Department of Sociology and Anthropology - Department of Sociology and Anthropology

The Department of Sociology and Anthropology at Carleton University is one of the oldest and most highly regarded departments within its disciplines in Canada. Offering undergraduate and graduate...

The Department of Sociology & Anthropology's Outstanding TAs - Department of Sociology and Anthro...

The Department of Sociology and Anthropology is proud to celebrate the latest teaching assistant awards received by our students! Another one of our students, Maram Radaideh, also received an...

Hayder Alkilabi, Ph.D. Sociology Student, Publishes Article in Intelligence and National Security...

Hayder Alkilabi, Sociology PhD student, recently published an article in Intelligence and National Security titled “Warning intelligence in the digital afterlife of Iraqi Ba’thism.” The piece...

Professor Kelly Fritsch Publishes New Book "Broken Worlds, Disabled Kin: Strategies for Collective...

Congratulations to Professor Kelly Fritsch on the publication of her new book, Broken Worlds, Disabled Kin: Strategies for Collective Survival, co-authored with Anne McGuire. Responding to the ways...

Reyhab Mohmed Patel, Ph.D. Sociology student, Curates Exhibition at Rice University, titled F3:...

Reyhab Mohmed Patel was invited to curate a one day exhibition at Rice University, TX titled F3: Fashion, Faith and Futurity. The gallery brought together multimedia works including portrait photog...

Mohammed Nijim, Ph.D. Sociology Student, Published in the Journal of Holy Land and Palestine...

Mohammed Nijim, Ph.D. Sociology student, has published “Indigenous Epistemologies and Decolonising Genocide Research on Palestine” in the Journal of Holy Land and Palestine Studies. The open-access...

Amy Li, MA Sociology Student, Published in the Review of Disability Studies - Department of...

Congratulations to Sociology MA student, Amy Li, who has published “Disability Arts as Disability Justice: Racialized Disabled Artists Navigate the Arts in Canada” in the Review of Disability...

Joy Karinge Receives Flight 302 Legacy Award - Department of Sociology and Anthropology

We are happy to share that Joy Karinge, PhD Anthropology student, has been selected as a recipient in the 2025–2026 cohort of the Flight 302 Legacy Award! About the award: On March 10, 2019, Ethiop...

Dr. Cihan Erdal has been awarded a SSHRC Postdoctoral Fellowship - Department of Sociology and...

Dr. Cihan Erdal has been awarded a SSHRC Postdoctoral Fellowship for 2026–2028, and will be joining the Centre for Drama, Theatre & Performance Studies (CDTPS) at the University of Toronto as a...

Dr. Tonya Davidson Featured on CBC’s Ottawa Morning Defending the Social Sciences - Department of...

Dr. Tonya Davidson, Sociology Professor, was recently featured on CBC’s Ottawa Morning with Rebecca Zandbergen, where she discusses the value of the social sciences and defends their importance. They...

Apologies but please note that this event has been CANCELLED. - Department of Sociology and...

Postdoctoral Fellow and Adjunct Research Professor Cihan Erdal Publishes Chapter in Displaced...

Postdoctoral Fellow and Adjunct Research Professor Cihan Erdal’s co-authored article, “Breaking the ‘Pact of Silence’: Armenian Youth Activism and Coalition-Building in Contemporary Turkey,” has been...

Mohammed Nijim, Sociology PhD Student, Published in the Journal of Settler Colonial Studies -...

We are pleased to share that Sociology PhD student Mohammed Nijim has published an article in the Journal of Settler Colonial Studies. His article, “The Dialectics of Reconstruction in Gaza: Settler...

Megan Linton, Sociology PhD Student, Featured on The Breach Show - Department of Sociology and...

Megan Linton, Sociology PhD Student, is featured on The Breach Show, where they discuss Canada’s expansion of medical assistance in dying (MAID) and its potential impacts on people living with...

Professor Kelly Fritsch Co-Authors New Article in Leonardo - Department of Sociology and Anthropo...

Professor Kelly Fritsch’s co-authored new article, “Experimental Afters: On Meaning Making with Collective Visual Fieldnotes,” has been published in Leonardo. The article examines collective visual...

Ottawa, Reconsidered - Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences

In Ottawology, Carleton sociologist Dr. Tonya Davidson reframes the capital through the everyday spaces where civic life actually unfolds There is a familiar narrative about Ottawa as a sleepy...