Department of Sociology and Social Anthropology

Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences

Honours Theses

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2025-2026 SOSA HONOURS THESIS

SESSION 1: BELONGING:  UNDERSTANDING RELATIONSHIPS AND SOCIAL NETWORKS

Tasha Moller LGBTQ IRL?: How members of online queer communities negotiate digital (dis)connection

Ceiran Munn Social Capital and Social Anxiety: Exploring the Networks of Young Adult Students

Heather Wardlaw Love at First Follow: The Role of Social Media in Modern Day Dating

Aarun Tripathi Friendship, Identity, and Transition: Reconfiguring Friendship Through Transgender Coming Out

SESSION 2: BEING WELL AND DOING GOOD: VALUES IN SOCIAL LIFE

Leah Haines Responsible Fashion in The New York Times

Rachel Kimmelman Risk, Regulation, and Romanticism in Outdoor Rock Climbing

Kate Sawyer "It is my bliss": Aging Women’s Perceptions of Exercise

Jadeyn Mulligan Punctuating Political Apathy: How News Coverage Ends the Sentence

SESSION 3: THE OTHER SIDE OF THE STORY:  COMPARING/COMPETING NARRATIVES

Saylor Perez-Haynes Narratives of Multispecies Assemblages: Human Engagement with Roadkilled Animals

Clover Aydogan Special or Restricted? Autistic People’s Experiences of Special Interests

Erin MacNeil Listening to Their Voices: A Critical Reflection of Project VOYCE and whatit Tells us About Children in Care

Jessica Watson Show Me How You Burlesque: Comparing Media Narratives and Insider Perspectives

SESSION 4: LEADERS AND FOLLOWERS:  MAKING AND CHALLENGING SOCIAL IDENTITIES

Mariana Carneiro Choosing Men, Losing Women: 'Pick Me Girl’ Satire and the Enforcement of Intrafeminine Relational Accountability

Eve Dewing Leading Us Forward: What Leadership Development Programs at Canadian Post-Secondary Institutions Tell Us About the Leaders of the Future

Asha McDonald Thus Saith the Lord: Language, Power, and the Making of Divine Authority

Ruth McGill “I’m Crazy…That’s Enough to Make Me a Hockey Fan”: Authenticity, Performance, and Gender in Hockey Fandom

You can access the full text of many Sociology and Social Anthropology honours theses in this DalSpace collection.

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