Vappu Tyyskä, Professor OFFICE:  JOR-321 TELEPHONE:  416-979-5000 ext 6208 EMAIL:   vtyyska@ryerson.ca

EDUCATION:

B.A. (University of Toronto, 1982), M.A. (University of Toronto, 1985), PhD (University of Toronto, Sociology, 1993)

TEACHING INTEREST

Families; Gender; Youth; Immigration; Social Policy

Among my recent undergraduate sociology courses are those in Sociology of Everyday Life, and Sociology of Gender. I also teach graduate courses in the MA Program in Immigration and Settlement Studies, and in the PhD Program on Policy Studies.

RECENT COURSES

SOC 107   Sociology of Everyday Life
SOC 603   Sociology of Gender
ISS 8927   Immigrant Families and Intergenerational Relations
PD 9103    Social Policy

RESEARCH INTERESTS:

Immigrant Families; Gender; Youth; Social Policy

My research includes projects on immigrant youth and  intergenerational relations; family violence (intimate partner violence, child abuse, elder abuse) in immigrant communities; and immigrant women and English language proficiency. I am currently working on projects that address intersections between social policy and immigration policy.

RECENT AND KEY PUBLICATIONS

Berman, R.C., and Tyyskä, V. (2011). A critical reflection on the use of translators/interpreters in a qualitative cross-language research project. International Journal of Qualitative Methods. 10(2).

Tyyskä, V.  (2010). Immigrant and racialized families. In Duffy & N. Mandell (Eds.), Canadian Families: Diversity, Conflict and Change.  4^th ed. Toronto: Nelson.

Tyyskä, V. (2009). Families and violence in Punjabi and Tamil communities in Toronto. CERIS    Working Paper No. 74. Toronto: CERIS – The Ontario Metropolis Centre. http://ceris.metropolis.net/Virtual%20Library/WKPP%20List/WKPP2009/CWP74.pdf

Guruge, S.,  Berman, R., Tyyskä, V., Kilbride, K. M., Woungang, I., Edwards., S., Clune, L (2009). Implications of English proficiency on the access and utilization of health    services by immigrant women. Women’s Health and Urban Life: An International and   Interdisciplinary Journal, 8(2) 21-41.

Tyyskä, V. (2008). Youth and society: The long and winding road. 2^nd ed. Toronto: Canadian Scholars’ Press, Inc.

Tyyskä, V. (2008).  'That’s family love': Gender and division of work among teens in Sri Lankan Tamil families, in C. Kanaganayakam, R. Cheran, & D. Ambalavanar (Eds.). New demarcations: Essays in Tamil studies. Toronto: Canadian Scholars’ Press.

Tyyskä, V. (2008).  Parents and teens in immigrant families. Cultural influences and material pressures, Canadian Diversity / Diversité canadienne, Spring, 6(2). http://canada.metropolis.net/pdfs/Pgs_can_diversity_parents_spring08_e.pdf

Tyyskä, V.  (Ed.) (2007).  Action and analysis.  Readings in sociology of gender.  Toronto: Thomson/Nelson.

Tyyskä, V.  (2007). Immigrant families in sociology.  In J.E. Lansford, K. Deater-Deckard, & M.H. Bornstein (Eds.), Immigrant Families: Multidisciplinary Views on the 21^st Century.     New York: Guilford Press.

COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES

I am North American representative (2010-2013) on the executive of the Gender Research Committee (RC32), of the International Sociological Association.

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