Note on Departmental Foci: Faculty and student research and interests represent a variety of approaches to sociology and equity studies in education. The current composition of the department provides particular opportunities for students who may wish to focus their activities in the areas listed below, as well as in the Interdisciplinary and Interdepartmental Foci and Collaborative programs. Students are not required to stay within a single focus when selecting courses.


Critical Race & Anti-Racism Studies in Education


Relevant Courses: Courses in this focus provide students with an integrative view of social difference (race, class, gender, disability and sexuality) and a critical reading of multiple social oppressions revealed in different sites and sources: schools, universities, local communities, media, law, and cultural production.

Faculty include: Dwight Boyd, Kari Dehli (on leave), George Dei, Rose Baaba Folson, Monica Heller, Judy Iseke-Barnes, Helen Lenskyj, Ruth Roach Pierson, Sherene Razack, Kathleen Rockhill (on leave), Alissa Trotz, and Njoki Nathani Wane.