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Colavecchia Sandra, Assistant Professor

Sandra Colavecchia

Assistant Professor

Faculty
Department of Sociology

Biography

Areas of Interest

Intimate Relationships and Families; Social Inequality; Social Media and New Technologies; Social Policy and the Law

Biography

I specialize in the area of intimate relationships and families.  My interests include diversity in intimate relationships and families, the impact of social media and new technologies in our private lives, social policy and the law, and money in relationships.  I teach introductory Sociology classes and classes in intimate relationships and families.

Education

Ph.D., University of Toronto

Research

Selected Publications

Macionis, J, Gerber, L. & Colavecchia, S. (2021). Sociology (10th Canadian ed.). Pearson Canada.  

McDaniel, S., Tepperman L., & Colavecchia, S. (2018). Close Relations: An Introduction to the Sociology of Families (6th ed.). Pearson Canada. 

Colavecchia, S. (2016). Families. In R. Brym (Ed.), New Society (8th ed.) (pp. 246–267). Nelson.