About the Authors

Dr. Diane Symbaluk headshot Dr. Diane Symbaluk is a Professor and 3M National Teaching Fellow (2020) in the Department of Sociology at MacEwan University in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Diane teaches a variety of courses including Social Research Methods, Criminology, and a Sociology Senior Seminar. Her publications comprise textbooks, journal articles, and more than 30 pedagogical resources (e.g., study guides, test banks, instructor handbooks and online quizzes). She recently co-authored with Dr. Tami Bereska, Sociology in Action: A Canadian Perspective (4th ed.) (2022) for Top Hat. This twice distinguished teaching award winner’s current research centres on educational leadership and qualities of exemplary instructors.
Robyn Hall headshot Robyn Hall is an academic librarian at MacEwan University. For several years she has served as a subject librarian for the social sciences, working closely with students and faculty conducting research in sociology, anthropology, economics, and gender studies. She also coordinates publishing and research archiving services that support the teaching, learning, and research carried out at the university. Her research interests revolve around knowledge equity, including ways to sustain the development of open access publishing and open education resources. Originally from Nova Scotia, she holds a BA (Dalhousie) and MA (University of Guelph) in Social Anthropology and a Master of Library and Information Science from Western University.

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Research Methods: Exploring the Social World in Canadian Context Copyright © 2024 by Diane Symbaluk & Robyn Hall is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License, except where otherwise noted.