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).

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.

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.

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.

Léa Delambre

Léa Delambre is a Master’s student in sociology at the Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM). Her thesis focuses on the perceptions young women who identify as feminists have regarding their intimate relationships. She is also a research assistant for the Canada Research Chair on Social Inequalities and Life Courses, the non-profit organization Les 3SEX\*, and the Observatoire québécois de la proche aidance.

Her research interests include the sociology of intimate relationships, feminist studies, social inequalities, and violence against girls and women.

Sandrine Maynard

Sandrine Maynard is a master’s student in sociology with a concentration in feminist studies at the Université du Québec à Montréal. Originally from Sherbrooke, she holds a combined bachelor’s degree in anthropology and feminist, gender, and sexuality studies. She is particularly interested in feminist and queer theories, as well as in the role of so‑called “negative” affects—such as anger and indignation—within contemporary feminist movements. Her thesis project examines how misandry is conceptualized, justified, and experienced in the intimate relationships of feminist activists. Through her research, she explores the tensions between political commitment and everyday lived experience.