Email Address:
mleonard@southalabama.edu
Phone Number:
(251) 460 - 6912
Location:
HUMB 12
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Marie des Neiges Léonard, Ph.D

Visiting Instructor

Sociology

Education

Ph.D. in Sociology, Texas A&M University, 2005
M.S. in Cultural Anthropology, Université Lyon2, 1999

Research Interests

Race and ethnicity; Europe; France; Social Movements; Gender; Theory

Biography

Marie des Neiges Léonard received her Ph.D. in Sociology from Texas A&M University. Her research interests include race and gender, including comparative studies between the United States and European societies. She has published numerous essays and a book on the question of race in France. She is fluent in French. She is also a photographer and has held exhibits in Paris, France, and in the United States.

Selected Publications

Léonard, Marie des Neiges. 2022. Racial Diversity in Contemporary France: The Case of Color-Blindness. Book volume for Sociology of Diversity Series, Bristol University Press.
Léonard, Marie des Neiges. 2018. “Diversity in STEM: How Gendered Structures affect Women’s Participation in Science.” In Challenging the Status Quo: Diversity, Democracy and Equality in the 21st Century, edited by Sharon Collins and David G. Embrick. Brill: Leiden,
The Netherlands. Léonard, Marie des Neiges. 2016. Gender Equality and Identity Rights. Book volume for The Foundations of Democracy, series edited by Tom Lansford. MTM Publishing.
Léonard, Marie des Neiges. 2015. “Demography of Race and Ethnicity in France.” In International Handbook of the Demography of Race and Ethnicity, edited by edited by Saenz Rogelio, David G. Embrick, and Nestor Rodriguez. Springer Press.
Léonard, Marie des Neiges. 2015. The Effect of Political Rhetoric on the Rise of Legitimized Racism in France: The Case of the 2005 French Riots. Critical Sociology, Spring 2015: 1-21. DOI:10.1177/0896920515580175.
Léonard, Marie des Neiges. 2014. Census and Racial Categorization in France: Invisible Categories and Color-blind politics. Humanity and Society, Vol. 38(1): 67-88.
Léonard, Marie des Neiges. 2012. “Obamania in Europe.” In The Obama Presidency. A Preliminary Assessment, edited by Robert P. Watson, Jack Covarrubias, Tom Lansford and Douglas M. Brattebo. New York: SUNY Press.
Léonard, Marie des Neiges. 2008. “The October-November 2005 French Riots: A New French Revolution?” In Citizenship, Identity and European Integration: Implications for an expanded Europe, edited by Michael Meimeth, John Robertson, and Susanne Talmon. Frankfurt: NOMOS Press. (in German)