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Courses taught 2010/2011:
SOC121 Social Relationships
SOC235 Sociology of Marriage and Family
SOC241 Crime and Deviance
SOC341 Urban Sociology
SOC355 Sociology of Popular Culture
SOC380 Sociological Internship
SOC432 Disability and Society
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EDUCATION
Ph.D. (1999), Anthropology, York University
Dissertation: "People First: Voicing Disability, Embodied Identity and Social Policy in Ontario."
M.A. (1994), Anthropology, McMaster University
Thesis: "Ethnic Identity as Process: Post-WWII Migration of Scots to Hamilton."
B.A. Hons (1992), Anthropology, McMaster University
RESEARCH INTERESTS
- Identity and Personhood
- Disability
- Race and Ethnicity
- Qualitative Health Research
- Medial Sociology/Anthropology
- Social Movements
RESEARCH FUNDING
Principal Investigator, "Person-Centred Care in Dementia Services", funded by SSHRC Standard Research Grant, 2004-2008.
Principal Investigator, "Disability, Identity and Social Policy Amount, funded by SSHRC Doctoral Fellowship, 1997-1999.
Principal Investigator, "Disability, Identity and Social Policy", funded by Scottish Rite/Roeher Institute, 1997, 1998.
Fulbright Fellowship, funded by Foothills Pipelines/Pan Alberta Gas, 1994.
RECENT PUBLICATIONS
BOOKS
Independent Disability, Identity and Social Policy. (Under Revision for the University of Toronto Press).
Collaborative Caregivers of Persons with Dementia: Roles, Experiences, Supports and Coping. Sherry L. Dupuis, Tim Epp, Bryan Smale. Manuscript published for Ontario’s Strategy for Alzheimer Disease and Related Dementias (Initiative #6- Research on Caregiver Needs), jointly supported by the Ontario Seniors’ Secretariat and the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care, 2004.
PEER-REVIEWED ARTICLES
Person-Centred Dementia Care. Christian Social Work (in preparation)
Disability: Discourse and Identity, Disability Studies Quarterly, 20(2):134-144, Spring 2000
Embodied Identity and Hidden Disability, Disability Studies Quarterly, 20(3): 334-338, Summer 2000
(Re)claiming adulthood by persons with disabilities. Disability Studies Quarterly, Spring 2003
Concluding Comments. T. Epp, J. Habib, N. Lewis, K. Saylors. Culture 17(1-2), 1997. Pp. 87-88.
Let There Be Light! Lighting in Long-Term Care Facilities for Individuals with Dementia. T. Epp, R. MacPhee, A. Allman. Canadian Nursing Home, 12(2):4-9, 2001.
Occupational Health in Primary Care: Perspectives of Physicians and Stakeholders. King, Wendy; Blythe, Jennifer; Biernacka, Joanna; Grinblat, Leonard; Holness, D. Linn; Epp, Tim; Perry, Lenora; Doupe, Lisa; Cheung, Lily; Liss, Gary. Submitted to Occupational Medicine.
Postal Worker Health and Safety (in process). Co-authored article by Dr Ted Haines, Timothy Epp and Karin Tomosky.
NON PEER-REVIEWED ARTICLES(a) Independent -
Discrimination and Dementism. Vital Aging, Fall 2001.
Person-Centred Dementia Care. The Caregiver, Fall 2002
Communicating with Individuals with Dementia. The Caregiver, Winter 2003
Person-Centred Care: A Vision to be Refined. Canadian Review of Alzheimer’s Disease, 2003.
Book Review Northern Terminus: The African Canadian History Journal, vol. 3, 2006
The Story of L’Arche: Renewing Cities from the Inside Out. In Stained Glass Urbanism: The Untold Story of the Church and City Renewal. Document Presented at the United Nations’ World Urban Forum, Vancouver, 2006. Work Research Foundation, Hamilton.
The Health of Hamilton’s Music Scene, Comment Magazine, Summer 2008 (in preparation)
Measuring the Leisure Experience of Bathing for Individuals with Dementia. T. Epp, K. Whitfield, R. MacPhee, D. Pickett. Seniors Housing Update, February 2001
Measuring the Leisure Experience of Bathing . T. Epp, K. Whitfield, R. MacPhee, D. Pickett. The Caregiver, Fall 2001. Advocacy and Health for Persons with Dementia. T. Epp and K. Whitfield. Health Promotion Exchange, Fall, 2001.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Departmental Chair, Department of Sociology & Social Work, Redeemer University College (September 2008-present)
Faculty Adjudicator (Winter 2007-present)
Academic and Discipline Appeals Committee, Redeemer University College. (September 2004-September 2006)
Academic Policy and Procedure Committee, Redeemer University College. (September 2003-present)
Ethics Review Committee, Redeemer University College. September 2003-2004.
Ethics Review Committee, Canadian Centre on Disability Studies (June 2001-2004)
Steering Committee for M.A. program on Disability Studies, York University (October 1999-May 2000)
COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT
Member, Network on Poverty Reduction, Hamilton (Fall 2005-2008)
Chair, Welcome Inn Church (Spring 2004-present)
Chair, Pastoral Search Committee, Welcome Inn Church (Fall 2003-Spring 2004)
Member, Welcome Inn Church, Hamilton, Ontario (1986-present)
Member, Circles of Support and Accountability, Hamilton, Ontario (March 2003-June 2006)
Member, Canadian Friends of Sabeel (Hamilton Chapter), (Summer 2002-present)
Secretary/Board Member, Student Open Circles, McMaster University (November 2001-June 2006)
Board Member, Rygiel Supports for Community Service, Hamilton, Ontario (November 2001-June 2004)
Member, Quality of Care Committee, Community Living Oakville. (1999-2001).
Associate Voluntary Service Worker, Welcome Inn Mennonite Church and Community Centre, Hamilton, Ontario. (1990-1992)
Voluntary Service Worker, Welcome Inn Mennonite Church and Community Centre, Hamilton, Ontario. (1986-1988)
RELEVANT LINKS
Canadian Sociology Association
Careers in Sociology
Christian Sociological Society