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York University
 
Contact:
  4700 Keele Street
Toronto, Ontario
Canada M3J 1P3
  Telephone: (416) 736-5013 Fax: (416) 736-5730
  Email: Web: http://www.yorku.ca/soci/gradconference/grad/intro.html
  Chair: S. Schoenfeld (Glendon), A. Simmons (York), T. Das Gupta (Atkinson),
Director of Graduate Studies: Lorna Erwin
  Aministrative Assistant(s):
 
Degrees Offered: PhD, MA, BA Academic Year System: Semester
 
In–State Tuition (2002–2003): Tuition 2002-2003: Canada, $5580.84
Out–of–state Tuition (2002–2003): Tuition 2002-2003: Canada, $5580.84 Out-of-country, $12410.73
Alternative Tuition Structure: Canada, $5580.84 Out-of-country, $12410.73
Financial Aid Available to Full-Time Students: Teaching Assistantships, Research/Graduate Assistantships-university funded and under faculty members' grants, Fellowships from the University, Fellowships from outside source
Number of First Year Graduate Students Receiving Some Form of Assistance: All
Admission Deadline: (Fall) January 15
Financial Support Deadline:
Number of Full-Time Graduate Students: 100
Number of Part-Time Graduate Students: 15
Number of Undergraduate Majors in Fall 2002: 1957
Teacher Trainings Programs:
Number of Undergraduate Sociology Degrees Awarded in 2001-2002: 1957
Graduate Record Examination:
Number of Graduate Sociology Degrees Awarded In 2001-2002: 
Masters: 14 PHDs: 6
 
Special Programs and Areas of Expertise:
  Classical and Contemporary Theory, Cultural Studies, Family and Intimate Relations, Health Studies, Power, Class and Change, Qualitative and Quantitative Methods, Race, Ethnicity and Immigration, Regulation, Law and Crime, Sex, Gender and Feminist Studies, Sociology of Education, State and Citizenship, Work and Labour
 
Full–Time Faculty
Ambert, Anne-Marie (PhD, Cornell 1969) Family, Poverty, Children and Youth; Associate Professor.
Anderson, Karen (PhD, Toronto 1982) Sex and Gender, Technological Change, Social Change; Associate Professor.
Anisef, Paul (PhD, Cornell 1972) Education, Social Psychology/Society and Personality; Professor.
Armstrong, Pat (PhD, Carleton 1984) Women and Work, Social Policy, Health and Illness; Professor.
Bannerji, Himani (PhD, Toronto 1988) Marxist Sociology, Cultural Sociology; Associate Professor.
Beare, Margaret (PhD, Columbia 1987) Criminology/Delinquency, Organized Crime; Associate Professor.
Bischoping, Katherine (PhD, Michigan 1995) Survey Research, Qualitative Methodology, Quantitative Methodology, Social Psychology; Associate Professor.
Blum, Alan (PhD, Chicago 1965) Theory, Knowledge; Professor.
Boudreau, Francoise (PhD, Toronto 1978) Health and Illness, Mental Health Systems; Associate Professor.
Brock, Deborah (PhD, Toronto 1990) Criminal Justice, Moral Regulation, Social Organization; Assistant Professor.
Carveth, Donald L. (PhD, Toronto 1977) Religion;Critical Theory; Associate Professor.
Chawla, Saroj (PhD, York 1981) Comparative Institutions, Religion, Ethnicity/Race Relations; Assistant Professor.
Cohen, Rina (PhD, York 1987) Family, Women's Studies; Associate Professor.
Darroch, Gordon A. (PhD, Duke 1968) Social Change/Social History, Class and Inequality; Professor.
Das Gupta, Tania (PhD, Toronto 1984) Race/Class/Gender, Education, Sociology of Work; Associate Professor.
Davids, Leo (PhD, New York 1968) Family, Aging/Social Gerontology, Demography; Associate Professor.
Erwin, Lorna (PhD, York 1990) Education, Qualitative Methodologies, Sex and Gender; Associate Professor and Director.
Goldring, Luin (PhD, Cornell 1992) Migration and Immigration, Citizenship, Development; Associate Professor.
Grayson, J. Paul (PhD, Toronto 1972) Education, Sociology and Work, Political Sociology; Professor.
Hadj-Moussa, Ratiba (PhD, Laval 1988) Cultural Sociology, Sex and Gender, Post-colonial Studies; Associate Professor.
Hanson, Barbara Gail (PhD, Toronto 1987) Health Systems, Theory; Associate Professor.
Kurasawa, Fuyuki (PhD, La Trobe 2000) Theory, Science and Technology, Race/Ethnic/Minority Relations; Assistant Professor.
Lam, Lawrence (PhD, York 1983) Race/Ethnic/Minority Relations, Refugee Studies; Associate Professor.
Landstreet, Peter (PhD, Cornell 1976) Comparative/Historical Sociology, Latin American Studies; Associate Professor.
Lanphier, Michael (PhD, Michigan 1963) Immigration and Refugee Movements, Race/Ethnic/Minority Relations, Social Psychology; Professor.
Lesage, Marc (PhD, Concordia 1995) Social Movements, New Modernity, Community; Associate Professor.
Longstaff, S.A. (PhD, Berkeley 1978) Historical Sociology, American Intellectual History, Quebec-Canada Relations; Associate Professor.
Mandell, Nancy (PhD, Northwestern 1981) Work, Education, Qualitative Methodology; Associate Professor.
McDonough, Peggy (PhD, Toronto 1993) Medical Sociology, Mental Health, Quantitative Methodology; Associate Professor.
Moghissi, Haideh (PhD, Queen's 1991) Race/Ethnic/Minority Relations, Migration and Immigration, Political Sociology; Assistant Professor.
Newson, Janice A. (PhD, Toronto 1976) Education, Occupations/Professions, Science and Technology; Associate Professor.
Ornstein, Michael D. (PhD, Johns Hopkins 1971) Economy and Society, Political Sociology, Quantitative Methodology; Associate Professor.
Paasche, J. Gottfried (PhD, Michigan 1968) Urban Sociology, Classical Theory, Comparative Historical Sociology; Associate Professor.
Pupo, Norene (PhD, McMaster 1984) Work and Labor Markets, Occupations/Professions, Organizations-Formal/Complex; Associate Professor.
Schoenfeld, Stuart (PhD, Case Western Reserve 1971) Religion, Environment, Race/Ethnic/Minority Relations; Associate Professor.
Simmons, Alan B. (PhD, Cornell 1970) Migration and Immigration, Latin America and the Caribbean, Social Change; Associate Professor.
Singer, Brian C.J. (PhD, York 1983) Political Sociology, Cultural Sociology, Social Change; Associate Professor.
Singh, Hira (PhD, Toronto 1991) Collective Behavior/Social Movements, Political Sociology, Race/Ethnic/Minority Relations; Assistant Professor.
Stewart, Penni (PhD, York 1985) Social Psychology, Sex and Gender; Associate Professor.
Turrittin, A.H. (PhD, Minnesota 1969) Stratification/Mobility, Work and Labor Markets, Education; Associate Professor.
Vandergeest, Peter (PhD, Cornell 1990) Environmental Sociology, Development, Political Sociology; Associate Professor.
Visano, Livy A. (PhD, Toronto 1986) Criminology/Delinquency, Criminal Justice; Associate Professor.
Weir, Lorna E. (PhD, York 1987) Sex and Gender, Political Sociology; Associate Professor.
Weisman, Richard (PhD, Berkeley 1977) Law and Society, Deviant Behavior/Social Disorganization; Associate Professor.
Yawney, Carole (PhD, McGill 1979) Medical Sociology, Race/Ethnic/Minority Relations, Africa and African Diaspora; Associate Professor.
Part–Time Faculty
Berland, Jody (PhD, York 1986) Mass Communication/Public Opinion; Associate Professor, Affiliated with: Humanities.
Caulfield, Jon (PhD, York 1991) Urban Sociology, Visual Sociology, Qualitative Methodology; Associate Professor, Affiliated with:
Craig, John G. (PhD, Washington 1971) Sociology of Work, Sociology of Cooperation; Emeritus.
Craven, Paul (PhD, Toronto 1978) Law, Employment Relations, Political Economy; Associate Professor, Affiliated.
Ellis, Desmond P. (PhD, Washington 1967) Criminology/Delinquency, Conflict Resolution; Professor, Emeritus.
Feldberg, Georgiana D. (PhD, Harvard 1989) Medical Sociology, Science and Technology, Sex and Gender; Associate Professor, Affiliated.
Fuse, Toyomasa (PhD, Berkeley 1962) Suicidology; Emeritus.
Gibbons, Jacqueline (PhD, Toronto 1979) Cultural Sociology, Sex and Gender; Associate Professor, Affiliated.
Giles, Wenona (PhD, Toronto 1987) Migration and Immigration, Sex and Gender; Associate Professor, Affiliated.
Gold, Gerald L. (PhD, Minnesota 1972) Medical Sociology; Associate Professor, Affiliated.
Green, Bryan S. (PhD, Bath 1967) Policy Analysis/Public Policy, Language and Society; Professor, Emeritus.
Isin, Engin F. (PhD, Toronto 1990) Urban Sociology, Historical Sociology, Sociology of Citizenship; Associate Professor, Affiliated.
James, Carl (PhD, York 1986) Education, Multiculturalism; Associate Professor, Affiliated
Jansen, Clifford (PhD, Bath 1968) Race/Ethnic/Minority Relations, Qualitative Methodology, Education; Emeritus.
Kallen, Evelyn (PhD, Toronto 1969) Medical Sociology, Race/Ethnic/Minority Relations; Policy Analysis/Public Policy; Emeritus.
Khayatt, Didi (PhD, Toronto 1987) Sexuality and Homosexuality, Education, Anthropology; Associate Professor, Affiliated.
Lennards, Jos L. (PhD, Princeton 1977) Education, Children and Youth, Theory; Emeritus.
Lipsig-Mumme, Carla (PhD, Montreal 1979) Work and Labor Markets, Marxist Sociology, Political Sociology; Professor, Affiliated.
Lumsden, David P. (PhD, Cambridge 1974) Medical Sociology, Mental Health, Canadian Society; Associate Professor, Affiliated.
Luxton, Meg (PhD, Toronto 1973) Work and Labor Markets, Canadian Society, Marxist Sociology; Professor, Affiliated.
Marsden, Lorna R. (PhD, Princeton 1972) Social Change in Canada, Labour Market Analysis; Professor; President of York University.
McCormack, Thelma (BA, Wisconsin 1942) Political Sociology, Cultural Sociology; Emeritus.
McDermott, Patricia C. (PhD, Toronto 1982) Law and Society, Sex and Gender; Women's Studies; Associate Professor, Affiliated.
Morris, Raymond N. (DPhil, Oxford 1962) Race/Ethnic/Minority Relations, Cultural Sociology; Emeritus.
Nielsen, Greg M. (PhD, Montreal 1984) Cultural Sociology, Language/Social Linguistics, Theory; Associate Professor; Adjunct.
O'Neill, John (PhD, Stanford 1962) Theory, History of Sociology/Social Thought, Psychoanalysis; Emeritus.
Raphael, Dennis (PhD, Toronto 1975) Mental Health, Disabilities; Associate Professor, Affiliated.
Reiter, Ester (PhD, Toronto 1986) Work and Labor Markets, Race and Ethnicity; Associate Professor, Affiliated.
Spotton Visano, Brenda (PhD, McGill 1993) Economy and Society, Social Organization, Work and Labor Markets; Associate Professor, Affiliated.
Sullivan, Terrence J. (PhD, York 1989) Medical Sociology, Policy Analysis/Public Policy; Adjunct Faculty.
Turner, Roy (PhD, Berkeley 1968) Theory, Ethnomethodology, Art/Music; Adjunct Faculty.
Wekerle, Gerda (PhD, Northwestern 1974) Environmental Sociology, Collective Behavior/Social Movements, Policy Analysis/Public Policy; Professor, Affiliated.
Winland, Daphne (PhD, York 1990) Anthropology, Diaspora; Assistant Professor, Affiliated.
2001–02 PHD Recipients and Dissertation Titles
Bickford, Annette Civilising Adolescence: Race, Sexuality and Nation Building in North Carolina's Juvenile Reformatory Movement, 1918-1944
Crocker, Diane Regulating Intimacy: Judicial Decision-Making in Cases of Wife Assault
Dawson, Peter The Relocation of Aboriginal People in Canada, 1952-1967: A United Nations Human Rights Analysis from a Cultural Perspective; Cultural Genocide
Dodd, Susan The Writing of "The Westray Story": A Discourse Analysis of the Aftermath of the Westray Coal Mine Explosion
Ruby, Rebecca Growing Up Governed
Sooknanan, Renuka The Place of Difference in Community: Community Indeterminate, Strategic Essentialism and the Inoperative