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» Josh Curtis
Josh Curtis
Assistant Professor
+1 (403) 220-6874
Social Sciences 944
joshua.curtis@ucalgary.ca
Website:
http://www.joshcurtispolisoc.com/
Office Hours
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Wednesday
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Friday
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Sunday
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3p‑4p
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Research Interests
Social Inequality and Social Justice
Political Economy
Aging and the Life Course
Work and Occupations
Quantitative Methods
Currently Teaching
F2023 - SOCI 311 - Introductory Social Statistics I
Details
LEC 3
TR 09:30 - 10:45
Notes:
F2023 - SOCI 365 - Social Stratification
Details
LEC 1
TR 12:30 - 13:45
W2024 - SOCI 315 - Introductory Social Statistics II
Details
LEC 1
MW 09:30 - 10:45
Notes:
LEC 2
MW 14:00 - 15:15
Notes:
view past courses
Grants and Awards
USC Teaching Honour Roll Award of Excellence, Western University, (2014-2015).
Social Science and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) Postdoctoral Fellowship, $81,000 (2014-2016)
Media
Wilkinson, Richard and Kate Pickett. “How Inequality Hollows out the Soul.” New York Times, February 2nd, 2014.
Valpy, Michael. “From Middle Class to Minimum Wage. With No Way Back. Toronto Star, December 14th, 2013.
Alpert, Emily. “Amid Slow Economic Recovery, More Americans Identify as Lower Class.” Los Angeles Times, September 15th, 2013.
Publications
Book
McMullin, Julie and Curtis, Josh
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Understanding Social Inequality: Intersections of Class, Age, Gender, Ethnicity, and Race in Canada, 3rd Ed.
Oxford Univeristy Press, 2017. Print.
Tepperman, Lorne and Curtis, Josh
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Social Problems: A Canadian Perspective, 4th Ed
Oxford Univeristy Press, 2017. Print.
Tepperman, Lorne and Curtis, Josh
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Social Problems: A Canadian Perspective, 3rd Ed.
Oxford Univeristy Press, 2011. Print.
Journal Articles - Peer Reviewed
Curtis, Josh and Lightman, Naomi
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Golden years or retirement fears? The rise of private pension inequality for Canada’s immigrants
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Canadian Journal on Aging
36.2 (2017): 178-195. Print.
Curtis, Josh, Dong, Weizhen, Lightman, Naomi and Parbst, Matthew
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Race, language or length of residency? Explaining unequal uptake of government pensions in Canada
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Journal of Aging and Social Policy
29 (to appear): 332-351. Print.
Curtis, Josh
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Social Mobility and Class Identity: The Role of Economic Conditions in 33 Societies, 1999-2006
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. European Sociological Review
32. (2016). Print.
Curtis, Josh and McMullin, Julie
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Older Workers and the Diminishing Return of Employment: Changes in Age-based Income Inequality in Canada, 1996-2011
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. Work, Aging, and Retirement
2. (2016). Print.
Curtis, Josh and Andersen, Robert
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Social Class, Economic Inequality and the Convergence of Policy Preferences: Evidence from 24 Modern Democracies
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. Canadian Review of Sociology
52. (2015). Print.
Curtis, Josh and Andersen, Robert
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How Social Class Shapes Attitudes on Economic Inequality: The Competing Forces of Self-Interest and Legitimation
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. International Review of Social Research
5. (2015): 4-19. Print.
Reitz, Jeffrey, Curtis, Josh and Elrick, Jennifer
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Immigrant Skill Utilization: Trends and Policy Issues
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. Journal of International Migration and Integration
15. (2014): 1-26. Print.
Curtis, Josh
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Middle Class Identification in the Modern World: How Politics and Economics Matter
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. Canadian Review of Sociology
50. (2013): 203-226. Print.
Andersen, Robert and Curtis, Josh
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The Polarizing Effect of Economic Inequality on Class Identification: Evidence from 44 Countries
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. Research in Stratification and Mobility
30. (2012): 129-141. Print.
Other
Reitz, Jeffrey, Curtis, Josh and Elrick, Jennifer
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“Immigrant Skill Utilization: Trends and Policy Issues.” In V. Esses and D. Abelson (eds). Taking Stock of a Turbulent Period and Looking Ahead: Immigration to North America in the Early Years of the Twenty-First Century. McGill-Queen’s University Press.
2017.
Curtis, Josh
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“Perceptions of Social Class.” In G. Reitzer (ed). Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology, 2nd Ed. New Jersey: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing.
2016.
Curtis, Josh and Andersen, Robert
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“Public Opinion on Redistribution in Canada, 1980-2000: The Role of Political and Economic Context”. In Keith Banting and John Myles (eds). Inequality and the Fading of Redistributive Politics. Victoria: UBC Press. Pp. 141-164.
(to appear)
Curtis, Josh and Andersen, Robert
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“The Economy and Public Opinion on Welfare Spending in Canada.” In Lorne Tepperman and Angela Kalyta (eds). Reading Sociology. Toronto: Oxford University Press. Pp. 314-319.
2011.
Courses
Curriculum Vitae
josh-curtis-cv.pdf
Degrees
PhD
University of Toronto
, 2014
MA
University of Toronto
, 2009
BA (Hons)
University of Waterloo
, 2008
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