Professor of Sociology
Professor Schieman held a Canada Research Chair from 2012 to 2026 and served as Chair of the Sociology Department from 2015 to 2021. He was the editor of Sociology of Religion from 2010 to 2013 and served as co-editor of Society and Mental Health, the journal for the Mental Health Section of the American Sociology Association, from 2022 to 2025.
He has received the Dean’s Excellence Award each year since beginning his appointment at the University of Toronto in 2004. He has also received the Leonard I. Pearlin Award for Distinguished Contributions to the Sociological Study of Mental Health (2018), the Jeanette Wright Award for Excellence in Graduate Student Supervision and Mentorship (2024), and the Oswald Hall Award for Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching (2008).
Research Interests
Sociology of Work
Stratification and Inequality
Health/Mental Health
Social Psychology
Professor Schieman studies what people think and feel about work–and how they talk about it. He is especially interested in the ways that work shapes the sense of self, status, and well-being. Since 2005, he has collected data from more than 55,000 workers in Canada, the United States, and South Korea. Drawing upon decades of quantitative and qualitative data, his research tells the story about the quality of work and economic life and their effects on our everyday lives.
See workandhealth.ca for more details.
Find links to his publications on Google Scholar.
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