Naomi Lightman, PhD Curriculum Vitae 2500 University Dr. NW Calgary, Alberta T2N 1N4 Phone: 647 865 6543 E-Mail: naomi.lightman@ucalgary.ca Website: naomilightman.wordpress.com ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS 2017- Assistant Professor (Tenure-Track) Department of Sociology University of Calgary 2015-2017 Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Sociology, University of Toronto Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada Supervisor: Dr. Monica Boyd EDUCATION 2010-2015 2009 2008 Ph.D. in Sociology of Education, University of Toronto, Committee: Dr. Harold Troper, Dr. Jeffrey Reitz, Dr. James Ryan M.A. in Political Science, McGill University. Thesis Supervisor: Dr Antonia Maioni. B.A. (First Class Hon.) in Political Science, McGill University. FIELDS OF SPECIALIZATION Social Inequality and Stratification; Sociology of Work; Immigration and Transnationalism; Quantitative Research Methodology AWARDS AND FELLOWSHIPS 2015-2017 2015-2016 2015 2014-2015 2013-2014 2011-2013 2010 2009 Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council Postdoctoral Fellowship ($81,000) (Project: Discounted Labour: Quantifying the Social Exclusion of Migrant Care Workers in a Comparative Perspective) ($81,000) Lady Davis Postdoctoral Fellowship, Hebrew University, Israel ($30,000) (declined) Doctoral Completion Award, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education ($10,000) Citizenship Education Research Network Graduate Student Outstanding Paper Award: Canadian Society for the Study of Education Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council Doctoral Fellowship ($20,000) Ontario Graduate Scholarship ($30,000) McGill University, Provost s Graduate Fellowship ($50,000) McGill University nominee for the 2010 Vanier Graduate Scholarship PUBLICATIONS Books: Lightman, E. and Lightman, N. (2017, in press). Social Policy in Canada 2nd Edition: Don Mills, ON: Oxford University Press.
Naomi Lightman Page 2 of 6 Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles: Curtis, J., Dong, W, Lightman, N., and Parbst, M. (2017, in press). Race, Language or Length of Residency? Explaining Unequal Uptake of Government Pensions in Canada. Journal of Aging and Social Policy. (Authors are listed alphabetically to reflect equal contribution). Curtis, J. and Lightman, N. (2017, in press). Golden Years or Retirement Fears? The Rise of Private Pension Inequality for Canada s Immigrants. Canadian Journal on Aging, 27(2). Lightman, N. (2016, in press). Discounted Labour? Disaggregating Care Work in Comparative Perspective. International Labour Review. doi: 10.1111/ilr.12001. Article to be reprinted in the forthcoming book Women, gender and work: What is equality and how do we get there? (Geneva: ILO, 2017, in press). Lightman, N. (2016, in press). Situating secondary schooling in the transnational social field: Contestation and Conflict in Greater Toronto Area classrooms. Critical Studies in Education. doi: 10.1080/17508487.2016.1186709. Elrick, J. and Lightman, N. (2016). Sorting or Shaping? Examining the Relationship between Immigration Policy and Immigrant Economic Outcomes using the Longitudinal Survey of Immigrants to Canada. International Migration Review. 50(2) pp. 352-284. (Authors are listed alphabetically to reflect equal contribution). Good Gingrich, L. and Lightman, N. (2015). The Empirical Measurement of a Theoretical Concept: Tracing Social Exclusion among Racial Minority and Migrant Groups in Canada. Social Inclusion, 3(4), pp. 98-111. Lightman, N. (2015). Caught in a Transnational Nexus: Teacher practices and experiences in a context of divergent ties to the homeland. Citizenship Education Research Journal, 4(1) pp. 29-40. Bejan, R., and Lightman, N. (2014). Intègre! Intégrons! Intégrez! The economic imperative of integration within Canadian immigration. Transnational Social Review, 4(3-2), 303-308. Lightman, N. and Bejan, R. (2013) Down but not out A Comment on the 15th National Metropolis Conference. Transnational Social Review, 3(2), pp. M52-M57. Lightman, N. and Good Gingrich, L. (2012). The intersecting dynamics of social exclusion: Age, gender, race and immigrant status in Canada s labour market. Canadian Ethnic Studies, 44(3), pp. 121-145. Peer-Reviewed Book Chapters: Lightman, N. (2017, in press). Race, Religion, and Citizenship Capital: Comments on Alba and Reitz. In Immigration and the Future of Canadian Society, edited by B. Brym. Oakville, ON: Rock s Mills Press. Lightman, N. (2017, in press). Transnationalism and Secondary Schooling Policy in Ontario, Canada: Globalization, Privatization, and Competing Priorities. In Transnational Social Policy Social Support in a World on the Move, edited by L. Good Gingrich and S. Koengeter. London: Routledge. Lightman, N. (2015). Transnational Transformations in Education in Toronto, Canada. In Transnational Agency and Migration: Actors, Movements and Social Support, edited by S. Koengeter and W. Smith. London: Routledge, pp. 177-194. Lightman, N. and Hoechsmann, M. (2014). I wouldn t have had a clue how to start: Reflections on empowerment and social engagement by former youth journalists. In Media and Information Literacy and Intercultural Dialogue Yearbook 2014: Global Citizenship in a Digital World, edited by S.H. Culver and P. Kerr. Paris: UNESCO, pp. 191-200. Hoechsmann, M. and Lightman, N. (2014). Reframing Reading Youth Writing. In Learning and Literacy Over Time: Longitudinal Perspectives, edited by J. Rowsell and J. Sefton-Green. London: Routledge, pp. 134-148. Community Research Reports: Um, S. and Lightman, N. (April 2017, in press). Health Status and Social Determinants of Health among Diverse Senior Populations in the GTA. Toronto: Wellesley Institute. Um, S. and Lightman, N. (July 2016). Ensuring Healthy Aging for All: Home Care Access for Diverse Senior Populations in the GTA. Toronto: Wellesley Institute.
Naomi Lightman Page 3 of 6 Articles Under Review:, Lightman, N. The Migrant in the Market : Migration and Care Work Across Liberal Welfare Regimes. Lightman, N. and Good Gingrich, L. Measuring Economic Exclusion for Youth, Racialized Minorities, Immigrants and Women in Canada: Results from 2000 and 2010. Book in Preparation: Good Gingrich, L., Lightman, N., and Banerjee, R. (Under Contract). Social Exclusion in Canada: The Intersecting Dynamics of Race, Immigration, Gender and Youth. Toronto, ON: University of Toronto Press. Papers in Preparation: Lightman, N. and Curtis, J. A Citizenship Divide? Individual and Contextual-Level Factors Affecting Immigrant Sentiment Across Thirteen Countries. Boyd, M. and Lightman, N. Gender, Nativity and Race in Care Work: The more things change Lightman, N. Care and Compromise: Remittances for Migrants in Canada 2013-2014. SELECTED CONFERENCE PAPERS AND PRESENTATIONS 2017 "The Migrant in the Market : Migration and Care Work Across Six Liberal Welfare Regimes". American Sociological Association, Annual Conference. Montreal, Quebec: August. The Citizenship Divide: Individual and Contextual-Level Factors Affecting Immigrant Sentiment Across 13 Countries. With J. Curtis. Canadian Sociology Association Annual Conference. Toronto, Ontario: May. Measuring economic exclusion: Migrants and racialized minorities in 2000 and 2010. 19 th National Metropolis Conference. Montreal, Quebec: March. Race, Religion and Citizenship Capital? Comments on Richard Alba and Jeffrey Reitz. Invited discussant for the annual S.D. Clark Symposium on Immigration and the Future of Canadian Society. University of Toronto: November. 2016 Gender, Nativity, and Race in Care Work: The more things change. With M. Boyd (in absentia). American Sociological Association, Annual Conference. Seattle, Washington: August. Determinants of Government Pension Access in Canada: The Competing Forces of Ethnicity, Language, and Immigration, 1996-2011. With W. Dong, J. Curtis and M. Parbst. Canadian Sociological Association, Annual Conference. Calgary, Alberta: May. Caring for the Kids: The characteristics and livelihoods of Canada s paid child care givers. With M. Boyd and H. Hoe. Canadian Research Data Centre Network Conference. Toronto, Ontario: November. 2015 The Dynamics of Economic Exclusion for Immigrants and Racialized Communities in Canada: Results from 2000 and 2010. International Conference on Immigration, Integration and Inclusion (c4i). Quebec City, Quebec: June. Caught in a transnational nexus: Teacher practices and experiences in a context of divergent ties to the homeland. Canadian Society for the Study of Education Annual Conference. St. Catherine s, Ontario: May.
Naomi Lightman Page 4 of 6 2014 The infrastructure of restricting relief: How Bill C-31 (re)-enacts the residual principle of 'less eligibility'. With R. Bejan. Annual Conference of the Canadian Association for Refugee and Forced Migration Studies. Montreal, Quebec: May. Sorting or Shaping? Re-Examining the Relationship between Immigration Policy and Immigrant Economic Outcomes. With J. Elrick.. Canadian Sociological Association, Annual Conference. Victoria, British Columbia: June. 2013 The Dynamics of Economic Exclusion for Immigrants and Racialized Groups in Canada. With L. Good Gingrich. NORFACE Research Programme on Migration Conference. London, England: April. Applying an Economic Exclusion Index: Trends and Dynamics for Immigrants and Racialized Groups in Canada. With L. Good Gingrich. Canadian Research Data Centre Network Conference. Fredericton, New Brunswick: October. TEACHING Sole Course Instructor: Gender and Care Work Department of Sociology, University of Toronto, Mississauga Campus (Fall 2016) Developed new course focused on how gender and nativity shape the work of care (paid and unpaid), and its value in society Focus on the challenges and opportunities experienced by female caregivers in Canada and internationally Quantitative Analysis for Social Science Research Department of Sociology, University of Toronto, St. George Campus (July/August 2016) Applied research methodology course focused on understanding and interpreting basic statistics Includes applied lab component Sociology of International Migration Department of Sociology, University of Toronto, Mississauga Campus (May/June 2016) Senior-level undergraduate course focused on urban issues in immigration and diversity Major assignment entailed semi-structured interview with an adult immigrant in the Greater Toronto Area An Introduction to Regression Analysis (Online) Department of Sociology, University of Toronto, St. George Campus (Summer 2015) Developed interactive online modules to assist students in understanding basic principles of regression analysis Quantitative Analysis for Social Science Research Department of Sociology, University of Toronto, St. George Campus (Winter 2015) Designed applied research methodology course, supervised two Teaching Assistants Applications for Quantitative Methodology Department of Sociology, University of Toronto, St. George Campus (Fall 2013). Designed upper-level undergraduate advanced statistics course Students developed research projects based on areas of prior interest for final presentations
Naomi Lightman Page 5 of 6 Guest Lectures: Survey Research for Social Workers: Moving Beyond a Fear of Numbers Foundations of Social Work Research, York University, School of Social Work. Feb. 2 2016 Inequality in Canada: Redistribution as Policy Objective or Objective Reality? Policy Frameworks, York University, School of Social Work. Oct. 12, 2015. Measuring Social Exclusion in Canada: How, Why and With What Limitations? Social Policy and Social Welfare In the Canadian Context, University of Toronto, Faculty of Social Work. Oct. 29, 2013. Understanding Interaction Terms: Double Disadvantage? Introduction to Research Methods, University of Toronto, Department of Political Science. March 5, 2013. Quantitative Social Policy Analysis for Social Work Students: A Primer Social Exclusion: The Idea, Social Realities, and Responses, York University, School of Social Work. March 10, 2012. RESEARCH PROJECTS Project: Advancing social inclusion in Canada's diverse communities: Neighbourhood, regional and national comparisons, funded by SSHRC Insight Grant, PI: Luann Good Gingrich, York University (2015-2019, $252,949). Major contributor to writing of the proposal, which was ranked first by SSHRC out of 38 proposals. Project: Gender, Migration and the Work of Care: Comparative Perspectives, funded by SSHRC Insight Grant, PI: Ito Peng, University of Toronto (2013-2018 - $2.8 million). Post-Doctoral Fellow affiliated with project Project: The dynamics of social exclusion and inclusion for immigrants and racialized groups in Canada, funded by SSHRC/Metropolis, PI: Luann Good Gingrich, School of Social Work, York University (2011-2014 - $92,000). Lead Researcher using cross-sectional and longitudinal data to measure outcomes of exclusion for minority populations in Canada Project: A Canadian Refugee Research Network: Globalizing Knowledge, funded by Strategic Knowledge Clusters Grant (SSHRC), PI: Susan McGrath, School of Social Work, York University (2008). Developed internal and external communications materials Internship at the McGill Institute for Health and Social Policy (2007-2008). Worked on developing health equity indicators for McGill University report WORK EXPERIENCE Methodological Consultant, Pathways to Education Canada Toronto (Jan.-March 2017). Assisting charitable organization in evaluating the validity/utility of their online Community Mapping Tool Coordinator, Advancing social inclusion in Canada's diverse communities: Neighbourhood, regional and national comparisons, funded by SSHRC Insight Grant - Toronto (2015-present) Working with the City of Toronto Employment & Social Services Department, Social Planning Toronto and the Caledon Institute of Social Policy to create a Social Inclusion Repository to measure outcomes of in/exclusion in urban communities for immigrant and racialized populations Methodological Consultant, Wellesley Institute Toronto (2015-present). Assisting Toronto-based research and policy institute on a variety of research reports, focused on health inequality within underserved elderly communities
Methodological Consultant, TWI Inc. Toronto (2014) Naomi Lightman Page 6 of 6 Assessed the instrument validity of a student census that was subsequently distributed to a regional school board in Ontario focused on diversity and inclusion in the classroom Policy Advisor, Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care, Acute and Emergency Care Unit, Full-Time position - Toronto (2009-2011) Worked as Acting Project Lead to develop a policy on assisted living services in urban communities Liaised with numerous stakeholders in the community health and hospital sectors MEDIA ATTENTION Insiders and outsides in health and social care. Politudes: International Social Policy Monitor. January 23, 2017. https://politudes.wordpress.com/2017/01/23/insiders-and-outsiders-in-health-and-social-care/ Keung, N. Immigrant seniors face unequal access to home care: report. Toronto Star. July 18, 2016. ACADEMIC SERVICE Member, Editorial Board of Transnational Social Review (London: Routledge) (2013-present). Ad hoc reviewer for Americal Journal of Sociology, Social Policy & Administration, Journal of Community Practice, Girlhood Studies: An Interdisciplinary Journal and Canadian Journal of Aging METHODOLOGICAL TRAINING AND SKILLS Digital Geography and Spatial Analysis course, Ryerson University (Fall 2015) Institute for Social Research at York University: Advanced course on Data Visualization, York University (Spring 2014). Interuniversity Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR) Summer Training Program in Quantitative Methods of Social Research at University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (2014). Statistical Tools for Policy Analysis course (taught by Richard Shillington via Social Planning Toronto), (2013). Completion of Project Management certificate at the Ontario Government (2010). Proficient in SPSS, SAS, STATA, R, N-Vivo, UCINet, and Pajek. PROFESSIONAL CONTRIBUTIONS AND ASSOCIATIONS Conference session organizer: Understanding and Measuring Integration/Inclusion of Immigrants in Canada: Multidimensional and Multi- Method Approaches. With L. Good Gngirhch. 16 th National Metropolis Conference. Montreal, Quebec: March 2017. Social exclusion and.immigrants to Canada: Realizing and measuring the impact of current policy changes. 16 th National Metropolis Conference. Gatineau, Quebec: March 2014. Professional associations: American Sociological Association Canadian Sociological Association