Graduate students

Lamia Djemoui

Phd candidate in sociology at the Université du Québec à Montréal, Lamia Djemoui is coordinator of the ERICA Chair. Her thesis focuses on the representation of female sexuality in TV series. More specifically, she is interested in the theme of the injunctive norm of shame as a control tool of the female body.

Lamia holds a Bachelors and two Master’s degrees in British, North American and Post-Colonial Studies from Université Sorbonne-Nouvelle-Paris III, and has defended two dissertations entitled “The Myth of Gender Equality in Desperate Housewives” (2012) and “Detection and Feminism: The Impact of 9/11 on American Television Series” (2014).

Prior to her doctorate, she obtained a Bachelor’s degree in Practice and a foundation in Social Science and Health, through the cumulation of three certificates in Criminology, Victimology and Intervention with Troubled Youth. In collaboration with Chiara Piazzesi (UQÀM) and Marta Boni (UdeM), Lamia worked on the representations of intimate practices in the three serial versions of Scenes From a Marriage (1973 -2021).

Félix Dusseau (Ph.D )

After a few years of studying law, Félix eventually returned to sociology—a subject he had explored in high school—before earning both his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in the field at the University of Bordeaux (France).

Félix has just defended his doctoral dissertation in sociology. He is a student member of the Interdisciplinary Research Center on Intimate Relationship Problems and Sexual Assaults (CRIPCAS) and of the Families in Transition Research Partnership (PRFM). His research interests focus on bisexualities, non-exclusive relationships, and diverse sexual and romantic forms—particularly from a relational, self-construction, and friendship-based perspective.

Félix is currently writing a book on bisexualities. He produced (Re)Chercher, a science communication podcast on student research, and serves as Director of Scientific Publications for the community organization Les 3 sex*.

Noé Klein

Noé Klein is a PhD candidate in sociology at the Université du Québec à Montréal, and coordinator of the MACLIC project. His master’s thesis (2019) focused on the formation of friendly and romantic relationships between Quebecers and French people. As part of his thesis, he is interested in the influence of conceptions of intimacy on the use of dating technologies. He has also worked with Chiara Piazzesi and Hélène Belleau on the daily management of laundry for couples in Quebec.

Audrey Charland

Audrey Charland is a PhD candidate in sociology (concentration in Feminist Studies) at the Université du Québec à Montréal. She is interested in intimacy between women and social representations. Her academic background in sexology and religious studies reflects her desire to understand human beings from different angles, in their uniqueness and in their relationships with others and their environment. Audrey is also an acupuncturist and co-owner of an inclusive health clinic in Hochelaga, one of the first initiatives of its kind in Quebec.

Jules Pector-Lallemand

Jules Pector-Lallemand is a PhD student in sociology. He published Pourboire: une sociologie de la restauration (Les éditions XYZ, 2022) and co-founded Siggi, the sociology magazine. He focuses on the seemingly mild phenomena of ordinary life, and favors the feuilleton, a genre of writing at the crossroads between literature, reportage and sociology.

Mario Marotta

 Mario Marotta is a doctoral candidate in sociology at the Université du Québec à Montréal. He is co-chair of the Canadian Sociological Association’s Social Theory Research Cluster (alongside Sarah Badr). His thesis research aims to reconstruct, systematize, and, to a certain extent, modernize Niklas Luhmann’s theory of intimacy. Prior to his doctoral studies, he studied philosophy in Italy and Germany. He is currenlty interested in the fields of social theory and the history of social thought, particularly Max Weber and the cybernetic tradition in sociology (Parsons, Goffman, Luhmann, etc.). His latest article presents a critical appraisal of Jeffrey Alexander’s cultural sociology.

Marilou Nantel

Marilou Nantel holds a Bachelor’s degree in Communication, Politics and Society (2018), and is currently pursuing a Master’s degree in Sociology, at the Université du Québec à Montréal. Her dissertation project focuses on the imaginary love in women who have experienced domestic violence. Marilou is a psychosocial counsellor in domestic violence. She was awarded several scholarships, including the J.-A. DeSève Foundation Scholarship for Excellence (2022).

Maryse Tremblay

Maryse Tremblay is a PhD student in administration at ESG UQAM. Their thesis explores subtle and everyday violence in entrepreneurship, a context they observe from a queer perspective.

Their research focuses on heteronormativity and gender norms in organisational contexts. As such, they are heavily involved in thinking about how to create a more inclusive academic environment. They have created a number of initiatives in this area. They have created several initiatives in this direction.

With their alternative writing group Compo.X, they give workshops to help people discover more embodied, collective and sensitive forms of academic writing. They are also the instigator of the scientific podcast Ondes civiques, funded by the FRQ (due for release in summer 2025). Finally, for the past three years, they have co-organised the colloquium on gender dynamics in the academic ecosystem at ACFAS.

Sony Carpentier

From Témiscamingue, Sony Carpentier is a PhD student in sociology at UQAM. He holds a bachelor’s degree in communications, with a focus on television, as well as a certificate in journalism from the Université de Montréal. He is interested in masculinities from a critical feminist perspective. His master’s thesis looked at the hierarchies of masculinity among homosexual and/or queer men. For his thesis, he will be looking at how teenagers learn norms of masculinity. Outside academia, Sony is also a freelance film-maker. He has worked at Radio-Canada, where he helped launch the MAJ youth news service. During his years with the public broadcaster, he won several awards and distinctions, including two Gémeaux awards.

Eve Morrissette

Eve Morrissette is currently a Master’s student in Sociology with a concentration in Feminist Studies. She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology and a Master’s in Clinical Sexology. After working in the field of intervention, she is now interested in the sociology of emotions. Her research focuses on the circulation of psychological theories addressing intimate relationships and affect regulation.