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Associate Professor, Faculty of Arts - Sociology Dept
Overview
Area of Study / Keywords
Artificial Intelligence Computational Methods Gender and Sexuality Immigration Dynamics Income Dynamics Inequality Labour Markets Labour Mobility Population Dynamics Social Mobility Social Stratification Work and Occupations
About
Nicole Denier is an Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Alberta. Dr. Denier's research analyzes the nexus between social and economic inequality. Her research interests span several aspects of North American labour markets, including market instability, sexual orientation inequality, immigrant integration, and the role of artificial intelligence in reconfiguring work and labour markets. She is currently leading funded projects on employer–employee dynamics in the age of AI; the relationship between job loss and worker well-being in Canada; sexual orientation inequality in Canada; and the evolution of the Mexico-US migration stream.
A distinguished scholar and educator, Denier is the recipient of several accolades, including the 2020 Distinguished Contribution to the Sociology of Population award from the American Sociological Association for her work analyzing population trends in Mexico. In 2021, she received a Faculty of Arts Research Excellence Award, and in 2023, she was awarded the Department of Sociology’s Bill Meloff Memorial Teaching Award for outstanding course instruction. She currently serves on the editorial boards of Canadian Review of Sociology/Revue canadienne de sociologie and Canadian Studies in Population, and co-directs the Work and Family Researchers Network Early Career Fellows program.
Dr. Denier attended McGill University, where she obtained her bachelor’s degree in economics and sociology (with great distinction), and her doctoral degree in sociology. She was a postdoctoral fellow at Colby College before joining the UofA in 2018.
Research
For an updated list of most recent publications please see her Scholar page.
Teaching
Professor Denier regularly teach undergraduate courses on the sociology of work and immigration, as well as a graduate seminar on the Future of Work.
Courses
SOC 363 - Sociology of Work and Industry
Sociological analysis of the changing nature and content of work, its diversity of industrial contexts and organizational forms, and its consequences for individuals and society, from Canadian and comparative perspectives. Prerequisite: SOC 100. Not open to students with credit in SOC 366.
SOC 366 - People in Industry
Introduction to the sociological analysis of the attitudes and behaviour of employees in work organizations, with emphasis on contemporary Canada. Note: Restricted to Engineering students only. Not open to students with credit in SOC 363.
SOC 402 - Topics in Sociology
Prerequisite: SOC 100 or consent of the instructor. Note: Consult the Department for any additional prerequisites. Course may be taken more than once if topic(s) vary.
SOC 503 - Conference Course in Sociology for Graduate Students