Brent Berry

Associate Professor

Department of Sociology

University of Toronto

 

725 Spadina Ave

Toronto, Ontario  M5S 2J4   Canada

  brent.berry@utoronto.ca 
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Courses Offered (hyperlinked = offered this year)

 

Sociology 205Y     Urban Sociology

Sociology 202HS  Quantitative Methods

Sociology 364F     Urban Health

Sociology 6710      Logic of Social Inquiry

Sociology 6711      Doctoral Research Practicum

Sociology 299Y     Research Opportunity Program

Sociology 394Y     Urban Health in Toronto: A Research Practicum

 

Research Areas

 

Health, Race and Ethnicity, Urban Studies, Social Demography, Quantitative Methods, Socio-Economics, Visual Sociology

 

Selected Research

 

Berry, Brent. Forthcoming 2008. “Sociology of Housing”. In Urban Canada: Sociological Perspectives, Second Edition, edited by Harry H. Hiller. Oxford University Press.

Berry, Brent, and Tara McMullen. 2008. “Visual Communication to Children in the Supermarket Context: Health Protective or Exploitive?” Agriculture and Human Values. 25(3) 333-348.

Berry, Brent, and Eduardo Bonilla-Silva. 2008. “‘They Should Hire the One with the Best Score’: White Sensitivity to Qualification Differences in Affirmative Action Hiring Decisions.” Ethnic and Racial Studies 31(2): 215-242.

Berry, Brent. 2007. “Does Money Buy Better Health? Unpacking the Association between Economic Resources and Health after Midlife.” Health 11(2) 199-226.

Berry, Brent. 2007. “Disparities in Leisure Time Inactivity in the United States: Trends and Explanations. Sociological Perspectives 50(2) Summer: 177-208.

Berry, Brent. 2006. “Friends for Better or for Worse: Interracial Friendships in the U.S. as Seen through Wedding Party Photos.” Demography 43(3): 491-510.

 

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