Jeffrey Stepnisky

Recently, Dr. Stepnisky has published research on the social atmosphere of the Ukrainian Revolution of Dignity and the Soviet Gulag. Currently, in a SSHRC funded project, he is studying the commemoration of the Revolution of Dignity at the Maidan Museum in central Kyiv. He is also in the midst of a project on the collective memory of Ukrainian Canadians in downtown Edmonton. This includes research on important sites of Ukrainian memory such as the Galician Hotel, the Rudyk Block, the Hrushevsky Institute, the Ukrainian Labour-Farmer Temple, the Holodomor Memorial and the Holowach Tree. Stepnisky also studies the history of sociological thought in Ukraine, including figures such as Mykhailo Drahomanov, Bohdan Kistiakivsky and Olgerd Bochkovsky. He is also co-author with George Ritzer of several edited volumes and textbooks on sociological theory. Dr. Stepnisky teaches classes in Classical Sociological Theory (232), Contemporary Sociology Theory (333) and Collective Memory (Special Topics, 402). Dr. Stepnisky can supervise independent study and honours students who are interested in any of the above research areas. He is especially interested in working with students who are interested in topics related to collective/social memory, identity and/or Ukraine or Eastern Europe in general. | Sociological theory, identity, culture, self, Ukraine

Jeffrey Stepnisky is Professor at MacEwan University. Their stated interests include Recently, Dr. Stepnisky has published research on the social atmosphere of the Ukrainian Revolution of Dignity and the Soviet Gulag. Currently, in a SSHRC funded project, he is studying the commemoration of the Revolution of Dignity at the Maidan Museum in central Kyiv. He is also in the midst of a project on the collective memory of Ukrainian Canadians in downtown Edmonton. This includes research on important sites of Ukrainian memory such as the Galician Hotel, the Rudyk Block, the Hrushevsky Institute, the Ukrainian Labour-Farmer Temple, the Holodomor Memorial and the Holowach Tree. Stepnisky also studies the history of sociological thought in Ukraine, including figures such as Mykhailo D. This summary considered all 2 collected sources.