WorkHealthLab
Researching the relationship
between work and health.

Dr. Scott Schieman is a Professor of Sociology at the University of Toronto (St. George campus). He holds a Canada Research Chair in the Social Contexts of Health. He is the lead investigator for the American and Canadian Quality of Work and Economic Life Studies; the Canadian Work, Stress, and Health Study; and the U.S. Work, Stress, and Health Study.

I am a PhD student in Sociology at the University of Toronto. My research examines how new technologies transform how people understand and value their work, and how those transformations reproduce or disrupt stratification.

Daniel Hill is a PhD student at the University of Toronto in the department of Sociology. His primary research interests are based in Social Psychology and Occupational Mobility. Specifically, he is interested in the decision-making processes that workers engage in as they determine their occupational aspirations.

Dr. Alex Bierman is an Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Calgary. He is the wizard of all things statistical. Dr. Bierman has an extensive background in the analysis of longitudinal surveys, has repeatedly taught classes in social statistics from the introductory to doctoral levels, and frequently serves as a resource for other members.

Dr. Paul Glavin is Associate Professor of Sociology at McMaster University. His research examines emerging challenges to the employment and health of Canadian workers, with a focus on Canadians’ experiences in self-employment and alternative work arrangements.

Dr. Atsushi Narisada is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at Saint Mary’s University. His current research examines the antecedents and consequences of justice perceptions in the workplace. His recent work on this subject has appeared in Social Psychology Quarterly, Work and Occupations, and Social Justice Research.

Philip J. Badawy is a Professor of Sociology at the University of Alberta. His research is focused on the intersection of work and family life and the implications of these dynamics for workers’ stress and health, with a specific focus on how these processes change over time.

Dr. Laura Upenieks is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at Baylor University. Her research focuses on religion and health, aging and the life course, and quantitative methods. One interest seeks to integrate life course models of health and social network analysis.

Dr. Quan D. Mai is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at Rutgers University. His research interests focus on social inequality in the labor markets, nonstandard employment, race, and research methods. He is particularly interested in how the experience of nonstandard employment shapes various aspects of workers’ lives.

Dr. Melissa Milkie is Professor of Sociology at the University of Toronto and Chair of the Graduate Department. Her research focuses on structural and cultural changes in gender, work and family life over recent decades and how work-family configurations are linked to health and well-being.

Dr. Sharla Alegria is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of Toronto. Her research agenda includes efforts to understand how inequalities persist when individuals and institutions reject discrimination and understand the equity related consequences of the shift toward flexible workplace practices.

Dr. Cary Wu is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at York University. His research focuses on how value orientations such as social and political trust are formed, and how these values explain structural inequality based on gender and race/ethnicity.

Dr. Marisa Young is an Associate Professor of Sociology at McMaster University. Her areas of are in work, family, stress, and health, and advanced quantitative methods. Dr. Young is an Early Career Fellow at the Work-Family Research Network.

Dr. Sarah Reid leads Doblin Canada, Deloitte’s design-led innovation practice. She works with Canadian family businesses, large corporates, and governments to tackle issues of digital disruption, workplace equity, affordable housing, and climate change with innovation and service design.

I’m Jiarui Liang, but you can call me Bruce. I am currently an MA student. My main research interest concerns examining the mechanisms through which social reproduction—and conversely, social mobility—occurs.