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I received my PhD in 2001 from the interdisciplinary Centre for the Study of Religion at the University of Toronto. I have been teaching at Laurier since 1998 and I joined the Department of Sociology in 2001.
I am currently working on a research study, with Dr. Annette Nierobisz of Carleton College, that seeks to understand the factors that lead senior-level white-collar women to leave their jobs at mid-career. This project builds upon our research on job loss among older adults, which was published in our recent book, American Idle: Late-Career Job Loss in a Neoliberal Era (Rutgers, 2025).
Alongside this research, I am very interested in the scholarship of teaching and learning, and in experimenting with innovative ways to engage students in the undergraduate classroom.
- Insight Grant (Co-Investigator), $187,853, SSHRC, 2021-25
- Donald F. Morgensen Faculty Award for Teaching Excellence, Sustained Excellence Category, Wilfrid Laurier University, 2019
- Insight Development Grant (Principal Investigator), $42,130, SSHRC, 2018-22
- Faculty of Arts Teaching Scholar Award, Wilfrid Laurier University, 2006
Graduate students in areas related to my research interests are invited to contact me to discuss potential supervision or supervisory committee membership.
Please see my Google Scholar profile.
SY101 Introduction to Sociology: Foundations
SY103 Introduction to Sociology: Exploring Social Life
SY216 Aging in Social Context
SY311 Sociology of Religion
SY425 Aging and the Lifecourse
Contact Info:
T: 548.889.5145
Office location: DAWB 5-135 (Dr. Alvin Woods Building, Waterloo Campus)
Office hours: By appointment (on sabbatical Winter 2027)
Languages spoken: English, Spanish