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McMaster University
 
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  1280 Main Street West
Hamilton, Ontario L8S 4M4 (905) 525-9140 ext: 24481
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  Email: sociolgy@mcmaster.ca Web: http://socserv2.mcmaster.ca/sociology/
  Chair: Victor N. Satzewich,
Director of Graduate Studies: John Fox
  Aministrative Assistant(s): Jacqueline A. Tucker
 
Degrees Offered: PhD, MA, BA Academic Year System: Trimester
 
In–State Tuition (2002–2003): Tuition 2002-2003: Canada, $4823.69
Out–of–state Tuition (2002–2003): Tuition 2002-2003: Canada, $4823.69 Out-of-country, $12446.69
Alternative Tuition Structure: Canada, $4823.69 Out-of-country, $12446.69
Financial Aid Available to Full-Time Students: Teaching Assistantships, Research Assistantships- under faculty members' grants, Fellowships from the University, Fellowships from Outside Sources
Number of First Year Graduate Students Receiving Some Form of Assistance: 16
Admission Deadline: (Fall only) January 15
Financial Support Deadline: January 15
Number of Full-Time Graduate Students: 36
Number of Part-Time Graduate Students: 4
Number of Undergraduate Majors in Fall 2002: 681
Teacher Trainings Programs:
Number of Undergraduate Sociology Degrees Awarded in 2001-2002: 681
Graduate Record Examination:
Number of Graduate Sociology Degrees Awarded In 2001-2002: 
Masters: 3 PHDs: 2
 
Special Programs and Areas of Expertise:
  Aging/Social Gerontology, Ethnicity, Education, Quantitative Methodology, Qualitative Methodology, Medical Sociology, Occupations/Professions, Political Sociology, Sex and Gender, Theory/Social Thought
 
Full–Time Faculty
Archibald, Peter (PhD, Michigan 1971) Social Psychology, Theory/Social Thought, Work and Labor Markets; Professor.
Budros, Art (PhD, California-Los Angeles 1989) Organizations-Formal/Complex, Work and Labor Market, Comparative/Historical Sociology; Associate Professor.
Cuneo, Carl (PhD, Waterloo 1973) Internet, Cybersociology, Educational Technology; Professor.
Davies, R. Scott (PhD, Toronto 1992) Education, Stratification/Mobility, Work and Labor Markets; Associate Professor.
Fox, John D. (PhD, Michigan 1972) Statistics, Marxist Sociology, Quantitative Methodology; Professor.
Howard-Hassmann, Rhoda (PhD, McGill 1976) Human Rights, Development, Sex and Gender; Professor.
Knight, Graham (PhD, Carleton 1978) Mass Communication/Public Opinion, Theory/Social Thought, Cultural Sociology; Associate Professor.
Levitt, Cyril (PhD, Freie 1976) Theory/Social Thought, Race/Ethnic/Minority Relations, Knowledge; Professor.
McLaughlin, Neil (PhD, CUNY 1996) Theory, Knowledge, Cultural Sociology; Associate Professor.
Miall, Charlene (PhD, York-Toronto 1984) Social Psychology, Family, Qualitative Methodology; Associate Professor.
Pawluch, Dorothy (PhD, McGill 1989) Medical Sociology, Deviant Behavior, Occupations/Professions; Assistant Professor.
Satzewich, Victor N. (PhD, Glasgow 1988) Race/Ethnic/Minority Relations, Migration and Immigration, Comparative/Historical Sociology; Professor.
Shaffir, William (PhD, McGill 1972) Race/Ethnic/Minority Relations, Qualitative Methodology, Socialization; Professor.
Sugiman, Pamela (PhD, Toronto 1992) Sex and Gender, Work and Labor Markets, Race/Ethnic/Minority Relations; Associate Professor.
Synge, Jane (PhD, London School of Economics 1971) Education, Aging/Social Gerontology, Family; Associate Professor.
Part–Time Faculty
Aronson, Jane (PhD, Toronto 1988) Sex and Gender, Social Welfare/Social Work, Medical Sociology; Professor, Affiliated with: Social Work.
Bourgeault, Ivy L. (PhD, Toronto 1996) Medical Sociology, Policy Analysis/Public Policy, Sex and Gender; Assistant Professor, Joint Appointment with: Health Studies Programme.
Cain, Roy (PhD, McGill 1987) Sexuality and Homosexuality, Medical Sociology, Deviant Behavior; Professor, Affiliated with: Social Work.
Charles, Catherine (PhD, Columbia 1979) Sociomedical Science, Medical Sociology; Associate Professor, Affiliated with: Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics.
Chiappetta-Swanson, Catherine (PhD, McMaster 2001) Medical Sociology, Family, Ethics; Assistant Professor.
Denton, Margaret (PhD, McMaster 1984) Aging/Social Gerontology, Work and Labor Markets, Sex and Gender; Professor, Joint Appointment with: Gerontology.
Dimitrova, Dimitrina I. (PhD, Toronto 2002) Social Networks, Qualitative Methodology; Assistant Professor.
Eyles, John (PhD, London 1983) Medical Sociology, Environmental Sociology, Urban Sociology; Professor, Affiliated with: Geography.
Gillett, James B. (PhD, McMaster 1999) Medical Sociology, Cultural Sociology, Qualitative Methodology; Assistant Professor, Joint Appointment with: Health Studies Programme.
Haas, Jack (PhD, Syracuse 1971) Qualitative Methodology, Deviant Behavior, Alcohol and Drugs; Emeritus.
Hathaway, Andrew (PhD, McMaster 1999) Deviant Behavior/Social Disorganization, Social Change, Policy Analysis/Public Policy; Assistant Professor.
Jones, Frank E. (PhD, Harvard 1954) Social Organization, Stratification/Mobility/Inequality, Comparative/Historical Sociology; Emeritus.
Jones, Charles (PhD, Edinburgh 1972) Work and Labor Markets, Quantitative Methodology, Family; Professor, Affiliated with: Sociology, Toronto.
Rosenblum, Gerald (PhD, Princeton 1968) Occupations/Professions, Work and Labor Markets, Economy and Society; Associate Professor, Part-time (retired).
Rosenthal, Carolyn J. (PhD, McMaster 1981) Aging/Social Gerontology, Disabilities, Mental Health; Professor, Joint Appointment with: Gerontology.
Storey, Robert (PhD, Toronto 1981) Industrial Sociology, Development, Political Sociology; Associate Professor, Joint Appointment with: Labor Studies.
Szeman, Imre J. (PhD, Duke 1998) Theory, Marxist Sociology, Visual Sociology; Assistant Professor, Affiliated with: English.
Wallis, Maria A. (PhD, York-Canada 1998) Race/Ethnic/Minority Relations, Stratification/Mobility, Race/Class/Gender; Assistant Professor.
White, Philip (PhD, Waterloo 1987) Leisure/Sports/Recreation, Sex and Gender, Stratification/Mobility; Professor, Affiliated with: Kinesiology.
Young, David A. (PhD, McMaster 1998) Mass Communication/Public Opinion, Political Sociology, Political Economy; Assistant Professor.
2001–02 PHD Recipients and Dissertation Titles
Hier, Sean Risks, Panics and Moral Politics in Canada
Moore, Joseph Two Struggles into One? Labour and Environmental Movement Relations and the Challenge to Capitalist Forestry in British Columbia, 1900-2000