Stars of sociology. Women's studies programs.

Concordia faculty and researchers are regularly asked to offer expert, informed opinions on many of today's most pressing problems. Read some of the latest news items about Concordians:

• There is wide distribution of a Canadian Press article quoting Marc Lafrance, associate professor in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology in the Faculty of Arts and Science, who urges fellow academics to be careful when trying to draw sociology students' interest by including big celebrity names in their course subjects. He warns that using famous names could overshadow the study of broader culture and issues: CBC.ca, The Globe and Mail, Calgary Herald, The Province, The Halifax Chronicle Herald, The Charlottetown Guardian, Cape Breton Post, Winnipeg Free Press, The Brandon Sun, Medicine Hat News, Lethbridge Herald, Inside Ottawa Valley, Mississauga.com, InsideToronto.com, Niagara This Week, York Region, The Independent Free Press, Metro News, ParrySound.com, 680news.com, News95.7.com, NewsCaf and many others.  In a related story, The Canadian Press asks Lafrance to dream up a sociology course headlined by a famous Canadian from the entertainment world. He picks singer K.D. Lang for a course on gender, sexuality and the politics of country music: CTVnews.ca, Calgary Herald, news95.7.com.
• Chantal Maillé, professor of women's studies in the Simone de Beauvoir Institute in the Faculty of Arts and Science, joins the discussion, in a piece in University Affairs, about new directions for women's studies as an academic field. Maillé notes that interest in women's studies continues to grow significantly, notably at Concordia, where she says enrolment in women's studies has almost doubled in the past five years. 

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