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Alex Bing B.A.Sc., M.A., Ph.D.

Lecturer Without Term

Faculty Member in Sociology

Office
Arts 1014

Research Area(s)

  • Sociology of Education
  • Sociology of Technology
  • Social Theory
  • Asian Canadian Studies
  • History of Education

Publications

Publications:

Bing, A. (2023). “Race, Streaming, and Identity Formation Amongst STEM-bound Asian Canadian Youth”. In Sociological Studies of Children and Youth., Vol 32. P. Albanese, R. Berman, X. Chen. (Eds.). Emerald Publishing. 105-118.

Bing, A. (February 17, 2022). In ‘freedom convoy’ and other vaccine protests, slogans cross the political aisle. The Conversation. Retrieved from https://theconversation.com/in-freedom-convoy-and-other-vaccine-protests-slogans-cross-the-political-aisle-176793

Co-Authored Publications:

Park, A., Bahia, J. & Bing, A. (2024). "I was constantly being questioned": Racialized STEM Graduate Students in Canada. The Canadian Journal of Higher Education. 54(2). https://doi.org/10.47678/cjhe.v1i1.190355

Teaching & Supervision

My teaching philosophy revolves around promoting accessibility and lifelong learning.

Fall 2024:
SOC 111 (in-person)
SOC 112 (online)

Winter 2025:
SOC 111 (online)
SOC 233 (in-person)

Research

Research Assistant, Carleton University, 2021-2022

In 2022, I worked as a research assistant at Carleton University in Ottawa, Ontario. I conducted interviews and collected diversity-related data on the experiences of racialized graduate students in engineering and architecture


Thesis Dissertation Research, Carleton University, 2015-2021

My doctoral research was about the lived experiences of a group of first-generation Asian Canadian youth who were streamed by the education system into science and technology occupations. I examined the classed dimensions of their migrant childhoods, and explored the impact of occupational and disciplinary socialization on their political outlooks, civic engagement, and identity formation.

Education & Training

Ph.D., Sociology, Carleton University, 2021

Focus: Social Theory, Race, Science and Technology Studies

Thesis: Extrinsic Learning, Corporate Streaming, and Ungrounded Voting: the role of STEM schooling in the political socialization of Asian Canadian Youths

Thesis Advisors: Dr. Jacqueline Kennelly, Dr. Augustine Park, Dr. Rania Tfaily

M.A., Education, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, 2015

Focus: History of Education, History of Social Thought, Science-Art Divide

Thesis: Pedagogical Progressivism and Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math Education: A Shared Historical Landscape in Ontario, 1871-1971

Thesis Advisors: Dr. Ruth Sandwell, Dr. Douglas McDougall

BASc, Engineering Science, University of Toronto, 2012