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Dr. David Zarifa

Dr. David Zarifa
Dr. David Zarifa
Faculty of Arts & Science - Sociology, Assistant Professor
office: A327
email: davidz@nipissingu.ca
tel: 705-474-3450
ext: 4386
fax: 705-474-1947

Education:

BA, MA, University of Western Ontario
PhD, McMaster University

Areas of Specialization:

​Quantitative Research Methods and Social Statistics; Sociology of Education; Sociology of Work; Social Inequality; Organizations, Occupations and Professions

Research Interests:

Postsecondary Educational Choices, Labour Market Outcomes, School-to-work Transitions, School Discipline Practices, Student Achievement, Literacy and Skills, Canada-US Comparisons

Current & Future Research:

The educational and labour market experiences of disadvantaged youth in Canada and the United States; political elites and postsecondary education in Canada, the United States and Britain

Publications:

Zarifa, David. Forthcoming. “Persistent Inequality or Liberation from Social Origins? Determining Who Attends Graduate School in Canada’s Expanded Postsecondary System” Canadian Review of Sociology.

Davies, Scott and David Zarifa. Forthcoming. "The stratification of universities: Structural inequality in Canada and the United States." Research in Social Stratification and Mobility.

Andersen, Robert and David Zarifa. Forthcoming 2012 “Academic Performance and Expectations of Canadian Students: The Role of School Disciplinary Climate” in Improving Learning Environments in School: Lessons from Abroad, edited by Richard Arum and Melissa Velez. Palo Alto: Stanford University Press.

Zarifa, David. Forthcoming 2011. “Chapter 2: International Comparative Profiles of Adult Literacy” in Literacy for Life: Further Results from the Adult Literacy and Life Skills Survey (ALL). Ottawa and Paris: Statistics Canada and the OECD.

Zarifa, David and Simone Greenberg. Forthcoming 2011. “Chapter 3: Skills and Outcomes” in Literacy for Life: Further Results from the Adult Literacy and Life Skills Survey (ALL). Ottawa and Paris: Statistics Canada and the OECD.

Davies, Scott and David Zarifa. 2009. “Institutional Theory and the Weberian Tradition.” In Canadian Perspectives on the Sociology of Education, edited by Cynthia Rasky-Levine. Toronto: Oxford University Press.

Zarifa, David and David Walters. 2008. “Revisiting Canada’s Brain Drain: Evidence from the 2000 Cohort of Canadian University Graduates.” Canadian Public Policy, 34(3): 305-320.

Walters, David and David Zarifa. 2008. “Earnings and Employment Outcomes for Male and Female Postsecondary Graduates of Coop and Non-Coop Programmes.” Journal of Vocational Education & Training, 60(4): 377-399.

Davies, Scott and David Zarifa. 2008. “Higher Education.” In The Routledge International Encyclopedia of Education, edited by Gary McCulloch and David Crook. New York: Routledge.

Zarifa, David and Scott Davies. 2007. “Balance of Powers: Public Opinion on Control in Education.” Canadian Journal of Sociology, 32(2): 259-278.

Courses Taught:

SOCI 2126 Social Research Methods (formerly SOCI 3126)
SOCI 2127 Social Statistics and Data Analysis (formerly SOCI 3127)
SOCI 3026 Sociology of Work (formerly SOCI 2026)
SOCI 4546 Honours Seminar - Education & Inequality



 
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