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Laura Wright is an Associate Professor at the University of Saskatchewan in the College of Arts and Science, specializing in Sociology. Her research focuses on families, life course, aging, partnership trajectories, and social demography. She examines cohort changes in the transition to adulthood, partnership trajectories during the early life course, and intergenerational exchanges between adult children and their older parents. Dr. Wright's work is motivated by a desire to understand how changes in family institutions and social groups lead to inequalities and how social structures evolve over time. She employs a variety of longitudinal methods and in-depth qualitative interviews, enriching her research with participant narratives. Her teaching includes advanced methodologies and introductory sociology courses, where she emphasizes the importance of data analysis in understanding societal structures and transitions.
University of Saskatchewan • Saskatoon, SK
Tenured Faculty Member in the Department of Sociology, teaching and conducting research.
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