Steph Howells
Associate Professor
College of Social and Applied Human Sciences, Criminal Justice and Public Policy, Department of Sociology and Anthropology
Research Areas
- School violence
- School shootings
- Sociology of education
- Media analysis
- Qualitative methods
- School crime
About
Steph Howells is an Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology, where she also teaches and supervises students in the Criminal Justice and Public Policy (CJPP) BA and MA programs.
Broadly speaking, her research interests include school shootings, youth violence, qualitative methods, media analyses, and the sociology of education.
Keywords: School crime and violence; school shootings; sociology of education; media analyses; qualitative methods
Select Publications & Achievements
- Sangiuliano, Casssandra, Julia Moraes and Stephanie Howells. 2024. “Media Representations of Homelessness in Three Mid-Sized Canadian Cities: Integrative Review and Comparative Analysis.” International Journal on Homelessness 5(1): 170-187 https://doi.org/10.5206/ijoh.2023.3.17736
- Robillard, Abigail and Stephanie Howells. 2023. ““100% They Are Destroying Our Beautiful Town”: Toxic Conversations About Homelessness on Public Facebook Community Groups.” European Journal on Criminal Policy and Research, 29(3):379-395. DOI:10.1007/s10610-023-09553-x
- Aurini, Janice, Melanie Heath, and Stephanie Howells. 2022. The How To of Qualitative Research, Second Edition. SAGE.
- Broll, Ryan and Stephanie Howells. 2021. “Community Policing in Schools: Relationship-Building and the Responsibilities of School Resource Officers.” Policing: A Journal of Policy and Practice 15(2):701-715. doi:10.1093/police/paz053
- Jehn, Anthony, David Walters and Stephanie Howells. 2021. “Employment and Wage Gaps Among Recent Canadian Male and Female Postsecondary Graduates.” Higher Education Policy, 34: 724-746. DOI:10.1057/s41307-019-00162-0
Ongoing Funded Projects
Building Bridges: Youth Education on Homelessness (Co-Investigator, 2025)
Graduate Student Supervision
- Alyssa Khan – Ph.D. SOC (advisor)
- Ciara Boyd – Ph.D. SOC (committee member)
- Meg Aebig – Ph.D. SOC (committee member)
- Varun Joshi – PhD. SOC (committee member)
- Spencer Hill – MA.SOC (advisor)
- Bronwyn Mahon - MA.CJPP (advisor)
- Kennedy Hales – Undergraduate Thesis Advisor (Psych)
I welcome inquiries from prospective graduate students interested in studying topics/issues similar to my research interests - please see about tab