معرفی
Sylvia Anne Fuller is Professor of Sociology in the Faculty of Arts at the University of British Columbia. She also serves as Academic Director of the British Columbia Inter-University Research Data Centres (BCIRDC), sits on the International Canadian Studies Centre, and is a core faculty member of the Department of Sociology.
Education
- Ph.D., Sociology – Rutgers University
- M.A., Sociology – Dalhousie University
- B.A., Sociology – Simon Fraser University
- Izaak Walton Killam & SSHRC Postdoctoral Fellowships – York University & UBC
Research Interests
Professor Fuller’s scholarship interrogates how entrenched labour-market inequalities form and erode. She investigates gender gaps in employment and wages, the motherhood penalty and fatherhood premium, the precarity of temporary work, immigrant career trajectories, and the impact of welfare and work-family policies on Canadian families. Her current multi-partner project explores COVID-19’s effect on parental employment gaps.
Publication Trends
Across 13 recent publications (2018-2021), Fuller’s work clusters in three inter-related domains: (1) gendered labour-market outcomes tied to parenthood, (2) policy impacts on work-family balance, and (3) broader patterns of inequality and discrimination in employment. The studies draw on rich Canadian and comparative data, appearing in flagship journals such as Social Forces, Gender & Society, Work & Occupations, Canadian Public Policy, and Journal of Marriage and Family.
Scientific Awards & Recognition
- SSHRC Aurora Prize for outstanding new scholar
- Canadian Sociological Association Best Article Prize 2016
- Nominee, Rosabeth Moss Kanter Award for Excellence in Work-Family Research 2018
Leadership & Infrastructure
As Academic Director of the BCIRDC, she oversees secure access to Statistics Canada’s most sensitive microdata, enabling research by scholars and community partners across British Columbia and beyond.
