91ɬÂþ

Email Address: khandys.agnant [at] mail.mcgill.ca
Program: PhD
Previous Degrees: BA (Honours) in International Development and Globalization, University of Ottawa; MSc in Health and International Development, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
Research Interests: Climate Change and Health; Fertility; Climate Disasters; Population Dynamics; Social Determinants of Health, Social and Health Inequalities; Racial and Ethnic Inequalities; Nutritional Health; Childhood and Adult Malnutrition; Population Health; Global Health and Population Change; Sexual and Reproductive Health; International Development and Globalization; Research Design for Policy, Health and International Development Programme Evaluation; Quantitative methods; Life-Course.

Khandys Agnant
She/Her

Email Address: mahjoube.amanichakani [at] mail.mcgill.ca
Program: PhD Sociology- Population Dynamics Option
Previous Degrees: BA in Social Sciences (Social Planning), University of Tehran; MA in Demography, University of Tehran
Research Interests: Transition to Adulthood, Demography, Quantitative methods, life-course transitions, Adolescence, Event History Analysis, Migration, Population dynamics, Family Changes

Mahjoube AmaniChakani

Email address: sarah.badr [at] mail.mcgill.ca
Program: PhD
Previous Degrees: MA Political Science, York University; BA Political Science (Honours), York University
Research Interests: Sociology of science; Sociology of knowledge; Sociology of culture; Social theory

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·¡³¾²¹¾±±ô: erkin.basar [at] mail.mcgill.caÌý
Degree: PhDÌýÌý

PreviousÌýdegrees:ÌýMA in CulturalÌýStudies,ÌýSabancıÌýUniversity (2025) BA in Sociology & Psychology (DoubleÌýMajor), Koç University (2022)Ìý
Research Interests: Sociology of gender; men and masculinities; neoliberal subjectivities; post-neoliberalism; sociology of the body; qualitative research.Ìý

Email Address: chris.borst [at] mail.mcgill.ca
Program: PhD
Previous Degrees: BA Economics, Carleton; MA Philosophy, Toronto; MPhil Philosophy & Economics, Erasmus University Rotterdam
Research Interests: Ideology/Culture/Knowledge; History, Philosophy, and Sociology of the Social Sciences; Democracy; Children & Childhood; Education; Social Policy & Evaluation; Computational text analysis
Website:

Chris Borst

Michaela Buňáková

Email: helena.villacardona [at] mail.mcgill.ca
Program: Ph.D. in Sociology with the Option of Women and Gender Studies (2023-)Ìý
PreviousÌýdegrees:ÌýBA (Honors) in Modern Languages and Cultural Management atÌýAnáhuacÌýNorte University (2016-2020).  Master’s Degree in Gender Studies at El Colegio de México (2020-2022).Ìý
Research Interests:Ìýgender studies, gender backlash, LGBTQ+, gender violence, far-right movements, book banning, Latin America, and qualitative methods.Ìý

Helena Villa Cardona

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Degree:ÌýPhD- Population Dynamics OptionÌý
PreviousÌýdegrees:ÌýB.A. in Diplomacy (major) and International Business (minor), National Chengchi University (2018); M.A. in Education, Sociology of Education,ÌýNational Taiwan Normal University (2024)Ìý
Research Interests:ÌýSchool-to-Work Transition, Work-Family Trajectory, Gendered Wage Gap, Fertility, Longitudinal Data AnalysisÌý

Kaitlin Conway

Email Address: rebecca.daviddi [at] mail.mcgill.ca
Program: PhD Sociology
Previous Degrees: BA Geography, University of Leicester (2012); MA International Relations, University of Bologna (2014)
Research Interests: Gender and Sexuality; Culture; Religion; Central and Eastern Europe; Qualitative Methods

Rebecca Daviddi
(she/her)

Charlotte Gaudreau-Majeau

Email Address: rebecca.haines [at] mail.mcgill.ca
Program: PhD in Sociology , Concentration in Gender and Women’s Studies
Previous Degree: MSc. in Gender, Development, and Globalization, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
Research Interests: Social Movements; Feminist Social Movements/Social Movements for Gender Equality; Gender Dynamics of Resistance Movements; International Development/Aid Dynamics

Ann-Marie Helou

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·¡³¾²¹¾±±ô: esme.hood [at] mail.mcgill.caesme.hood [at] mail.mcgill.caÌý">Ìý
Degree:ÌýPhDÌý
PreviousÌýDegrees:ÌýMA in Race, Ethnicity and Postcolonial Studies (UCL) BA in International Relations and Anthropology (University of Sussex)Ìý
Research Interests:ÌýDigital Community, Online ethnography, Radicalisation, Gender Studies, Pornography Ìý

Email Address: yi-cheng.hsieh [at] mail.mcgill.ca
Program: PhD
Previous Degrees: BA, Civic Education and Leadership, National Taiwan Normal University (2015); MA, Sociology, National Taiwan University (2019).
Research Interests: Social Movements; Unions and Labour Movements; Computational Methods; Causal Inferences; Comparative Historical Analysis

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Yi-Cheng(Ken) Hsieh

Email Address: maike.isaac [at] mail.mcgill.ca
Program: PhD Sociology
Previous Degrees: BA Ethnology, Leipzig University; MA Peace & Conflict Studies, European Peace University; LL.M. International Human Rights & Humanitarian Law, European University Viadrina
Research Interests: care work, gender, racialized masculinities, citizenship, welfare states, labour, migration & social policy, ethnography

Email address: maya.krishnan [at] mail.mcgill.ca
Program: PhD - Option in Gender and Women’s Studies
Previous Degrees: B.A. International Relations (Honors), American University, 2019. M.A. in International Relations (Honors), University of Chicago, 2022.
Research Interests: gender-based violence, violence in mass-media, collective behavior and social movements, South Asia and Asian America, political sociology, international development, ethnography, mixed-methods.

Maya Krishnan
(She/Her)

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Program:ÌýPhD- Population Dynamics OptionÌý
PreviousÌýDegrees:ÌýBA, Sociology, University of British Columbia (2021); MA, Sociology, University of Western Ontario (2023)Ìý
Research Interests:ÌýPopulation Health, Social Determinants of Health, Racial and Ethnic Inequalities, Life Course, Quantitative MethodsÌý

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Email Address: gabriel.levesque2 [at] mail.mcgill.ca
Program:: PhD
Previous Degrees: M.A Political Science, Université du Québec à Montréal (2021); B.A Political science, Université du Québec à Montréal (2018)
Research Interests: Political sociology, Medical sociology, Sociology of science.
I study regulatory power, the politics of science andÌýexpertise, and the social construction of risk. In my dissertation, titled Structures of Latency: TheÌýProtraction of Regulatory Controversies over Toxic Substances, I investigate regulatory change and inertia with a substantive focus on environmental and occupational exposures to toxics in Canada and the United States.Ìý

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Gabriel Lévesque

(He/HIm)

Email Address:Ìýzekai.lu [at] mail.mcgill.ca
Program: PhD Sociology
Previous Degree: MA in Sociology, 91ɬÂþ (Fast Track to PhD);ÌýLL.B. in Sociology, Guangzhou University
Research interests: Sociology of Health & Medicine (Health Inequality, Indigenous Peoples' Health); Computational & Digital Sociology (Problematic Social Media Use,ÌýInfodemiology); Sociology of Sexuality (Asexuality, Sexual Attitudes); Criminology & Deviance (Substance Use, Drug Policy).
Psychology: Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) & Life Course Trauma; Mental Health & Psychopathology; Addictive Behaviors.Ìý

Curriculum Vitae

Zekai Lu

Email Address: julia.lunot [at] mail.mcgill.ca
Program: PhD
Previous Degrees: BA (Honours) Sociology, Minor in English, Simon Fraser University
Research Interests: Environmentalism; Food Justice; Food Movements; Local Food; Social Movements; Stratification; Ethnic, Culture and Race Studies; Embodied Neoliberalism; Urban Agriculture; Auto-Ethnography; Narrative Ethnography; Affectivity; Place-Making; Decolonial Methodologies;

Julia Marie Lunot
(she/her)

Email Address: ezelbahar.metin [at] mail.mcgill.ca
Program: PhD
Previous Degrees: BA Psychology & Honours Sociology, 91ɬÂþ (2022)
Research interests: Gender and sexuality, crime and deviance, sexology, culture, qualitative methods, mixed methods

Ezelbahar Metin
(she/her)

Email Address: Michaela.Michalopulos [at] mail.mcgill.ca
Program:ÌýPhDÌýÌý
PreviousÌýDegrees:ÌýBAH Sociology,ÌýQueen’s University (2020); MA Sociology,ÌýUniversity of Ottawa (2022)ÌýÌý
Research Interests:ÌýSurveillance; AI; Social Media; Criminology; Sociology of Law; Consumer Culture; PrivacyÌýÌý

Michaela Michalopulos (she/her)

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Program:ÌýPhDÌýÌý
Previous Degrees:ÌýBA Sociology, National Taiwan University;ÌýMResÌýSociology, The University of EdinburghÌýÌý
Research Interests:ÌýColonialism, Nationalism, Comparative-Historical Sociology, East AsiaÌý

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·¡³¾²¹¾±±ô: sol.park [at] mail.mcgill.caÌý
Degree:ÌýPhD, Population DynamicsÌý
Previous degrees:ÌýMSc in Social and Transcultural Psychiatry, 91ɬÂþ; BA in Psychology, 91ɬÂþÌý
Research interests:ÌýPopulationÌýchange, Family sociology, Child and youth well-being, Gender roles and attitudes, Racial and ethnic inequalities, Immigrant and refugee integration, Cross-cultural parenting, Program implementation and evaluationÌý

Alicia Poole

Email Address: komin.qiyomiddin [at] mail.mcgill.ca
Program: PhD
Previous Degrees: B.A Sociology, King’s University College (2020); M.A Sociology, University of Toronto (2021)
Research interests: Sociology of Education; Social Stratification and Mobility; Income Inequality; Quantitative Methods

Email:Ìýrudranil.raha [at] mail.mcgill.ca
Program:ÌýPhDÌýÌý
Previous Degrees:ÌýBA in Sociology, St. Xavier's College (Autonomous) - Kolkata; MA in Development Policy, Planning and Practice, Tata Institute of Social SciencesÌý
Research Interests: Development, Globalization, Political Economy, World Systems, Philanthropies, NGOs, Sociology of Knowledge, South Asia, Qualitative MethodsÌý

·¡³¾²¹¾±±ô: rachel.rammal [at] mail.mcgill.caÌý
Program:ÌýPhDÌý
PreviousÌýDegrees:ÌýBA (Honours) Psychology, Concordia University; MA Fashion, The Creative School at TMUÌý
Research Interests:ÌýSociology of the Second Generation; Sibling Acculturative Variation; Family Resource Mobilization and Cultural Transmission; Quantitative Methods; France. Ìý

Rachel Rammal

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Degree: PhD in Sociology, Gender and Women’s StudiesÌý
PreviousÌýDegrees:  BA Law and Society, Minor in Development Studies, University of Calgary (2021); MA Sociology, University of Calgary (2023)Ìý
Research Interests: Masculinity, gender, youth, education, ethnographyÌý

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·¡³¾²¹¾±±ô: Zeina.seaifan [at] Mail.mcgill.caÌý
Degree (MA or PhD):ÌýPhDÌý
PreviousÌýdegrees:ÌýHBScÌýin Diaspora Transnational Studies and Environmental Science at the University of Toronto; MES in Environmental Sustainability at the University of TorontoÌý
Research Interests:ÌýPolitical sociology, social change and movements, environmental justice, diaspora and transnationalism, Middle EastÌý

Lyman Stone

Email: Zitian.sun [at] mail.mcgill.ca
Program: PhD
Previous Degree: B.A. International Studies, American University, 2018, M.A. International Affairs, American University, 2019, M.A. Political Science, New York University, 2022
Research Interests: Contentious Politics, Social Movements, and State Violence.

Zitian Sun

Program: PhD in Sociology - Population Dynamics Option
Previous Degrees: BA (Hons.) Sociology, Crandall University; MA Sociology, University of Toronto
Research Interests: Migration, demography, research methods, social policy

Ian Van Haren
(he/him)

Email Address: taisto.witt [at] mail.mcgill.ca
Program: PhD
Previous Degrees: BA (Hons.) Sociology, University of Victoria (2018), MA Interdisciplinary,ÌýUniversity of British Columbia (2020)
Research Interests: Online Social Movements; Masculinities; Ideological Formation; Radicalization; Political Extremism; Far-Right Movements; Non-State PoliticalÌýViolence;ÌýSocial and Political Movements; Qualitative Methods;ÌýAffect



Curriculum Vitae

Taisto Witt
(he/him)