Jeff Stepnisky

Jeff Stepnisky, PhD, is a professor of sociology at MacEwan University (Edmonton). His research is in sociological theory, sociology of self and identity, space, atmosphere, and memory. In recent years, he has studied the memory of the Ukrainian Revolution of Dignity, the history of Ukrainian sociological theory, and the spaces and places of Ukrainian memory in Edmonton, Alberta. He is the PI on the SSHRC-funded project “Memorializing Revolution” and co-investigator on the SSHRC-funded project, led by Michael Ungar, on Ukrainian youth resilience in Canada under the CUAET program. Stepnisky has published, with George Ritzer, several textbooks on sociological theory. His research has appeared in journals such as Space and Culture, Emotion, Space and Society, and Journal for the Theory of Social Behavior. He teaches courses on classical and contemporary sociological theory, social psychology, and memory and society.