UWindsor professor Suzanne McMurphy was recently honoured as one of the top alumni of the school where she completed her graduate studies.
UWindsor professor Suzanne McMurphy was recently honoured as one of the top alumni of the school where she completed her graduate studies.
A sociology professor has found that self-employment does not benefit immigrants as wage labour does.
A lecture Wednesday will discuss consideration of occupation and environment in understanding breast cancer.
Jim Brophy and Margaret Keith, adjunct assistant professors in the Department of Sociology, Anthropology and Criminology, recently authored a resolution passed by the American Public Health Association based on their research into environmental and occupational links to breast cancer.
Brophy and Keith were initiators and co-authors of the resolution, “Breast Cancer and Occupation: A Need for Action,” as members of the University of Stirling’s Occupational and Environmental Health Research Group.
English professor Stephen Pender will deliver the first lecture in the 2014/15 Martin Wesley Series on Wednesday, October 22.
Ronjon Paul Datta is the newest faculty member to join the department of Sociology, Anthropology and Criminology.
Editor's note: this is one of a series of articles about new faculty members who have joined the University of Windsor.
Cosmopolitan is not an adjective many Windsorites would typically use to define their city, but Ronjon Paul Datta would.
“I really like Windsor as a city,” said the latest faculty addition to the department of Sociology, Anthropology and Criminology. “It’s very cosmopolitan, a lot more so than most medium sized cities.”
There’s often an expectation that when people move here from another nation they should immerse themselves in Canadian culture, but maintaining a close connection to their home country makes them better immigrants, according to a recent PhD graduate.
And modern communications technology is enabling that connection, says Frances Cachon who recently defended her thesis in Sociology, Anthropology, & Criminology and is working as a sessional instructor there.
A search committee invites nominations and applications until January 31 for the position of head of the Department of Sociology, Anthropology and Criminology.
The position will commence July 1, 2013, for a term of three to five years. Candidates must hold a tenured position in the department. For more information, please see the online posting of the internal search.
Jennifer Rocheleau, secretary to then history department, made a most deserving recipient of an award recognizing staff service in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, professor Miriam Wright told attendees at the faculty’s end-of-year celebration, Wednesday in Vanier Hall.
