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CURRICULUM VITAE
VICTOR THIESSEN
Department of Sociology and Social Anthropology
6135 University Avenue
Dalhousie University
Halifax, Nova Scotia B3H 4P9
EDUCATION:
1968
1965
1963
Ph.D.
M.A.
B.A.
University of Wisconsin - Sociology
University of Wisconsin - Sociology
University of Manitoba - Social Science
ACADEMIC EMPLOYMENT:
200520032003-2006
2003-2004
2000-2002
Professor Emeritus, Dalhousie University, Department of Sociology
and Social Anthropology
Academic Director, Atlantic Research Data Centre, Dalhousie
University
Professor Extraordinary, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch,
South Africa
Associate Dean, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Dalhousie
University
Chair, Department of Sociology and Social Anthropology
Dalhousie University
1999
International Research Fellow, Institute for Social Research,
University of Surrey
Guildford, England
1998-1999
Interim Dean
Faculty of Arts and Social Science
Dalhousie University
1994-1998
Associate Dean
Faculty of Arts and Social Science
Dalhousie University
1992-
Professor
Department of Sociology & Social Anthropology
Dalhousie University
1990-92
Associate Professor
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Department of Sociology & Social Anthropology
Dalhousie University
1990-91
Visiting Fellow
Institute of Social Science
University of Tromsø
Tromsø, Norway
(January - February)
Visiting Fellow
Zentralarchiv fuer empirische Sozialforschung
University of Cologne
Cologne, Germany
(March - May)
Visiting Fellow
Department of Statistics
Uppsala University
Uppsala, Sweden
(June)
1987-90
1986-87
1983-86
1972-82
1971-72
1967-71
1966-67
Associate Professor and Chairperson
Dept. of Sociology and Social Anthropology, Dalhousie University
Visiting Fellow, Zentralarchiv für Empirische Sozialforschung
University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
Associate Professor and Chairperson
Dept. of Sociology and Social Anthropology, Dalhousie University
Associate Professor
Dept. of Sociology and Social Anthropology, Dalhousie University
Visiting Lecturer, Department of Sociology
University of Essex, Colchester, England
Assistant Professor, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland,
Ohio
Instructor in Sociology, University of Wisconsin
Madison, Wisconsin
PUBLICATIONS:
Books and Monographs
1999
Investing in Youth: The Nova Scotia School-to-Work Transition Project.
Human Resources Development Canada (with D. Looker).
1993
Arguing with Numbers, Fernwood Press, Halifax.
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Articles/chapters
2006
“Parental Educational Aspirations and Expectations for their Child: Evidence
from the Survey of Approaches to Educational Planning, 2002” (with E.
Dianne Looker). Manuscript prepared for Human Resources and Social
Development Canada.
2006
“Assessing Data Quality and Construct Comparability in
Cross-National Surveys” (with Jörg Blasius). Paper accepted for publication in
the European Sociological Review
“A Three-Step Approach to Assessing the Behaviour of Survey Items
in Cross-National Research” (with Jörg Blasius) in Michael Greenacre and
Jörg Blasius (eds.) Multiple Correspondence Analysis and Related
Techniques, Chapman and Hall
“Middle-childhood and adolescence developmental outcomes: What we know
and what we don’t know”. Manuscript prepared for Human Resources and
Skills Development Canada, December (with Barbara Cottrell and Dianne
Looker) (49 pages)
“Distributing scarce resources: How families with multiple children prepare for
post-secondary education,” (with E.Dianne. Looker) pp. 166-200 in P. Anisef
and R. Sweet (eds.) Participation in Post-Secondary Education: Exploring
the Roles of Family and Government, McGill-Queen’s University Press.
2006
2005
2005
2003
“Beyond the digital divide in Canadian schools: From access to competency in
the use of information technology.” Social Science Computer Review 21(4)
475-490 (with E. Dianne Looker)
2003
Educational aspirations of Canadian youth: Results from the YITS/PISA
Study”, a report to Human Resources Development Canada (with E. Dianne
Looker)
2002
“The Digital Divide in Canadian Schools: Factors Affecting Student Access to
and use of Information Technology.” with E. Dianne Looker, conference
proceedings for the Conference on Information Technology and Learning,
Council of Ministers of Education, Canada
http://www.cmec.ca/stats/pcera/RSEvents02/main_en.htm
2002
“The social distribution of youth’s images of work.” Canadian Review of
Sociology and Anthropology 39(1) 49-78 (with Jörg Blasius)
2001
“The use of neutral responses in survey questions: an application of Multiple
Correspondence Analysis.” Journal of Official Statistics 17(3) 351-367 (with
Jörg Blasius)
2001
“Longitudinal research on youth transitions in English Canada, from the1970’s
to the 1990’s” (with L. Andres, P. Anisef, H. Krahn, E. D. Looker) in M.
Gauthier and D. Pacom, (eds.), Youth in Canada, Presses de l’Université
Laval, Quebec,
2001
“Methodological artifacts in measures of political efficacy and trust” Political
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Analysis 9(1): 1-20 (with Jörg Blasius)
1999
“Images of work: women’s work, men’s work, housework.” Canadian
Journal of Sociology 24(2) 225-254 (with E. Dianne Looker).
1999
“The persistence of social structure: cohort, class and gender effects on the
occupational aspirations of Canadian youth.” Journal of Youth Studies
2(3):261-282 (with L. Andres, P. Anisef, H. Krahn, D Looker)
1999
"Diverse directions: young adults multiple transitions". In Walter Heinz (ed.),
From Education to Work: Cross National Perspectives. Cambridge
University Press, Cambridge. (with D. Looker)
1994
"I Samme Bat?: Fisherkuinner som bakemannskap." Leve kysten?: Strandhogg
i fiskes-Norge. (with S. Jentoft and A.Davis) O. Otterstad and S. Jentoft, eds.,
Norway: Ad Notam Gyldendal, pp. 145-151, 1994.
1994
"The significance of changes in panel data: a Correspondence Analysis of the
division of household tasks" in Michael Greenacre and Jörg Blasius (eds.)
Correspondence Analysis in the Social Sciences. Academic Press. pp. 252266. (with H. Rohlinger).
1993
"Class perspectives on generation, gender and work." International Journal
of Canadian Studies. Special Issue, pp. 39-57. (with D. Looker).
1992
"The veiled crew: an exploratory study of wives' reported and desired
contribution to coastal fisheries enterprises in Northern Norway and Nova
Scotia", Human Organization, (with A. Davis and S. Jentoft).
1992
"Gender, work task differentiation and job control in the Nova Scotia fish
processing industry", Canadian Journal of Administrative Studies,, Vol. 9
(1), pp. 13-23. (with R. Apostle)
1991
"Corraling the ocean commons: fishermen perceptions of government policy",
a three part series in SOU'WESTER, (with A. Davis)
1990
"Levels and profiles of job satisfaction among former and current distant water
fishers of Nova Scotia", Maritime Anthropological Studies, Vol 3(1), pp. 4868. (with M. Binkley)
1988
"Ten Days a 'Grass Widow' – Forty-eight hours a Wife: Sexual Division of
Labour in Trawlermen’s Households", Culture, Vol. VIII (2), pp.39-50. (with
M. Binkley)
1988
"Die Verteilung von Aufgaben und Pflichten im Ehelichen Haushalt: Der
Chamaeleon-Effekt", Koelner Zeitschrift Fuer Soziologie und Sozial
Psychologie, Vol. 40 (4), pp. 640-658. (with H. Rohlinger)
1988
"Recruitment to Small-boat fishing and Public Policy in the Atlantic Canadian
Fisheries", Canadian Review of Sociology and Anthropology, Vol. 25 (4),
pp. 603-627. (with A. Davis)
1988
"Public Policy and Social Control in the Fisheries", Canadian Public Policy,
Vol. 14 (1) pp. 66-77. (with A. Davis)
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1987
"Wie sollte Uebereinstimmung gemessen werden?" ZA Information. Vol. 20
(May) pp. 64-70.
1987
"The Nurses’s Role in Patient Education: Incongruent Perceptions Among
Nurses and Patients", Journal of Advanced Nursing. Vol. 12, pp. 291-301.
(with J. Tilley and F. Gregor)
1986
"Making Sense of the Dollars: Income Distribution Among Atlantic Canadian
Fishermen and Public Policy", Marine Policy. Vol. 10 (3) pp. 201-214.
(with Anthony Davis)
1986
"Refigure the Fishery", Policy Options. Vol. 7, No. 2, pp. 28-31. (with A.
Davis)
1986
"A Further Note to Making Sense of the Dollars: Income Distribution Among
Atlantic Canadian Fishermen and Public Policy", Marine Policy. Vol. 10 (4)
pp. 310-314. (with Anthony Davis)
1985
"Bringing Men Back In: A Comparison of Husband/Wife Values Towards
Male Roles", Edmonton Area Series. Report No. 38. pp. 1-25 (with J.
Hofley)
1979
"Staff Nurse Turnover in Neonatal Intensiuve Care Units", Journal of
Advanced Nursing. (with Mitzi L. Duxbury)
1975
"Enjoyment Careers in the Contemporary British Life Cycle" in J. Cuisenier
(ed.) The Family Life Cycle in European Societies. Mounton Press. (with
R. & R. Rapoport).
1974
"Enjoyable Symmetry", New Society. (with R. & R. Rapoport).
1974
"Couple Compatibility in the Enjoyment of Everyday Activities", Journal of
Marriage and the Family. (with R. & R. Rapoport)
1973
Readings in Family Planning: A Challenge to the Health Professions, The
C. V. Mosby Co., St. Louis (with D. V. McCalister and M. McDermont, as coeditors).
1970
"A Critique of Gross’ Universities as Organizations: A Research Approach",
American Sociologists. (with M. Iutcovich)
1968
"The Making of Negro Mayors, 1967", Trans-Action, pp.21-30 (with L.H.
Masotti and J.K. Hadden).
1966
"On Spitting Against the Wind: Organizational Precariousness and American
Irreligion", American Journal of Sociology, Vol. LXXI, (6) pp. 674-687.
May. (with N.J. Demerath, III).
Book Reviews
2004
Review of Anne-Nelly Perret-Clermont, Clotilde de Pontecoro, Lauren B.
Resnick, Tania Zittoun, and Barbara Burge, „Joining Society: Social Interaction
and Learning in Adolescence and Youth“ in Canadian Review of Sociology
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1997
1994
and Anthropology (August)
Review of David Cheal, “New Poverty: Families in Postmodern Society” in
Journal of Comparative Family Studies, 28.
Review of R. D. Matthews, "Controlling Common Property" in Canadian
Public Policy.
CONFERENCE PARTICIPATION:
2005 “Computer use and academic achievement: International PISA explorations.”
Presented at The Second International Conference on Technology, Knowledge
and Society. Hyderabad, India, Dec. 12-15
2005 “Life course and the experiences of visible minorities and immigrants.”
Presented at the Tenth International Metropolis Conference. Toronto, ON. Oct.
17-21.
2005 “Youth and Technology” (with E. Dianne Looker and Joanne Butler). Presented
at the Young People and New Technologies Conference held at University
College Northhampton, U.K, September 7-9th.
2005 “Youth and Inequality in Canada: the effects of Information and Communication
Technology on Equity issues for youth” (with E. Dianne Looker). Presented at
the European Sociological Association meetings of the Youth and generation
research network. Torun, Poland, Sept. 9-12
2005 “Gender, IT use, and reading achievement: A cross-national comparison.”
Presented at the International Conference on Education. Redesigning Pedagogy:
Research, Policy, Practice. Singapore, 30 May-June 1.
2005 “Reflecting on the conditions for sound social analysis.” Invited guest lecture
presented at the University of Santo Tomas, Manila, the Philippines, May 27.
2005 “Computer use and academic achievement: Cross-national PISA explorations. ”
Invited guest lecture presented at the University of Bonn, Germany, May 24.
2004 “Internet access inside and outside the home – effects on youth” (with E. Dianne
Looker). Presented at the Association of Internet Researchers annual conference,
Brighton, Sussex, UK, September
2004 “The (Missing) Importance of Dimension One in Factor Analytic Approaches”
(with with Jörg Blasius). Presented at the Sixth International Conference on
Social Science Methodology, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. August 17-20
2004 “Digital Divides and Capital Conversion.” (with E. Dianne Looker) Presented at
Digital Generations: Children, young people and new media.
Centre for the Study of Children, Youth and Media. Institute of Education,
University of London. 26-29 July
2004 “Can school-based access to information and computer technology (ICT)
diminish gender and social class digital divides?” Presented at The Eleventh
International Literacy and Education Research Network Conference on
Learning, Havana, Cuba, June 28-30.
2003 “Cross-cutting rifts in the Digital Divide: The effects of gender, socio-economic
status and cultural identity” (with Dianne Looker). Presented at the International
Research Foundation for Development (IRFD) conference on Digital Divide,
Global Development and the Information Society-organized for the United
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2003
2003
2003
Nations World Summit on the Information Society, December 8-10, Geneva.
“The gender Digital Divide in Canada”, (with Dianne Looker) presented to the
meetings of the Association of Internet Researchers, Toronto, November.
“Effects of life course position on the development of numeric and non-numeric
Information Technology skills among Canadian youth” (with Dianne Looker).
Presented at the conference on the Knowledge Based Economy and Regional
Economic Development: An International Perspective. Oct. 3-5, St. John’s NL.
“Assessing the behaviour of survey items in cross-national research using biplots”,
(with Jörg Blasius). Presented at the Correspondence Analysis and Related Methods
conference, Barcelona, Spain, July.
2002
“Assessing the quality of data between countries and between items using multiple
correspondence analysis, non-linear principal components analysis, and bi-plots”,
(with with Jörg Blasius). Presented at the International Sociological Association
meetings, Brisbane, Australia, July.
2002
“Changing patterns of family dependence”, (with E. Dianne Looker). Presented at
the International Sociological Association meetings, Brisbane, Australia, July.
2002
“Joys and chores in daily routines: The distribution of Canadian women’s and
men’s enjoyable and disliked activities over the life course.” Presented at the 1st
Canadian Occupational Science Symposium. Halifax, May.
2002
“The digital divide in Canadian schools,” (with E.Dianne Looker). Invited paper
presented to the Pan Canadian Educational Research Agenda Conference on
Information Technology and Learning. Montreal, April and the Canadian Society
for the Study of Education, Toronto, May.
2002
“Distributing scarce resources: How families with multiple children prepare for
post-secondary education,” (with E.D. Looker). Invited paper presented to the
Workshop on Educational Savings for Post-Secondary Access. Ottawa, March.
2001
“Building communities: Experiences from the Nova Scotia School-to-Work
Transition Project,” (with T. Rich). Presented at the 4th annual National Policy
Research Conference. Ottawa, Dec. 5-7.
2000
“Evaluating research: The Nova Scotia School-to-Work Transition Project”, (with
E.D. Looker). Presented to the Canadian Sociology and Anthropology Association
Congress. June.
2000
“Correspondence analysis of ratings: An application of doubling to youth’s images
of work,” (with J. Blasius) International Social Science Methodology Conference,
Cologne, Germany, Oct. 5.
1999
“Facts and artefacts when using Likert-type items in survey research.” Invited
paper to the annual conference, Department of Sociology, University of Surrey,
Bournemouth, England November.
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1999
“The Nova Scotial School-to-Work Project: Research results,” (with E.D.
Looker). Presented to the Canadian Employment Research Foundation/Canadian
Employment Association Workshop on social experimentation. Toronto, May
27-28.
1999
“Support for single- versus dual-earner family structures: Using multiple
correspondence analysis for international comparisons.” International
Conference on Large Scale Data Analysis. Cologne, Germany. May 25-28.
1999
“Lessons learned from the Nova Scotia School-to-Work Transition Project,”
presented at the OECD and U.S. Department of Labour and Education
conference on Preparing Youth for the 21st Century: The Policy Lessons from the
Past Two Decades. Washington, D.C. February, 23-24.
1998
“The Transition from Education to Employment: A Longitudinal and Cohort
Analysis of Canadian Youth”, (with L. Andres, P. Anisef, H. Krahn, E. D.
Looker), presented to the International Conference on Restructuring Work:
Transitions across the Life Course, Toronto
1998
“Longitudinal Research on youth transitions in English Canada, from the1970’s
to the 1990’s” (with L. Andres, P. Anisef, H. Krahn, E. D. Looker), presented to
the Sociology of youth session, Spotlight on Canadian Youth, International
Sociology Association World Congress, Montreal, July.
1998
“Assessing the meaning of response alternatives through multiple
correspondence analysis (MCA).” (with J. Blasius) International Sociological
Association World Congress Montreal, July.
1997
“The Persistence of Social Structure: Cohort Class and Gender Effects on the
Occupational Aspirations of Canadian Youth”, (with P. Anisef, L. Andres, H.
Krahn, and D. Looker) paper presented at the International Labour Markets
Conference, Aberdeen, Scotland, June.
1996
“Nova Scotia High School Students: Aspirations and Activities.” Invited paper
presented at the Fourth Annual Conference on Education and Training in an Era
of Fiscal Constraint. Laurentian University, Sudbury, March.
1996
“Substantive Antworten oder Response Sets.” Invited lecture presented at the
Zentralarchiv für empirische Sozialforschung, University of Cologne, July, 1996.
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1995
“From Fishing as a Way of Living Toward Fishing as a Business: Social
Differentiation and Fisheries Management Among Atlantic Coast Nova Scotian
Small Boat Harvesters.” Paper presented to Japanese and Atlantic Canadian
Fisheries Social Research: An International Working Seminar. St. Francis Xavier
University, Antigonish, Nova Scotia, September 18- 22,.
1994
“Distinguishing Between 'Don't Know', 'No Difference' and 'No Opinion': A
Multiple Correspondence Analysis”, (with J. Blasius). International Sociological
Association Conference, Bielefeld, Germany, July 1994.
1994
“Measuring Worker Traits: Expanding the Hunter-Manley Analysis”, Annual
Conference of the Canadian Sociology and Anthropology Association, Calgary,
June 1994. (with D. Looker).
1993
“Becoming a Family: Equity or Sacrifice in Leisure and Career.” Canadian
Congress on Leisure Research, Winnipeg, Manitoba. May 14. (with Jerome
Singleton)
1993
“Image of Housework, Women's Work and Men's Work.” 28th Annual meeting
of the Canadian Sociology and Anthropology Association, Ottawa, Ontario. June
6. (with Dianne Looker)
1992
“Modelling Parental Influence. ” Annual Meeting of the Canadian Sociology
and Anthropology Association, Charlottetown, P.E.I. June 1. (with D. Looker).
1992
“The Veiled Crew II: A Further Exploration of North Norwegian and Nova
Scotian Fishers Spouse Participation in Small Boat Fishing.” Annual Meeting of
the Canadian Sociology and Anthropology Association, Charlottetown, P.E.I.
June 2. (with A. Davis and S. Jentoft).
1992
“Ratings and Implied Rankings: Attributes of Ideal Spouses among Marital
Partners.” Social Science Methodology Conference. Trento, Italy. June 23.
(with K. G. Joreskog.)
1991
“Enveloping Effort and Fragmenting Fishers: Licenses and Social
Differentiation in the Nova Scotia Small Boat Fishery.” Common Property
Conference of the International Association for the Study of Common Property.
September 26-29, 1991, Winnipeg, Manitoba (with A. Davis).
1991
“The Significance of Minor Movement: Correspondence Analysis of Panel
Data.” Conference on Correspondence Analysis. May 21-24, 1991, University
of Cologne, Germany.
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1991
“Reported and Desired Contributions of Wives to Inshore Fishing Enterprises: A
Comparison of North Norway with Nova Scotia.” February 12, 1991, University
of Tromsø, Norway.
1990
“Constructed and Constrained Realities: Families and Educational Aspirations.”
25th Annual meetings of the Canadian Sociology and Anthropology Association,
Victoria, B.C., May 27, 1990 (with D. Looker)
1990
“Gender, Work Task Differentiation and Job Control in the Nova Scotia Fish
Processing Industry.” Conference on Politics, Culture and Markets: Rural
Development in Peripheral Regions, St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish,
N.S., June 22, 1990 (with R. Apostle)
1989
"Levels and Profiles of Job Satisfaction among Former and current fishers in
Nova Scotia", Annual Meetings of Atlantic Association of Sociology and
Anthropology, Sydney, NS, March 11, 1989 (with M. Binkley)
"Believers and Freethinkers: Some Addtional Thoughts on Subjective Social
Class Questions in Canadian Surveys", 24th Annual Meetings of Canadian
Sociology and Anthropology Association, Quebec City, Quebec, June 4, 1989
(with R. Apostle)
"Multiple Modes of Analysis for Cyadic Data", paper presentd at the
International Conference on Social Science Methodology, Dubrovnik,
Yugoslavia.
"The Impact of Government Interventions upon Familial Succession,
Occupational Choice and Recruitment in the Nova Scotian Small Boat Fisheries",
invited paper for Canadian-Norwegian Conference on North Atlantic Fishermen,
Tromso, Norway.
"Public Policy and Social Control in the Fisheries: A Reanalysis of the Task
Force on Atlantic Fisheries’ Socio-Economic Data", Learned Society Meetings ,
Winnipeg, Manitoba.
"Making Sense of the Dollars", presented at AASA Meetings, Acadia University,
Wolfville, Nova Scotia (with A. Davis).
"Bringing Men Back In: A Comparison of Husband/Wife Values Towards Male
Roles", paper presented at the Western Association of Sociologists and
Anthropologists Meetings, Winnipeg, Manitoba (with John Hofley).
"Macro-micro Linkages in the Analysis of Dyadic Data", paper presented at the
Annual Canadian Sociological and Anthropological Association Meetings,
Guelph, Ontario.
"A Re-Appraisal of the Relationships Between Similarity and Attraction", paper
presented at the Annual Canadian Sociological and Anthropological Association
Meetings, Montreal, Quebec.
"Value Shifts of University Students Within the Institutional Context", paper
read at the annual meetings of the Canadian Sociological and Anthropological
Association, Edmonton, Alberta. (with M. Moeller and D. F. Campbell).
"Legitimating Construction Among Academics", paper presented to the annual
meetings of the Canadian Sociological and Anthropological Association,
1989
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Edmonton, Alberta. (with M. Iutcovich and A. Thompson).
"Faculty View Their University", paper presented at the annual meetings of the
Midwest Sociological Society, Columbus, Ohio (with M. Iutcovich).
"Interdisciplinary Research and the Problem of Appropriate Units of Analysis",
paper presented to the International Sociological Association Meetings, Toronto,
Ontario.
"Enjoyment Careers in the Contemporary British Life Cycle", paper presented at
the 13th International Seminar of Family Research, International Sociological
Association, Paris, France (with R. & R. Rapoport).
"Critique of Cross-National Research on Family Modernity", paper presented at
the annual meetings of the American Sociological Association, New York
"The Conceptualization and Measurement of Normative Phenomenon", paper
presented at the annual meetings of the American Sociological Association,
Denver, Colorado.
"Prediction in Family Planning", paper presented at the annual meetings of the
American Sociological Association, Washington, D.C. (with D.V. McCalister).
"Organizing a Family Data Archive", paper presented at the annual meetings of
the American Sociological Association, Washington, D.C.
"An Organizational Analysis of Intergroup Relations", paper presented to the
Pennsylvania Sociological Society, Philadephia, Pennsylvania (wiht M.
Iutcovich).
"Race, Ethnicity and Religion", paper presented at the annual meetings of the
Religious Research Association, Columbus, Ohio (wiht J.K. Hadden and G.
Calvert)
"Charitable Contributions: Do the Poor Give More?", paper presented at the
Annual Meetings of the American Sociological Association, San Francisco (with
K.G. Lutterman).
GRANTS RECEIVED
2006
2003-2006
2003-2006
2003-2005
2001-2003
SSHRC INE Outreach grant ($50,000) to make the findings of the
Research Alliance grant more widely accessible and to produce a
documentary video of ICT use among culturally diverse groups in Nova
Scotia, Canada and the Western Cape, South Africa
SSHRC INE Research Alliance grant ($799,757) to study equity issues in
the use of information and communication technology (ICT) in
educational institutions, with a focus on Mi’kmaq, African Nova
Scotians, and Innuit learners (with D. Looker, C. Alexander, B. Frank,
and J. Karabanow).
SSHRC Research grant ($174,000) for a 4-university study comparing
international with domestic undergraduate students’ university and
community experiences (with P. Grayson, L. Andres, and J. Donald).
SSHRC CESC Grant ($59,952) for analysis of Statistics Canada data on
young people’s ICT use (with D. Looker).
SSHRC Research Grant ($76,000) for analysis of young adults’ plans and
attainments based on the longitudinal 3-wave study (with D. Looker).
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1999-2001
SSHRC Research Grant ($120,000) for a second follow-up study of the
impact of gender and social location on the educational attainments and
labour force outcomes of young adults. (With D. Looker and J.
MacKinnon, Acadia University)
1995-98
SSHRC Grant ($96,000) to do a follow-up study (five years later) of the
impact to gender and social location on the plans and attainments of
young adults. (With D. Looker and J. MacKinnon, Acadia University)
1992-95
SSHRC Grant ($159,494) to study the impact of gender and social
location on the plans and attainments of young adults. (With D. Looker,
Acadia University)
1990-91
SSHRC Strategic Grant ($41,190) to carry out Phase II of a project to
examine youth's educational and occupational plans. (With D. Looker,
Acadia University).
1990
Canada-Scandinavian Foundation, Embassy of Norway, Travel Grant
($750.00) for comparative study of spousal contributions to inshore
fishing enterprises.
OTHER RESEARCH CONTRIBUTIONS
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Invited participant Human Resource Development Canada Expert Advisory Group
Meeting on NLSCY Outcome Measures for Young Adulthood, January, 2003
In-depth involvement in a school-work transition program intended to increase
work-relevant skills.
Numerous meetings with various provincial Dept. of Education personnel to
discuss possible high school curriculur changes to better prepare youth for the new
economy.
Member of Human Resource Development Canada Panel of Experts on Youth and
Education (1996-2000)
Authored more than a dozen research reports for various provincial and federal
government agencies.
CURRENT RESEARCH
Gender trends in education and labour force experiences in Canada.
School-work pathways.
Educational and occupational aspirations and achievements of Canadian
high school students.
The delivery and effects of information technology in Canadian schools.
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COURSES TAUGHT
Youth and Society
Advanced Social Analysis
Coastal Communities
Research Methods
Social Statistics
Introduction to Sociology
Social Psychology
Honours Seminar
Graduate Seminar
Health and Illness
Sociology of Mediation
Thesis Committees
2006
20042003
20022002
2002
External Examiner, MA thesis, (Michelle Vine, Acadia University)
Supervisor, MA student (Julie Hudson)
External Examiner, MA thesis (Kerry Marsh, Memorial University)
Supervisor, PhD student (Clarence Batan)
External examiner, PhD thesis (David Walters, McMaster University)
Member of comprehensive examination committee PhD student
(Kerry Chambers)
2001Supervisor, PhD student (Margaret Dechman)
1999-2002 Supervisor, PhD student (Pam Magee)
1998
Member of comprehensive examination committee PhD student (David
Flint)
1996-97
Member, M.A. Student (Barry Rogerson)
1995-97
Member, M.A. Student (Clare Parks)
1995-96
Chair, M.A. Student ( Elizabeth Gyorfi-Dyke)
1994-95
Member, M.A. Student (M. Swinimar)
1993-95
Chair, M.A. Student (P. Fancey)
Member, M.A. Student (M. Peckham)
1993
Member, M.A. Student (K. Taylor)
1991-95
Member, M.A. Student (Anna Burditt)
1991Member, M.E.S. Student
1990-91
Chair, M.A. Student (Wade Kenny)
Member, M.A. Student (Connie Famulari)
Member, M.A. Student (Madonna MacKinnon)
Member, M.A. Student (Stephen Gallagher) School of Recreation,
Physical and Health Education, Dalhousie University
ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE:
2005-06
Member
2004-
Academic
Review of Economics Dept. Faculty of Graduate
Studies, Dalhousie University
Atlantic Research Data Centre
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1998-99
1995-96
Director
Conference
co-ordinator
Member of
Executive
Editor
President
1994-97
1990-94
1990-94
Member
Member
Member
1990-94
Member
1990-94
Member
2002-03
1998-99
Canadian Sociology and Anthropology Association
Canadian Sociology and Anthropology Association
Society/Société
Atlantic Association of Sociologists and
Anthropologists
Student Work International Fund
Research and Development Fund, Graduate Studies
Killam Post-Doctoral Fellowship Committee,
Graduate Studies
Personnel and Planning Committee, Department of
Sociology and Social Anthropology
Graduate Education Committee, Department of
Sociology and Social Anthropology
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