Tyler Frederick
PhD
Associate Professor
Undergraduate Program Director
Criminology and Justice
Faculty of Social Science and Humanities
Contact information
Bordessa Hall
- Room 304
Downtown Oshawa
55 Bond Street East
Oshawa, ON
905.721.8668 ext. 5881
Background
Dr. Tyler Frederick earned his PhD in the Department of Sociology at the University of Toronto, with a focus on crime and deviance and gender. He did his postdoctoral work at the Toronto Centre for Addiction and Mental Health.
Education
- PhD, Sociology University of Toronto
Research and expertise
Research interests:
- community experiences of people with psychiatric disabilities
- mental health
- street life and subsistence choices
- the experiences of LGBTQ homeless young people
- youth crime
- youth homelessness
Research supervision areas:
- homelessness
- youth crime
- mental health
- qualitative research methods
Current and future research areas include:
- The role of identity and social space in shaping subsistence decision-making among homeless young people (including crime).
- The transition away from homelessness for youth.
- Access to mental health services among homeless young people.
- The community experiences of people with psychiatric disabilities living in urban and rural contexts.