Steph Howells

Associate Professor and Undergraduate Program Coordinator, Criminal Justice and Public Policy
Department of Sociology & Anthropology
Email: 
showells@uoguelph.ca
Phone number: 
519 824 4120 x53990
Office: 
MCKN 640
Website links: 
Instagram
Keywords: 

School crime and violence; school shootings; sociology of education; media analyses; qualitative methods

Education: 
PhD Sociology, McMaster University (2013)

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)

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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.

    • 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

Building Bridges: Youth Education on Homelessness (Co-Investigator, 2025)