Sociology Department Faculty: Frances Chiang
E-mail:
frances.chiang@kwantlen.ca
Educational Background: B.A. (McGill), M.A. (McGill), Ph.D. (University of British Columbia)
Courses Taught:
SOCI 1125 Introduction to Society: Processes and Structures
SOCI 2230 Racialization and Ethnicity in Canada
SOCI 2235 The Development of Sociological Thought
SOCI 2270 Sociology of Education: A Critical Perspective
SOCI 2280 Sociology of Health and Illness
SOCI 3300 Sociology of Work and Occupations
LBED 3110 Work, Technology and Society
LBED 3310 Power Relationships I
LBED 3311 Power Relationships II
LBED 4900 Community Involvement and Contribution
Areas of Interest/Investigation:
Ethnic/immigrant women entrepreneurship; intersection of race, class and gender; sociology of work and occupations; ethnicity, race and racialization; gender and work; social stratification, and Chinese diaspora
Recent Publication:
Quist-Adade, Charles and Chiang, Frances. (eds.) 2011. From Colonization to Globalization: The Intellectual and Political Legacies of Kwame Nkrumah and Africa's Future, BC, Canada: Dayspring Publishing.
Low, Angeline and Chiang, Frances. 2010. "Love as a Hidden Resource in Chinese Immigrant Women's Entrepreneurship: Case Studies from Australia and Canada," The Journal of Migration and Society, 1(1):1-34.
Chiang, Frances S. 2010. Chinese Immigrant Women Entrepreneurship: The Intersection of Class, Race, Ethnicity, Gender, and Migration. LAP Lambert Academic Publishing.
