Dr. Helene Cummins

Academic Background

• Ph.D., Sociology, University of Waterloo
• M.A., Sociology, University of Waterloo
• Honors B.A., Sociology, Wilfrid Laurier University

Research and Scholarly Interests

• Gender
• Women and Work
• Canadian farm families
• Research Ethics
• Family Issues

Teaching

• 2001 Award of Excellence in Teaching
• 2000 – Present – Dean’s Honor Roll of Teaching
• Introductory Sociology – Soc 1020/1021e
• Sociology of the Family –Soc 2235
• Social Problems – Soc 2140
• Gender Roles and Relationships – Soc 3341F

Representative Publications

• Cummins, Helene A. 2006. “A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Ethics Board: Studying the the Meaning of Farm Life for Farm Children” Journal of Academic Ethics 4: 175–188.
• Cummins, Helene A. 2005. “Unraveling the Voices and Identity of Southwestern Ontario Farm Women” Identity: An International Journal of Theory and Research 5(3): 287–302.
• Cummins, Helene A. 2005. “Mommy Tracking Single Women in Academia When They Are Not Mommies” Special Edition of Women’s Studies International Forum 28: 222–231.
• Cummins, Helene A.,McDaniel, Susan A.; & Beauchamp, Rachelle Sender. 1988. “Women Inventors in Canada in the 1980’s” Canadian Review of Sociology and Anthropology 25(3): 389–405.