Alumni
Graduate study in sociology prepares you for a variety of careers. Our graduates have gone on to rewarding positions in academic, public, private and non-profit settings:
- Dr. Misha Maitreyi (PhD 2025) joined the Government of New Brunswick as a senior consultant in crime prevention and program development
- Alison Meng (MA 2023) went on to a position as student success coordinator at the UNB Faculty of Engineering
- James Dunbar (MA 2016) became senior analyst for client insights at Statistics Canada
- Dr. Lesley Frank (PhD 2013) was appointed a Canada Research Chair in Food, Health and Social Justice at Acadia University
- Hon. Cathy Rogers (MA 2001, PhD 2009) became New Brunswick’s Minister of Finance in 2016 (first woman to hold this post)
- Dr. Lori Beaman (MA 1992, PhD 1996) was appointed Canada Research Chair in Religious Diversity and Social Change at the University of Ottawa
- Leanne Fitch (MA 1995) became chief of the Fredericton Police Force in 2013 (first woman to reach this rank in a municipal police agency in Atlantic Canada).
New graduates
Congratulations to our new MA and PhD graduates. Join us each year as we welcome hundreds of alumni back to the UNB Fredericton campus for a homecoming weekend of celebration with alumni and friends.
To gain a better idea of the research topics and approaches successfully pursued by recent UNB Sociology graduate students, you can find digital copies of open theses and dissertations through the Libraries’ Scholar Research Repository.
