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Annette Nierobisz

Ada M. Harrison Distinguished Teaching Professor of the Social Sciences

Professor of Sociology, Sociology and Anthropology

Education & Professional History

University of Winnipeg, BA; Queen's University at Kingston, MA; University of Toronto, PhD

Annette Nierobisz, Professor of Sociology, joined Carleton College in 2000. She teaches a variety of courses, from Introduction to Sociology and the A&I seminar Sociology of COVID-19 to upper-level courses including Growing Up in an Aging Society, Working in the 21st Century, and Sociology of Mass Incarceration. She enjoys helping students discover their sociological imagination, refine their methodological techniques, and embark on their own investigations of the social world.

Professor Nierobisz’s publications have examined a broad range of topics, from fear of crime among women who encounter sexual harassment in public spaces to the role played by the Canadian Human Rights Commission in the 2005 legalization of same-sex marriage in Canada. In a current book project, American Idle: Late Career Job Loss in a Neoliberal Era, soon to be published by Rutgers University Press, Professor Nierobisz and her co-author investigate how a select group of older workers interpret their experience of losing a job in the aftermath of the 2008 Great Recession. The manuscript extends Professor Nierobisz’s longstanding research focus in the sociology of work and occupations.


At Carleton since 2000.

Current Courses

  • Fall 2023
    SOAN 400: Integrative Exercise
  • Winter 2024
    SOAN 400: Integrative Exercise
  • Spring 2024
    SOAN 111: Introduction to Sociology
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    SOAN 240: Methods of Social Research
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    SOAN 400: Integrative Exercise
  • Summer 2024
    IDSC 099: Reimagining Society