Current CV [PDF] 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 |
