About William Shaffir Dr. William Shaffir is Professor of Sociology at McMaster University. His areas of expertise are socialization and conversion, ethnic relations, religious communities, and field research methods. Books by William Shaffir The Riot at Christie Pits by (author) Cyril Levitt & William Shaffir The Jews in Canada (Kobo) edited by Robert J. Brym, William Shaffir & Morton Weinfeld The Jews in Canada edited by Robert J. Brym, William Shaffir & Morton Weinfeld Doing Ethnography Studying Everyday Life edited by Dorothy Pawluch, William Shaffir & Charlene Miall