Dr Gary Bowden

Gary BowdenAssociate Professor
BA Honours (Western Washington University); MA, PhD (University of Calgary)

Dr Bowden’s teaching interests include the sociology of the media, particularly the role of new media in the process of globalization; the environment and society in relation to sustainability and the creation of a sustainable university; and emphasizing the use of photography to document social process and the pervasiveness of photographic representation in modern culture. His current areas of research address ecological sociology – devising a theory that incorporates social and ecological systems within a single framework; case studies that illuminate the interaction between the two systems as well as enhancing science education through the integration of community and school based science.

Recent Publications

  • Bowden, G. (2004). Reconstructing colonialism: Graphic layout and design, and the construction of ideology. Canadian Review of Sociology and Anthropology, 41(2):217-40.
  • Bowden, G. (2004) From environmental to ecological sociology. In K. Richmond (Ed.) TASA 2004: Proceedings of the Australian Sociology Association, December 2004. http://www.tasa.org.au/about.publications.html
  • Bowden, G. (2004) Ideology and the limits of human ingenuity: The case of the Norse Greenlanders. In K. Richmond (Ed.) TASA 2004: Proceedings of the Australian Sociology Association December 2004.
  • Bowden, G. (1996). Doing statistics using microcase. (with William Fox) Bellevue, Washington: Microcase Corporation
  • Bowden, G. (1995). Coming of age in STS: Some methodological musings. In Markle, Petersen, Jasanoff and Pinch (Eds.), The handbook of science and technology studies. Sage: Beverly Hills, Ca: Sage Publications, pp. 64-79.
  • Bowden, G., Editor (1994) Social studies of the environment. Special Issue of the Canadian Review of Sociology and Anthropology, 31(3).
  • Bowden, G. (1990). From sociology to theology: A reply to Lipset. Canadian Review of Sociology and Anthropology, 27(4):536-9.
  • Bowden, G. (1989). Labour unions in the public mind: The Canadian case. Canadian Review of Sociology and Anthropology, 26(5):123-42.
  • Bowden, G. (1985). The social construction of validity in estimates of U.S. crude oil reserves. Social Studies of Science, 15(2):207-240.
  • Bowden, G. (1982). Estimating U.S. crude oil resources: Organizational interests, political economy and historical change. Pacific Sociological Review (now Sociological Perspectives), 25(4):419-448.

 

Contact Information:

Dr Gary Bowden

Associate Professor
Office: Carleton Hall, Room 134
Phone: (506) 452-6217
Fax: (506) 453-4659