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Inequality, Power, and Social Regulation
Faculty members in this area explore social inequality along multiple dimensions including class, race, ethnicity and immigration status, sexuality, and gender. They also examine the ways in which social institutions, social processes and social practices (included those related to crime, policing and surveillance) are infused with, and shaped by power. Examples of research in this area include studies of citizenship and identity, education and social inequality, the relationship between economic inequality and political attitudes in cross-national perspective, policing and terrorism studies, and income inequality and crime across nations.
Current Projects
- Resiliency Formation in the Lives of Homeless Women
Laura Huey, Peter Hoakentopicssocial stratification, homelessness, mental health, victimization, usage/access to social services and healthcare
- The Nature of Truth
Anton Allahartopicspolitical truth, historical truth, religious truth, absolute truth, positivism, narrative
- Examining the idea of 'Success'
Lauren Barrtopicsideology, identity, success
- Utopia and Everyday Life
Michael Gardinertopicsutopia, everyday life
- The social, cultural and human capital factors that shape the children of immigrants’ economic and social integration
Teresa Abadatopicsimmigrant integration, human capital, social and cultural factors
Completed Projects
Faculty Experts in Inequality, Power, and Social Regulation
Tracey Adams, Professor
Chair, Department of Sociology

- Professions, gender and work
- Regulation of professions in Canada (alternate health professions)
tladams@uwo.ca
519-661-2111 x85142
SSC 5328
office hours: by appointment
Faculty Profile
Anton Allahar, Professor Emeritus

- Economic and political sociology of the Caribbean
- Ideology, ethnicity, class and nationalism
allahar@uwo.ca
519-661-2111 x85116
SSC 5206
Faculty Profile
Robert Andersen, Professor
Dean, Faculty of Social Science

- Political sociology
- Social stratification
- Quantitative research methods and statistics
socsci-dean@uwo.ca
519-661-2111 ext. 84958
SSC 9438
office hours: by appointment
Dean's Profile
James Côté, Professor

- Youth studies
- Sociology of education
- Identity studies
cote@uwo.ca
SSC 5208
office hours: by appointment
Faculty Profile
Michael Gardiner, Professor

- Theories of affect (especially boredom)
- The everyday
- Utopia
- Dialogical social theory (the work of Mikhail Bakhtin in particular)
megardin@uwo.ca
519-661-2111 x85139
SSC 5424
office hours: Thurs. 2:00-3:30, or by appointment
Faculty Profile
Laura Huey, Professor

- Policing
- Victimization
- Trauma and resiliency
- Research and policy
lhuey@uwo.ca
519-661-2111 x85151
SSC 5213
office hours: by appointment
Faculty Profile
Wolfgang Lehmann, Associate Professor
Undergraduate Chair, Department of Sociology

- Work
- Education
- Social inequality
- The interplay between structural factors and individual agency in school-work transitions
wlehmann@uwo.ca
519-661-2111 x85385
SSC 5430
office hours: Thurs 9:00-11:00, or by appointment
Faculty Profile
Julie McMullin, Professor

- How class, age, gender, ethnicity, and race, structure inequality in paid work and families
mcmullin@uwo.ca
519-661-2111 x86409
StvH 3107G
On leave, serving as Vice-Provost (International)
Scott Schaffer, Associate Professor

- Contemporary and global social theory
- The sociology of development
- Resistance movements
- The interplay between sociological theory, social policy, and social change
scott.schaffer@uwo.ca
519-661-2111 x85122
SSC 5411
office hours: Wed. 10am-12pm and 4:45-6pm
Faculty Profile
Jerry White, Professor Emeritus
Director, Aboriginal Policy Research Consortium (International)
Co-Director, Indigenous Health and Well-being Initiative
Director, IndigiLINK World Social Networking for Indigenous Scholars, Communities, Educators and Policy Makers

- Aboriginal Well-being
- Social and Economic development of Indigenous peoples
- Educational attainment of Indigenous peoples
white@uwo.ca
SSC 5208
Faculty Profile