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Social Science Researchers in the news

(Updated June 17, 2022)

Researchers in the Faculty of Social Science have expertise in a wide-variety of areas. Our faculty members and graduate students are featured in news stories and comment on current events.

Here is a recent representative sample:

Kaitlynn Mendes, professor in the Department of Sociology, has been named as a Canada Research Chair in Inequality and Gender:

• New federal funding supports research on teen online harassment

Research from Jessica Grahn, professor in the Department of Psychology, suggest music training may preserve certain rhythmic motor training abilities in early-stage Parkinson’s disease:

• Music training promotes better beat perception in Parkinson’s patients: study (Western News)
• New Western Neuroscience Study Explores Movement, Rhythm, and Parkinson's (CBC Afternoon Drive)

Alan MacEachern, professor in the Department of History, was quoted in several stories:

• How a northwestern Ontario pilot helped bring Queen Elizabeth's 1953 coronation to Canadians (CBC Thunder Bay)
• UPEI to host launch of books about Island tourism and Lucy Maud Montgomery (SaltWire)

Stephen Williamson, professor in the Department of Economics, and Stephen A. Jarislowsky Chair in Central Banking:

• Even after Wednesday's Fed hike, experts say interest rates remain far too low (CBC Business)