Susan McDaniel

Current Research & Publications

Current research is on social engagement across the lifecourse, on lifecourse as a policy tool, on intergenerational transfers and linkages, as well as on social dimensions of innovation.

Recent books/monographs

• McDaniel, Susan A. & Lorne Tepperman. 2007. Close Relations: An Introduction to Sociology of Families (3rd edition). Toronto: Pearson Prentice Hall.
• McDaniel, Susan A., Ed., 2007. Ageing in the 21st Century. A Sage Major Work on Ageing/Gerontology. London, UK: Sage. (Four volume edited book that brings together in a cohesive way cutting edge research and theory in ageing and gerontology with a lead essay and connecting commentary by the Editor.
• McDaniel, Susan A. States and Markets: Sociology of Public Policy in Canada. Oxford University Press, proposal fall 2009, contract March 2010, to be completed March 2011.
• McDaniel, Susan A. 2008. Ageing: 21st Century Challenges. SAGE Major Work Series. London, UK: Sage. A 4 volume edited book. (1624pps, ISBN: 9781412935586)(See
http://www.sagepub.com/booksProdDesc.nav?prodId=Book230881)
• McDaniel, Susan A. and Zachary Zimmer (Eds.). Global Ageing in the 21st Century: Challenges and Opportunities. forthcoming 2011.

Recent articles and book chapters

[refereed (in chronological order)]

• McDaniel, Susan A. 1999. "Capturing the Elusive Social Impacts of Science and Technology: Towards a Research Agenda," in de la Mothe, John and Gilles Paquet (Eds.), Information, Innovation and Impacts. Boston: Kluwer.
• McDaniel, Susan A. 2001. "'Born at the Right Time': Gendered Generations and Webs of Entitlement and Responsibility," Canadian Journal of Sociology 26(2):193-214.
• Gault, Fred and Susan A. McDaniel. 2002."Continuities and Transformations: Challenges to Capturing Information about 'Information Society," First Monday (peer-reviewed internet journal on the internet http://www.firstmonday.com) 7(2) February:1-13.
• McDaniel, Susan A. 2002. "Women's Changing Relations to the State and Citizenship: Caring and Intergenerational Relations in Globalizing Western Democracies," Canadian Review of Sociology and Anthropology 39(2):1-26.
• McDaniel, Susan A. 2002. "Information and Communications Technologies: Bugs in the Generational Ointment?" The Canadian Journal of Sociology, 27(4): 535-546.
• McDaniel, Susan A. 2002. "Toward the Capture of Innovation Potentiality in Social Contexts," in de la Mothe, John and Albert N. Link (Eds.), Networks, Alliances and Partnerships in the Innovation Process. Boston: Kluwer.
• McDaniel, Susan A. 2002. "Intergenerational Interlinkages: Public, Family and Work," Pp. 22-71 in Cheal, David (Ed.), Aging and Demographic Change in Canadian Context. Toronto: University of Toronto Press.
• McDaniel, Susan A. 2002. "Generational Consciousness Of and For Women," Pp.89-110 in June Edmunds and Bryan S. Turner (Eds.), Generational Consciousness, Narrative and Politics. Lanham, Maryland: Rowman Littlefield.
• Bernard, Paul and Susan A. McDaniel. 2003. "Introduction: Social Cohesion," The Canadian Journal of Sociology 28(1):1-3.
• McDaniel, Susan A. 2003. "Gender and Social Cohesion: Reflections on Tendencies and Tensions," The Canadian Journal of Sociology 28(1): 43-50.
• McDaniel, Susan A. 2003. "The Demographic Category as Leaky Gender Boundary," Women's Health and Urban Life: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal II(1):4-21.
• McDaniel, Susan A. 2003. "Politiques sociales, changements économiques et démographiques et vieillissement de la population canadienne : leurs interactions," Cahiers québécois de démographie, 32(1):1-29.
• McDaniel, Susan A. 2003. "Hidden in the Household: Now it's Men in Mid-Life," Ageing International, 28(4):326-344.
• Bernard, Paul and Susan A. McDaniel. 2003. "Telling It with Numbers: Conceptual and Methodological Innovation in Social Statistics," Current Sociology 51(5): 477-481.
• McDaniel, Susan A. 2003. "The Currents of Sociology Internationally: Preponderance, Diversity and Division of Labour," Current Sociology 51(6): 593-597. [Reprinted in Russian (Cyrillic) in Sociological dies of Moscow, 10:131- 134, 2005].
• McDaniel, Susan A. 2003. "Toward Disentangling Policy Implications of Economic and Demographic Changes in Canada's Aging Population," Canadian Public Policy/Analysee de Politiques 29(4):491-510.
• McDaniel, Susan A. 2003. "Pensions, Privilege and Poverty: Another 'Take' on Inter-generational Equity," Pp. 259-278 in Jacques Veron, Sophie Pennec and Jacques Legare (Eds.), Ages, générations et contrat social: L'état providence face aux changements démographiques. Paris: Institut national de la recherche scientifiques.
• McDaniel, Susan A. 2004. "Generationing Gender: Justice and the Division of Welfare," Journal of Aging Studies 18(1): 27-44.
• McDaniel, Susan A. 2004. "Hidden in the Household: Now it's Men in Mid-Life," in Kate Davidson and Graham Fennell (Eds.), Men in Later Life. London: Transaction Books.
• McDaniel, Susan A. 2006. "Innovation in Social Guise," in Fred Gault and Louise Earl (Eds), Innovation and Impacts: The Next Decade. Boston: Kluwer.
• McDaniel, Susan A. 2006. "Self-Employment: How Individual Choices Interact with Market Economies," International Sociology Review of Books, 21(6): 796-805.
• Rozanova, Julia, Herbert C. Northcott & Susan A. McDaniel. 2006. "Seniors and portrayals of intra-generational and inter-generational inequality in the Globe and Mail," Canadian Journal on Aging 25(4):373-386.
• McDaniel, Susan A. 2007. "Families, Feminism and the State", in L. Samuelson (Ed.), Power and Resistance: Critical Thinking About Canadian Social Issues, 4th edition, Toronto: Fernwood, pp.284-310.
• McDaniel, Susan A. 2007. "Pensions, Privilege and Poverty: Another 'Take' on Inter-generational Equity," Pp. 295-315 in Jacques Veron, Sophie Pennec and Jacques Legare (Eds.), Age, Generation and the Social Contract: The Demographic Challenge Facing the Welfare State. Berlin: Springer.
• McDaniel, Susan A. 2008. "Est-ce que la démographie compte pour la question de l'intergénérationnel ? " in Quéniart, Anne et Roch Hurtubise (sous la direction de) (2008). Regards sur
l'intergénérationnel. Paris : Presses de l'École des hautes études en santé publique (EHESP).
• McDaniel, Susan A. 2009. (Previous editions in 1995, 2001, 2005). "The Family Lives of the Mid-Life and Elderly", in Maureen Baker (Ed.), Families: Changing Trends in Canada (6th Edition). Toronto: McGraw Hill Ryerson, pp. 225-242. [2009 edition ISBN: 13:978-0-07-096886-8].
• McDaniel, Susan A. 2009. "Socio-Economic Insecurity and the Global Welfare State Divide: Sociology's Contribution to Public Knowledge," in Morato, Arturo Rodriguez, (Ed.), Sociology's Interventions in Public Debates. London, UK: Sage.
• McDaniel, Susan A. 2010. "A Feminist Vision for Caring/Employment Integration," Chapter 12 in Catherine Krull & Justyna Sempruch (Eds.), Demystifying the Family/Work Contradiction: Challenges and Possibilities. Vancouver: University of British Columbia Press, pp.287-304.
• McDaniel, Susan A. 2010. "Family Change and Life Course Development: Social Transformation on Intimate Frontiers," Chapter 13 in Arnaud Sales (Ed.), Sociology Today: Social Transformations in a Globalizing World. London: Sage, UK.
• McDaniel, Susan A. 2010."Precarious Disciplinary Intersections and Inconvenient Truths: Sociology in Search," in Kalekin, Devorah (Ed.), Sociology as a Public Discipline. London, UK: Sage.

 

Recent Policy Papers

[refereed]

• McDaniel, Susan (with Paul Bernard). 2006. "Broadening the Conceptual Ambit and Policy Utility of Life Course," Human Resources and Social Development Canada.
• McDaniel, Susan (with Paul Bernard). 2008/09. "Life Course as a Policy Lens," Human Resources and Social Development Canada.
• McDaniel, Susan A. 2007. "Why Generation(s) Matter(s) to Policy," Policy Research Initiative, Privy Council of Canada.

Grants (major recent grants only)

• Principal Investigator, "People in the Picture: Experiences and Attitudes, Health and Health Care: A US/ Canada Comparison," University of Lethbridge Faculty Award, April 2010 - June 2011, $4500. (maximum amount granted).
• Principal Investigator, "Income Inequality in Mid-Life, Looking Toward the Later Years: A Canada/ U.S. Comparison," Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council, June 2010-2013, $102,000.
• Co-Investigator, "Across Generations:Living in Low Income," Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council, Amber Gazso, York University, PI, $100K, 2008-2011.
• Executive Committee -- Rod Beaujot and Kevin McQuillan (University of Western Ontario), Paul Bernard (Université de Montréal), Susan McDaniel (University of Lethbridge), "Population Change and Lifecourse," Strategic Knowledge Clusters special funding, 2007-2014, $2.1 million - funded March 2007.
• Project Leader (with Paul Bernard, U de Montréal), "Expanding Life Course as a Policy Lens," Human Resources and Social Development Canada, 2006-08, $270,000 - with teaching release, Winter term 2007.
• Co-Investigator, "Social Participation of Canadians across the Life Course," Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council, Stéphanie Gaudet, U d'Ottawa, Principal Investigator, Paul Bernard (U de Montréal), Pierre Turcotte (Statistics Canada) and Jean-PierreVoyer (Policy Research Initiative, Privy Council of Canada) as Co-Investigators, 2005-2008, $140,000.
• Research Associate, "SEDAP (Social and Economic Dimensions of an Aging Population)," Major Collaborative Grant, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, centred at McMaster University, 1999-2003. Amount $1.5 mil, renewed 2004-2009, $1.5 mil.
• Member, SSHRCC Cluster on Longitudinal Research, led by Paul Bernard, Université de Montréal, 2004-05, seed funding.
• Member, SSHRCC Cluster on Population Policy, led by Rod Beaujot, University of Western Ontario, 2004-05, seed funding.
• Support for the Advancement of Scholarship Grant, Social Citizenship and the Colliding Logics of Public Action, Singapore, March 2004, $1806.
• International Advisory Board, Work and Aging in the New Economy (WANE), SSHRC, International Collaborative Study of Intergenerational Relations in IT Firms in Canada, Australia, U.K, U.S. and E.U., Principal Investigator: J. McMullin, University of Western Ontario, 2002-07, $3 million.

Editorships/Editorial Boards

Editorial Board, Journal of Applied Gerontology, 2007+
Editorial Board, Journal of Family and Youth, 2007+
Editorial Board, International Sociology Review of Books, 2005+
Editorial Board, Current Sociology, 2002-2007; invited to serve second term, 2007-2010
Co-Editor, Oxford University Press Sociology Book Series, 2005+
Editorial Board, Women’s Health and Urban Life, August 2001+
Associate Editor, Canadian Journal of Sociology, December 1989 - December
1991; Associate Editor, 1997+
Editor, Current Sociology, official journal of the International Sociological Association, 1997-2002
Editor, Canadian Journal of Sociology, April 1994-August 1997
International Advisory Board, British Journal of Sociology, January 2001- 2006
International Board, Journal of Sociology (Australia), 2002-2005
Editorial Board, Canadian Policy Research Networks Inc, Family Network, 1996-2005
Editorial Board, Journal of Women and Aging, 1987- 2004
Editorial Board, Canadian Journal of Health and Society, 1990- 1995
Editorial Board, Atlantis: A women's Studies Journal, 1991-1993
Editorial Board, Canadian Studies in Population, 1993-1994

Referee for the following Journals

Guest Editor, special issue of Canadian Journal on Aging, 2010.
Guest Editor, special issue of Canadian Public Policy on life course as a policy lens, 2010.
Co-Editor, Oxford University Press Sociology Book Series, 2005+.
International Advisory Board, British Journal of Sociology, January 2001- present.
Editorial Board, Sociopedia.ISA, International Sociological Association's online database of
state-of-the-art reviews of areas in the social sciences, an electronic social sciences encyclopedia, 2010-2013.
International Editorial Board, Canadian Studies in Population, 2008+.
Editorial Board, Journal of Applied Gerontology, 2007+.
Editorial Board, Journal of Family and Youth, 2007+.
Editorial Board, International Sociology Review of Books, 2005+.
Editorial Board, Current Sociology, 2002-2007; invited to serve second term, 2007-2010.
Editorial Board, Women's Health and Urban Life, August 2001+.
Associate Editor, Canadian Journal of Sociology, December 1989 – December 1991; Associate Editor, 1997+.
Editor, Current Sociology, official journal of the International Sociological Association, 1997-2002.
Editor, Canadian Journal of Sociology, April 1994-August 1997.
International Board, Journal of Sociology (Australia), 2002-2005.
Editorial Board, Canadian Policy Research Networks Inc, Family Network, 1996-2005.
Editorial Board, Journal of Women and Aging, 1987- 2004.
Editorial Board, Canadian Journal of Health and Society, 1990- 1995.
Editorial Board, Atlantis: A Women's Studies Journal, 1991-1993.
Editorial Board, Canadian Studies in Population, 1993-1994.

National (Canadian) Committees/Councils

• Member, Royal Society of Canada Awards Committee, 2010.
• Member, Vanier Post-Doctoral Committee, SSHRC, 2009-10.
• Honorary Director, Social Sciences Division, Royal Society of Canada, 2007-09 (Elected).
• Chair, SSHRC Adjudication Committee on Capturing the Impacts of Social Sciences Research, Fall 2007 and Winter 2008.
• Member, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, Awards and Medals Committee, 2007-08.
• Member, Royal Society of Canada Awards and Gold Medal Committee, 2006-07.
• Member, Molson Prize Committee, Canada Council, 2006-07.
• Chair, Task Force on Social Science Research Capacity in Canada, 2003-2004.
• Member, Multidisciplinary Assessment Committee, Canadian Foundation for Innovation, 2003-2004.
• President, 2001-2002, Canadian Sociology and Anthropology Association, President-Elect, 2000-2001; Past-President, 2002-2003.
• Member, Royal Society Women in Scholarship Committee, 2000-2004.
• Member, Royal Society Alice Wilson Post-Doctoral Fellow Award Committee, 2002.
• Member, 2001 Census Communications Committee, 2000-2001, appointed by Chief Statistician of Canada.
• Member, 2002 Special Advisory Committee to Statistics Canada on statistics security.
• Chair, Expert Advisory Committee on Science and Technology, Appointed by the Chief Statistician of Canada, 1996- 2005; member of the Committee, 1995+ .
• Expert Advisor on the Implications of an Aging Society, invited by Federal, Provincial and Territorial Ministers Responsible for Seniors, St. John's, Newfoundland, September 1999.
• Member, National Committee, Canadian Population Society, 1998-2000.
• Member, Nominations Committee, Canadian Population Society, 1998-2000.
• Member, Evaluation Panel (3 person), Canadian Policy Research Networks Inc., 1998.
• Member, Sub-Committee on the Social Impacts of Science and Technology, Joint Working Group of SSHRCC & Statistics Canada, 1998.
• Ministers' Forum on Science & Technology, invited, March 1997, Ottawa.
• Member, John Vanderkamp Prize Committee for selection of the best article in Canadian Public Policy in previous year, 1995.
• Roundtable (Advisory) on Pension Reform to Parliamentary Committee on Human Resources, June 1995.
• Roundtable (Advisory) to Federal Department of Finance on Making Public Policy, Spring 1995.
• National Advisory Consultation on Science and Technology, Fall 1994.
• Expert Task Force on Women and Social Security, appointed by Hon. Sheila Finestone, March-April, 1994.
• Member, Canada Committee for International Year of the Family, 1993-1994.
• Chair, Expert Advisory Committee on Demographic Statistics and Studies, Appointed by Chief Statistician of Canada, 1987-90; Member 1984-87.
• Advisory and Adjudication Committee, Census Analytical Program, 1991 Census, 1992-1993.
• Advisory Committee, Vanier Institute of the Family, on Family Policy Project, 1992-95.
• President, Canadian Population Society, 1990-1992;Vice-President, Canadian Population Society, 1988-1989.
• National Meeting (Invited) of Academics to Advise on Immigration Policy, 1987.
• Royal Society Advisory Committee on the Demographic Review, 1987.

International Committees/Councils

• Vice-President Publications, International Sociological Association, 2002-2006.
• International Sociological Association Representative to the United Nations, 2002-2006.
• Invited participant in policy advising workshop, Ditchley Park, U.K. January 2002, advising on social policies to UK and EU related to ageing population.
• International Organizing Committee, Pacific Sociological Association, 2002 meetings, April 2002, Vancouver .
• International Scientific Committee, BUGS International Conference, International Sociological Association, Montreal, September 2001 (postponed to April 2002).
• Executive Council ex officio member, International Sociological Association, 1997-2002 Publications Committee, International Sociological Association, 1997-2002, Chair of Committee, 2002-2006.
• International Forum on Social Policy (televised), Herstmonceux Castle, England, Fall 1994.
• Coordinated the Population area paper submissions for the 1997 meetings of the American Sociology Association (invited by ASA President, Neil Smelser).
• Member, National Organizing Corporation for the International Union for the Scientific Study of Population (IUSSP), 1991-1992.