Marie Léonard, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Sociology

Office: 228.214.3339
Fax: 228.214.3242

marie.leonard@usm.edu

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EDUCATION

Ph.D., Sociology, 2005
Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843

• Chair: Dr. Kathryn Henderson.
• Dissertation title: “Resisting Globalization - ATTAC in France: Local Discourses, Global Terrain.”
• Research interests: social movements, transnational social movements, gender studies, race relations.

M.S., Social Sciences (Cultural Anthropology major) 1999
Université Lumière Lyon2, France

• Thesis Advisor: Dr. Philippe Jacquin.
• Thesis: “Being an American Indian Woman in Houston, Texas”.
• Fieldwork based on urban American Indian women life-stories, interviews and participant observation.

Maîtrise, Anthropology, 1996
Université Lumière Lyon2, France

• Thesis Advisor: Dr. François Laplantine.
• Thesis: “Lebanese Migrant Women: reconstructed identities”.
• Fieldwork based on migrant Lebanese women life-stories, experiences, and interviews.

ASSISTANTSHIPS

Graduate Assistant Lecturer | 2002 to 2006
Sociology Department
Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843

• Introductory Sociology

PUBLICATIONS

• Léonard, MdN. 2008. “The October-November 2005 French Riots: A New French Revolution?” In Integration und Identität in Einwanderungsgesellschaften. Herausforderungen und transatlantische Antworten (in German). Michael Meimeth, John Robertson, Susanne Talmon (eds.). Denkart Europa. Schriften zur europäischen Politik, Wirtschaft und Kultur, Band 5. NOMOS Verlag Baden-Baden, 2008. ISBN 978-3-8329-2873-5. In press.
• Léonard, MdN. 2002. “Les Politiques d’Immigration aux Etats-Unis: Vue Générale et Conséquences des Accords NAFTA.” Synthesis QE 53 (in French). Robert Schuman Foundation, Paris.

PRESENTATIONS

• April 2009

Annual conference of the National Social Science Association, Las Vegas, Nevada “The French Riots. Follow-up on a Revolution.” (Session Presentation) “Case Studies in Comparative Politics” (Panel Chair)

• March 2007

20th and 21st Century French and Francophone Studies International Colloquium, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, “The October-November 2005 French Riots. A Sociological Perspective.”

• April 2005

Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, IL
“Local Discourses and European Identity in an Era of Globalization: ATTAC and the Limits of a European Constitutional Order.”

• March 2004

Annual Meeting of the Southwestern Social Science Association, Corpus Christi, TX, “Charlie’s Angels and Lara Croft: Women in Power? Hollywood Appropriation of Female Icons.”

• April 2003

Annual Meeting of the Southwestern Social Science Association, San Antonio, TX, “Social Movements: New or Not So New? A Comparative Review of Current Theories.”

• March 2002

Annual Meeting of the Southwestern Social Science Association, New Orleans, LA, “Women and Community Development: Wanting a Voice in Their Future.”

AWARDS AND GRANTS

• Eppright Outstanding International Student Award, 2005 International Programs, Texas A&M University

• Travel to Conference Grant, 2005 Melbern G. Glasscock Center for Humanities Research, Texas A&M University

• College of Liberal Arts Dissertation Research Award, 2004-2005 College of Liberal Arts, Texas A&M University

• Graduate Student Fellow, 2003-2004 Melbern G. Glasscock Center for Humanities Research, Texas A&M University

LANGUAGES

Native French

Proficient Spanish