Jason Edgerton

• SOC 2292 - Understanding Social Research
• SOC 2294 - Understanding Social Statistics
• SOC 3730 - Society and Education
• SOC 4570 - Quantitative Social Analysis
• SOC 7120 - Seminar in Sociology of Education
• SOC 7400 - Advanced Quantitative Research Methods

Jason Edgerton is a Professor in the Sociology and Criminology Department. He is the author of dozens of journal articles and book chapters and has co-authored two textbooks: Understanding Social Statistics and Fundamentals of Social Research.

• PhD (Sociology), University of Manitoba, 2010
• MEd (Counselling Psychology), University of Alberta, 1997
• BSc (Specialized Honours), Brandon University, 1992

Research summary

Dr. Edgerton's research is primarily concerned with understanding the various dimensions of educational inequality and with youth mental health and addiction.

Youth mental health and addiction

• Pchajek, J., Edgerton, J.D., Sanscartier, M.D., & Keough, M.T. (2022). "Exploring the impact of shame and guilt on coping with gambling problems among emerging adult gamblers.” Canadian Journal of Behavioural Science, DOI: 10.1037/cbs0000343.
• Edgerton, J.D., & Keough, M.T. (2021). “Identifying and predicting multiple trajectories of alcohol dependence symptoms in a Canadian sample of emerging adults.” Emerging Adulthood, 9(2): 104-116.
• Biegun, J., Edgerton, J.D., & Keough, M.T. (2021). "Are some subtypes of video gamer more at risk for addiction and mental health issues? An LCA of a Canadian sample of university students." Journal of Gambling Issues, 46, 199-220.
• Bilevicius, E., Edgerton, J.D., Sanscartier, M.D., Jiang, D., & Keough, M.T. (2020). “Examining gambling activity subtypes over time in a large sample of young adults.” Addiction Research and Theory, 28:4, 305-313.
• Edgerton, J.D., Shaw, S., & Roberts, L.W. (2019). “An exploration of depression symptom trajectories, and their predictors, in a Canadian sample of emerging adults.” Emerging Adulthood, 7(5): 352-362.
• Edgerton, J.D., Keough, M.T. & Roberts, L.W. (2019). “An exploratory study of alcohol dependence and problem gambling co-development trajectories in young adults.” International Gambling Studies, 19(1): 1-21.

Sociology of education

• Worae, J. & Edgerton, J.D. (2023). “A descriptive survey study of international students’ experiences at a Canadian university: Challenges, supports and suggested improvements.” Comparative and International Education. 51(2):16-67.
• Barrett DeWiele, C.E. &, Edgerton, J.D. (2021). “Opportunity or inequality? The paradox of French immersion education in Canada.” Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, DOI: 10.1080/01434632.2020.1865988.
• Barrett DeWiele, C.E. &, Edgerton, J.D. (2016). “Parentocracy revisited: Still a relevant concept for understanding middle class educational advantage?” Interchange, 47:189-210.
• Edgerton, J.D., & Roberts, L.W. (2014). “Cultural capital or habitus? Bourdieu and beyond in the explanation of enduring educational inequality/difference.” Theory and Research in Education, 12(2): 193-220.