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Heather Rollwagen

Dr. Heather Rollwagen

Associate Professor & Associate Dean, Programs, Yeates School of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies
EducationBA (Queen鈥檚 University), MA (University of Waterloo), PhD (University of Calgary)

Housing tenure鈥攚hether a home is owned or rented by its occupant鈥攊s as much a social experience as a financial one.

Heather Rollwagen

Areas of Expertise

housing; fear of crime; quantitative methods; mixed methods research

Research

Dr. Rollwagen鈥檚 research employs both qualitative and quantitative methods to study issues related to housing, perceptions of crime, and neighbourhood livability in urban areas. She has examined the association between the built form of housing and fear of crime, and the way ideologies of housing tenure relate to the construction of crime risk. She is currently conducting a qualitative study of housing aspirations among young adults living in Toronto. She also maintains a research interest in perceptions of crime and criminal justice, as well as police decision-making. In addition to this research program, Dr. Rollwagen is a member of the Canadian Worlds of Journalism research team - an interdisciplinary research group collaborating with scholars from 63 countries to understand the professional roles and values of journalists, as well as the changing conditions under which journalists work.

Courses

  • SOC 105: Introduction to Sociology
  • SOC 402: The City and Social Problems
  • SOC 483: Advanced Statistical Modeling
  • PD 9004: Foundations of Quantitative Research

Graduate Program Membership

Recent Publications

Rollwagen, H. and B. Mayhew. 2023. Feeling lucky: . Housing Studies. Advance online publication.

Rollwagen, H., I. Shapiro, I., G. Bonin-Labelle, L. Fitzgerald, and L. Tremblay, L. 2019. Canadian Journal of Political Science 52(3): 461-477. 

Rollwagen, H., and J.C. Jacob. 2018. Youth Violence and Juvenile Justice 16(4): 378-394.

Bonin, G., F. Dingerkus, A. Dubied, S. Mertens, H. Rollwagen, V. Sacco, I. Shapiro,  O. Standaert, and V. Wyss. 2017. Journalism Studies 18(5): 536-554.

Oriola, T., H. Rollwagen, N. Neverson and C.T. Adeyanju. 2016. Canadian Journal of Criminology and Criminal Justice 58(4): 530-564.

Rollwagen, H. 2016. Environment and Behavior 48(2): 365-387.

Rollwagen, H. 2015. Housing Studies 30(1): 1-21.