David Pettinicchio @dnpetti

Leading Scholars Come to UTM to Discuss Today’s Social Challenges | Research and Innovation The Department of Sociology is in full swing with its 2025-26 Speaker Series, featuring thought-provoking talks on everything from perceptions of class in Canada to the transition to adulthood, AI, so...

“These are subjects that resonate,” says David Pettinicchio, Associate Professor and the Department’s Interim Chair. “

www.utm.utoronto.ca/research-inn...

@utm-research.bsky.social

25.01.2026 11:59 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Our faculty and staff put a lot of work into these wonderful events, like the student awards reception, and as interim chair, I am truly grateful to them (not mention that we get to recognize our brilliant students)! @utm-research.bsky.social

28.11.2025 01:01 — 👍 12 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Thrilled to have been included in this great volume on social movements edited by Dana Moss, David Snow, & Doug McAdam !

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🚨reminder 🚨

10.11.2025 23:28 — 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

🚨🚨The first of three UTM Sociology Speakers @utm-research.bsky.social @uoftsociology.bsky.social @mmaroto.bsky.social Nov 17

03.11.2025 14:40 — 👍 10 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0

Happy to announce the UTM Sociology Speaker Series for 2025-2026 @utm-research.bsky.social @uoftsociology.bsky.social

27.10.2025 06:56 — 👍 9 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0

Still relevant !!!

theconversation.com/for-canadian...

21.09.2025 12:44 — 👍 7 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

One of the privileges of being interim chair is participating in @UTM @UofT orientation representing Sociology! Welcome to all our new students! #sociology #universitylife #firstdayofschool

03.09.2025 12:38 — 👍 10 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

ONLINE FIRST

Analyzing data from France, Célia Bouchet, Michelle Maroto (@mmaroto.bsky.social), and David Pettinicchio (@dnpetti.bsky.social) show that, even among part-time workers, people with disabilities earn less than those without disabilities.

Read more at bit.ly/4lHPUAJ

20.08.2025 13:31 — 👍 7 🔁 5 💬 0 📌 0

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All three of us together finally !

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Working Part-Time: Earnings Penalties Among People with Disabilities Across Occupational Groups in France Although part-time work can provide important accommodations and flexibility for people with disabilities, the rise of contingent labor has left many of these workers in lower-paid jobs that are of...

🚨🚨🚨 New Publication Alert

Working Part-Time: Earnings Penalties Among People with Disabilities Across Occupational Groups in France

By Célia Bouchet, Michelle Maroto, & David Pettinicchio

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

06.08.2025 19:01 — 👍 12 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0

New chapter by CGSP affiliate faculty @docdantzler.bsky.social & @dnpetti.bsky.social, along w/@mmaroto.bsky.social, is accessible overview of inequality in Canada, and how social policy can create winners and losers based on ppl's access to various forms of support

cgsp-cpsm.ca/article/soci...

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Lessons from the fashion industry: Why some DEI efforts fail to resonate with consumers While some fashion and beauty companies have held firm to their DEI commitments, others have reneged on their promise to reflect on and represent consumer diversity.

Lessons from the fashion industry: #UTM sociology associate professor David Pettinicchio and Jordan Foster, formerly of #UofT, explore why some DEI efforts fail to resonate with consumers.
@us.theconversation.com @dnpetti.bsky.social
bit.ly/4d5Ouxk

30.05.2025 17:58 — 👍 5 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0

30.05.2025 11:51 — 👍 7 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

New chapter !

Social Inequalities

@docdantzler.bsky.social @mmaroto.bsky.social

academic.oup.com/edited-volum...

In The Oxford Handbook of Social Policy in Canada edited by Béland, Mahon, & Smith

26.05.2025 12:29 — 👍 16 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0

May issue (62(2) is now out in Canadian Review of Sociology, flagship journal of the Canadian Sociological Association.

It marks the second-to-last issue with this editorial team !

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/1755618x...

07.05.2025 05:26 — 👍 5 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

"While there may be folks who continue to be critical of DEI campaigns because they think brands bought into being “woke” (and now are paying a price for it), many more are eager for greater and better representation."

CGSP affiliate @dnpetti.bsky.social on DEI in the fashion industry

05.05.2025 14:48 — 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

Lessons from the fashion industry: Why some DEI efforts fail to resonate with consumers While some fashion and beauty companies have held firm to their DEI commitments, others have reneged on their promise to reflect on and represent consumer diversity.

Read my latest essay with Jordan Foster in @theconversationca.bsky.social based on our ongoing work:

Lessons from the fashion industry: Why some DEI efforts fail to resonate with consumers

theconversation.com/lessons-from...

@uoftsociology.bsky.social @uoft.bsky.social

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