Department of Sociology and Legal Studies
PAS building
Tel 519 888 4567
Kieran Bonner
Professor
Chair of Sociology and Legal Studies, St. Jerome's University
Director of Human Sciences, St. Jerome's University
Adjunct Professor, School of Planning, University of Waterloo
PhD. (Sociology), York University
MA (Sociology), York University
BA (Honours), Trinity College, Dublin
Philip Boyle
Associate Professor | Associate Chair for Undergraduate Studies, Legal Studies
PhD Sociology (Alberta)
MA Sociology (Windsor)
BA Criminal Justice (Mount Royal)
Email: ls-associatechair@uwaterloo.ca; 519-888-4567 x 41577
Martin Cooke
Associate Professor
Jointly appointed to the Department of Sociology & Legal Studies and School of Public Health and Health Systems
Assistant Vice-President, Academic – Leadership and Strategic Initiatives
Contact information
Office: PAS 2451
Phone: 519-888-4567, ext. 43554
Email: cooke@uwaterloo.ca
Lorne L. Dawson
Distinguished Professor Emeritus
519-888-4567 x 45340
PhD (McMaster)
MA (McMaster)
BA Honours (Queen's)
Research and teaching areas
Research: Terrorism, Radicalization, Religion and Violent Extremism
Brittany Etmanski
PhD student
B.A. (Honours) Sociology (Nippissing University)
M.A. Sociology (University of Guelph)
Owen Gallupe
Associate Professor
PhD Criminology (Simon Fraser)
MA Sociology (Queen's)
BA (Guelph)
519-888-4567 x 43361
John Goyder
Adjunct Professor
Ph.D. Sociology (McMaster)
M.A. Sociology (McMaster)
B.A. Economics and History (Bishop's)
Suzan Ilcan
Professor and University Research Chair
Department of Sociology and Legal Studies and
Balsillie School of International Affairs
Co-Editor of Studies in Social Justice
PhD Sociology (Carleton)
MA Sociology (Dalhousie)
BA Honours (St. Mary’s)
Barry McClinchey
Adjunct Associate Professor
PhD Sociology (Toronto)
MA Curriculum and Instruction (Windsor)
BA (Waterloo)
Daniel O'Connor
Associate Professor | Chair, Sociology and Legal Studies
PhD Sociology (Carleton)
MA Sociology (Manitoba)
BA Criminology (Manitoba)
519-888-4567 x 41366
Geraldina Polanco
Assistant Professor
PhD Sociology, University of British Columbia
MA Sociology, Concordia University
BA Sociology (Honours), University of British Columbia
Robert Prus
Adjunct Professor
D.Literature (Honoris Causa) Brandon University
PhD (Iowa)
MA (Iowa)
BA (Manitoba)
Jennifer L. Schulenberg
Associate Professor
519-888-4567 x 48639
PhD Sociology (Waterloo)
MA Sociology and Anthropology (Guelph)
BA Sociology and Anthropology (Guelph)
2020 Outstanding Performance Award
Rashmee Singh
Associate Professor
519-888-4567 x 43020
PhD Criminology and Socio-Legal Studies (University of Toronto)
MA Criminology and Socio-Legal Studies (University of Toronto)
BA (London School of Economics)
Jennifer R. Whitson
Associate Professor
519-888-4567 x 41259
PhD Sociology (Carleton University)
MA Sociology (University of Alberta)
BA Criminology (University of Alberta)
Sarah Wilkins-Laflamme
Associate Professor | Associate Chair for Undergraduate Studies, Sociology
sarah.wilkins-laflamme@uwaterloo.ca
PhD Sociology (University of Oxford)
MA Sociology (University of Ottawa)
BSocSc Sociology and Criminology (University of Ottawa)
Götz Hoeppe
Associate Professor
Cross appointment with Anthropology|Sociology and Legal Studies Department
Contact: 519-888-4567 x42553, ghoeppe@uwaterloo.ca
PhD Sociocultural Anthropology (Freie Universität Berlin)
MSc Physics (University of New Mexico)
Vordiplom in Physics, BSc equivalent (Georg-August-Universität Göttingen)
Adam Ellis
Assistant Professor
Education
PhD Criminology and Sociolegal Studies (University of Toronto)
MA Immigration and Settlement Studies (Ryerson University)
BA Criminology (York University)
Holly Campeau
Assistant Professor
PhD Sociology (University of Toronto)
MA Criminology & Sociolegal Studies (University of Toronto)
BA Criminology (University of Western Ontario)
Galen Watts
Assistant Professor
Education:
Flanders Research Foundation (FWO) Junior Postdoctoral Fellow, Centre for Sociological Research, KU Leuven (Belgium) (2022-2023)
Banting Postdoctoral Fellow, Centre for Sociological Research, KU Leuven (Belgium) & Department for the Study of Religion, University of Toronto (2020-2022)
Emily Snyder
Lecturer
PhD Sociology (Alberta)
MA Sociology (Carleton)
BA (Honours) Criminology (Saint Mary's)
Sarah Turnbull
Assistant Professor
519-888-4567 x 46648
PhD Criminology and Socio-Legal Studies (University of Toronto)
MA Criminology and Socio-Legal Studies (University of Toronto)
BA (Simon Fraser University)
Faculty member, Balsillie School for International Affairs, and Co-lead of the Migration, Mobilities, and Social Politics Research Cluster
Adam Molnar
Assistant Professor
519-888-4567 x 49161
Postdoctoral Fellow, Surveillance Studies Centre, (Queen’s University)
PhD Political Science, Cultural Social and Political Thought (University of Victoria)
MA Sociology, Cultural Social and Political Thought (University of Victoria)
BA Sociology and Political Science (York University)
Lai-Tze Fan
Assistant Professor
Editor of electronic book review
Editor of the digital review
PhD, York University
MA, Wilfrid Laurier University
BA, York University
Email: l29fan@uwaterloo.ca