Hird, Myra - Sociology

Personal Information
First Name: 
Myra
Last Name: 
Hird
Department / Program: 
OTHER
Other: 
Sociology
University Affiliation: 
Queen's University
Phone: 
6135332174
Email Address: 
Area of Research
Discipline: 
Sociology
Subject: 
Science
Time Period: 
Current
Specific Area of Research: 
Philosophy of science; health; epistemology; ontology and epistemology of sexual difference; evolution; bacteria
Academics
PHD Program: 
Sociology
PHD University: 
Oxford
PHD Date: 
1996
Major Publications: 
Hird, M.J. and Pavlich, G. (eds.) Questioning Sociology: Canadian Perspectives. Second Edition. Toronto: Oxford University Press ISBN-13: 978-0195440317 Hird, M.J. Sociology of Science: A Critical Canadian Introduction. Oxford: Oxford University Press (forthcoming). Hird, M.J. The Origins of Sociable Life: Evolution After Science Studies. Houndmills, Basingstoke: Palgrave Press, 2009. ISBN: 13: 978-0-230-20213-9 (HB); 10: 0-230-20213-6 (ebook). Hird, M.J. Sex, Gender and Science. Houndmills, Basingstoke: Palgrave Press, 2004. ISBN: 1403921768; 1403921776 (PB). Hird, M.J. Engendering Violence: From Childhood to Adulthood. Aldershot: Ashgate Press, 2002. ISBN: 0754609162. Nominated for Philip Abrams Memorial Prize. Giffney, N. and Hird, M.J. (eds.) Queering the NonHuman. Aldershot: Ashgate Press, 2008. ISBN:0754671283. Pavlich, G. and Hird, M.J. (eds.) Questioning Sociology: Canadian Perspectives. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2006. ISBN: (HB) 9780195422733 (PB) 0195422732. Hird, M.J. & Pavlich, G. (eds.) Sociology for the Asking. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2003. ISBN: 0195584309. Hird, M.J.
Membership in Academic Societies: 
Canadian Sociological Association; British Sociological Association; American Sociological Association; 4S; Director, genera Research Group (gRG)
Courses Taught: 
socy901b Research Methods (graduate course); socy405 The Sociology of Sex Diversity; socy363 Science, Technology and Society; socy427 A Sociology of Ableist Society: Issues and Themes in Disabilities