honours)., University of Ghana
MA. , Brock University
B.A.(First Class Honours)., University of Ghana
Interests:
Sociology, Globalization, Postcoloniality and discourses of women's rights and empowerment, Gender and Development, Human Rights and Afrofuturism, Human-Non-Human Connections
![Photo of Katherine Bischoping](https://profiles.laps.yorku.ca/files/Bischoping-headshot-brighter-1-wpcf_100x150.jpg?x81992)
PhD, University of Michigan
MSc, University of Michigan
BMath, University of Waterloo
MSc, University of Michigan
BMath, University of Waterloo
Interests:
Culture and Cultural Studies, Sociology, Qualitative Methods, Narrative Analysis, Oral History, Research Methods
![Photo of Deborah R. Brock](/files/photos/dbrock.jpg?x81992)
Ph.D., Sociology, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education/University of Toronto
M.A., Sociology, Carleton University
B.A., Sociology and Canadian Studies, University of Waterloo
M.A., Sociology, Carleton University
B.A., Sociology and Canadian Studies, University of Waterloo
Interests:
Sociology, Social, Sexual and Moral Regulation, Power in Everyday Life, Research for Social Change, Sociology
![Photo of Sheila Cavanagh](/files/photos/sheila.jpg?x81992)
PhD, York University
MA, University of Toronto (OISE)
BA, York University
BEd, York University
MA, University of Toronto (OISE)
BA, York University
BEd, York University
Interests:
Gender Issues, Culture and Cultural Studies, Queer Theory, Psychoanalytic Theory, Trans* Studies, Performance Ethnography, Sociology
![Photo of Rina Cohen](/files/photos/rcohen.jpg?x81992)
Interests:
Labour, Gender Issues, patterns of diaspora engagement, transnational migration and globalization, returning migration
![Photo of Deborah Davidson](/files/photos/debd.jpg?x81992)
PhD, York University
Interests:
Sociology, Disability/Accessibility, Tattoos, Qualitative Methodology, Lifecourse, Motherhood, Death, Bereavement, Commemoration, lifecourse, perinatal loss, bereavement, commemoration, qualitative research
![No Photo](/files/photos/head-icon.jpg?x81992)
Interests:
, Sociology of Education; Difference, Inequality and Power; Qualitative Methods; Higher Education.
![Photo of Amber Gazso](/files/photos/agazso.jpg?x81992)
Ph.D. in Sociology, University of Alberta
M.A. in Sociology, Western University
B.A. in Criminal Justice (Minor in Sociology), University of Fraser Valley
M.A. in Sociology, Western University
B.A. in Criminal Justice (Minor in Sociology), University of Fraser Valley
Interests:
Gender Issues, Poverty, Family and Intimate Relations, Research Methods, Social Policy, Sociology
![Photo of Wendy Makoons Geniusz](https://profiles.laps.yorku.ca/files/Dr.-Wendy_Geniusz-wpcf_100x150.jpg?x81992)
PhD American Studies, University of Minnesota
![Photo of Luin Goldring](/files/photos/goldring.jpg?x81992)
CERLAC Fellow
Ph.D., Development Sociology, Cornell University
M.S., Rural Sociology, Cornell University
B.A., Anthropology, California State University
M.S., Rural Sociology, Cornell University
B.A., Anthropology, California State University
Interests:
Immigration, Sociology, Citizenship and non-citizenship, Precarious work, Transnational migration, Sociology
![No Photo](/files/photos/head-icon.jpg?x81992)
Interests:
, Social Theory; Slavery and Black Experience in the Americas.
![Photo of J. Paul Grayson](/files/photos/grayson.jpg?x81992)
B.A., York University
M.A., York University
Ph.D., University of Toronto
M.A., York University
Ph.D., University of Toronto
Interests:
Sociology, Education, University Student Experiences, Sociology
![Photo of Ratiba Hadj-Moussa](/files/photos/rhm.jpg?x81992)
Ph.D. in Sociology, Université Laval
Canada Fellow, Université Laval
D.E.A. in Art du Spectacle (cinema), Sorbonne Université (Paris III)
D.E.A. in Sociology (Theory), Université Denis Diderot (Paris VII)
Canada Fellow, Université Laval
D.E.A. in Art du Spectacle (cinema), Sorbonne Université (Paris III)
D.E.A. in Sociology (Theory), Université Denis Diderot (Paris VII)
Interests:
Sociology, Violence, Sociology of Art and Culture; Political Sociology; Common Cultural Artifacts to Art (Cinema and Music), Visual Culture in General; Gender and Post-Colonial Studies; Mediterranean and North African Societies; memory studies/violence., Public Memory, Alternative Memories
![Photo of Barbara Hanson](https://profiles.laps.yorku.ca/files/Best-A-Black-and-White-Faces-only-e-mail-size-4-wpcf_110x128.jpg?x81992)
Ph.D., University of Toronto
M.A., Carleton University
B.A., Western University
LLB, Osgoode Hall Law School
Member of the Bar of Ontario, Law Society of Ontario
M.A., Carleton University
B.A., Western University
LLB, Osgoode Hall Law School
Member of the Bar of Ontario, Law Society of Ontario
Interests:
Sociology, Law and Justice, Aging, Women's issues, Health, Theory
![No Photo](/files/photos/head-icon.jpg?x81992)
PhD Sociology, McMaster University
MA Sociologie, Université d'Ottawa
MA Sociologie, Université d'Ottawa
Interests:
Education, Children and Youth, Post-secondary Education and Research, Race and Racism, Linguistic Minorities
![Photo of Robert A Kenedy](/files/photos/rkenedy.jpg?x81992)
Interests:
, Jewish Diaspora; Immigration and Citizenship; Ethnic Identity; Social and Political Movements; Qualitative Methodologies.
![Photo of Ann H Kim](/files/photos/annkim.jpg?x81992)
PhD, Brown University
Interests:
, Migration; Immigrant and Ethnic Integration; Asian Racialization; Korean-Canadian Studies; Urban Sociology; Social Demography; Methods
![Photo of Fuyuki Kurasawa](https://profiles.laps.yorku.ca/files/IMG_0757-1-wpcf_110x147.jpg?x81992)
Director, Global Digital Citizenship Lab
Interests:
, Cultural Sociology; Political Sociology; Social Theory; AI and Social Justice; Social Media Platforms; Visual Culture
![Photo of Christopher Kyriakides](https://profiles.laps.yorku.ca/files/191743007_765360680822913_2340996565623338104_n-wpcf_99x150.jpg?x81992)
Canada Research Chair in Citizenship, Social Justice and Ethno-Racialization
PhD, Department of Sociology & Anthropology, Department of Politics, University of Glasgow
BA (Hons.), Department of Sociology & Anthropology, University of Glasgow
BA (Hons.), Department of Sociology & Anthropology, University of Glasgow
Interests:
Sociology, Anthropology, Political Science; Refugee Studies; Ethno-Racialization, Nationalism, Anti-immigration; Social Death & Citizenship; Migration Geopolitics; Culture, Communication and Inner Speech
![No Photo](/files/photos/head-icon.jpg?x81992)
President and Vice-Chancellor
![Photo of Muyang Li](https://profiles.laps.yorku.ca/files/Muyang_Li_work_photo-Copy-wpcf_110x123.jpg?x81992)
Ph.D. Sociology, University at Albany
M.Sc. New Media, Chinese University of Hong Kong
B.A. Communication, Communication University of China
M.Sc. New Media, Chinese University of Hong Kong
B.A. Communication, Communication University of China
Interests:
Media, Culture and Cultural Studies, Political Sociology, Digital Sociology, Computational Text Analysis, Mixed Methods
![Photo of Guida Man](/files/photos/gman.jpg?x81992)
Research Associate, Centre for Feminist Research
Research Associate, York Centre for Asian Research
Ph. D. Sociology, University of Toronto
Interests:
Immigration, Family, Women and Work, Globalization and Transnational Migration, Immigrant and Diasporic Communities, racialization and racism, intersectional analysis, feminist theories and methodologies
![Photo of Nancy J Mandell](/files/photos/mandell.jpg?x81992)
Ph.D. (Sociology), Northeastern University
M.A. (Sociology), Carleton University
B. Ed., University of Toronto
B.A. (Honours Sociology), University of Toronto
M.A. (Sociology), Carleton University
B. Ed., University of Toronto
B.A. (Honours Sociology), University of Toronto
Interests:
, Family; Intimacy and Care Work; Aging and Immigrants; Gender and Schooling; Qualitative Methods; Community-Academic Research Partnerships.
![Photo of Aryn Martin](https://profiles.laps.yorku.ca/files/Z-30-wpcf_110x113.jpg?x81992)
Ph.D., Science & Technology Studies, Cornell University
M.A., Science & Technology Studies, Cornell University
M.E.S., Environmental Studies, York University
B.Sc.H., Life Sciences (First Class Honours), Queen's University
M.A., Science & Technology Studies, Cornell University
M.E.S., Environmental Studies, York University
B.Sc.H., Life Sciences (First Class Honours), Queen's University
Interests:
Science and Technology, Gender Issues, Social and Historical Studies of Biomedicine, Social Studies of Science, Feminist theory
![Photo of Radhika Mongia](https://profiles.laps.yorku.ca/files/Radhika_Mongia-019-scaled-wpcf_100x150.jpg?x81992)
PhD, Communication, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
MA, Communication, Northern Illinois University
MSc, Mathematics, Northern Illinois University (completed all coursework)
BA, Mathematics, Miranda House College, University of Delhi
MA, Communication, Northern Illinois University
MSc, Mathematics, Northern Illinois University (completed all coursework)
BA, Mathematics, Miranda House College, University of Delhi
Interests:
, Global history, migration and modern state formation, citizenship studies, historical sociology, sociology of law, postcolonial theory, feminist theory, historiography and philosophy of history
![No Photo](/files/photos/head-icon.jpg?x81992)
York Research Chair in Reparative and Racial Justice
![Photo of Marcello Musto](https://profiles.laps.yorku.ca/files/PL-MarcelloMusto-3-copia-copy-wpcf_100x150.jpg?x81992)
Ph. D in Philosophy and Politics, University of Naples ‘L’Orientale’
Ph. D in Philosophy, University of Nice ‘Sophia Antipolis’
M. A. in Political Sciences, University of Naples ‘L’Orientale’
Ph. D in Philosophy, University of Nice ‘Sophia Antipolis’
M. A. in Political Sciences, University of Naples ‘L’Orientale’
![Photo of Eric Mykhalovskiy](/files/photos/ericm.jpg?x81992)
BA, King's College, UWO
MA, York University
PhD, York University
MA, York University
PhD, York University
Interests:
Sociology, Health, HIV/AIDS, Public Health and the Criminal Law, Institutional Ethnography, sociology of health and health care; qualitative methods; institutional ethnography,
![Photo of Michael Nijhawan](/files/photos/nijhawan.jpg?x81992)
Dr. Phil. Anthropology, University of Heidelberg
M.A. Anthropology, Psychology, Education, University of Heidelberg
M.A. Anthropology, Psychology, Education, University of Heidelberg
Interests:
Anthropology, Sociology, Diaspora Formations & Transnational Migration, Medical Anthropology & Medical Sociology, Violence, Suffering, and Culture, Cultural Sociology, Social Anthropology, South Asian Studies
![Photo of Michael D Ornstein](/files/photos/ornstein.jpg?x81992)
Interests:
, Structured Social Inequality; Political Sociology; Canadian Society; Survey Methods.
![Photo of Hyun Ok Park](/files/photos/hopark.jpg?x81992)
Ph.D., Department of Sociology, University of California at Berkeley
Interests:
, Global Capitalism; Marxism and Critical Theory ; Historical and Comparative studies; Postcoloniality; Historical Memory; and Korea and Korean Diaspora.
![No Photo](/files/photos/head-icon.jpg?x81992)
Interests:
, Violence By and Against Women and Children; Crime/Corrections/Deviance; Women's Studies; Family; Social Inequality.
![Photo of Norene J Pupo-Barkans](/files/photos/npupo.jpg?x81992)
Ph.D., Sociology, McMaster University
M.A., Sociology, McMaster University
Honours B.A., Sociology, McMaster University
M.A., Sociology, McMaster University
Honours B.A., Sociology, McMaster University
Interests:
, Sociology of Work; Economic Sociology; Political Sociology; Formal Organizations; Social Policy., Sociology
![Photo of Hira Singh](/files/photos/hsingh.jpg?x81992)
Interests:
, Social Theory; Social Inequality; Social Movements; Feudalism in Non-European and European Societies; Colonialism and Popular Protests; Empire and Indenture (South Africa).
![No Photo](/files/photos/head-icon.jpg?x81992)
PhD, University of Toronto
MA, University of Toronto
BA, University of Manitoba
MA, University of Toronto
BA, University of Manitoba
Interests:
, Environment, Political Sociology, Culture & Leisure, Methodology & Epistemology, Deleuze & Guattari
![Photo of Mark P Thomas](https://profiles.laps.yorku.ca/files/MT-2019a-wpcf_110x120.jpg?x81992)
Department Chair
Ph.D., Sociology, York University
M.A., Sociology, University of Guelph
B.A. Honours, Political Science and Sociology, Carleton University
M.A., Sociology, University of Guelph
B.A. Honours, Political Science and Sociology, Carleton University
Interests:
Sociology, Employment and Labour, Economic Sociology, Political Economy
![Photo of Amanda van Beinum](https://profiles.laps.yorku.ca/files/Amanda-van-Beinum-wpcf_110x129.jpg?x81992)
PhD in Sociology, Carleton University
MSc. in Epidemiology, University of Ottawa
MSc. in Epidemiology, University of Ottawa
![Photo of Philip D Walsh](https://profiles.laps.yorku.ca/files/Walsh-image-2-wpcf_110x94.png?x81992)
Ph.D in Sociology, University of Warwick
MA in Philosophy and Social Theory, University of Warwick
BA in Philosophy, University of Delaware
MA in Philosophy and Social Theory, University of Warwick
BA in Philosophy, University of Delaware
Interests:
, Classical and Contemporary Social Theory; Sociology of Knowledge; Sociology of Emotions, Political Sociology; Philosophy of Social Science.
![Photo of Lorna Weir](/files/photos/lweir.jpg?x81992)
YUFA Equity Officer
Adjunct Professor, Bloombery School of Medicine, University of Toronto
Ph.D., York University
Interests:
Sociology, Health, Social Theory, Science and Technology Studies, Feminist Theory; Sexuality and Human Reproduction; Government and Textuality; Sociology of Language., Health and illness, social theoyr, science and technology studies
![Photo of Lesley Wood](https://profiles.laps.yorku.ca/files/effects-photo-wpcf_110x110.jpg?x81992)
Ph.D., Sociology, Columbia University
M.Phil, Sociology, Columbia University
M.Sc. (Economics), Sociology, London School of Economics and Political Science
B.A. (Hons), Sociology, Queen’s University
M.Phil, Sociology, Columbia University
M.Sc. (Economics), Sociology, London School of Economics and Political Science
B.A. (Hons), Sociology, Queen’s University
Interests:
Sociology, Politics and Government, social movements, political sociology, globalization, diffusion, global justice movement, transnational movements, civic engagement, internationalism, deliberation, repression, protest policing, militarization
![Photo of Cary Wu](https://profiles.laps.yorku.ca/files/Cary-Wu_Sociology-wpcf_100x150.jpg?x81992)
York Research Chair
PhD, University of British Columbia
Interests:
Sociology, Health, Trust, Political Sociology of Health, Inequality, Research Methods