Sonia Planson

sonia.planson(at)sciencespo.fr

Joint PhD in Sociology, with Northwestern University (Chicago).
Postdoctoral Research Associate in International and Public Affairs and Sociology at Brown University - Watson Institute for International & Public Affairs (RI).

Sujet de thèse - Dissertation Title

Racialized Assimilationism and the Dilemmas of Cultural Transmission: Immigrant Families in Paris and Chicago
Supervisors: Philippe Coulangeon (Sciences Po - CRIS), Mary Patillo (Northwestern University)

PhD Defensis Tuesday July 18th 2023
Jury Members:
Jean BEAMAN, University of California Santa Barbara
Philippe COULANGEON, Sciences Po - CRIS, CNRS 
Wendy GRISWOLD, Northwestern University
Tessie LIU, Northwestern University
Mary PATTILLO, Northwestern University
Lincoln QUILLIAN, Northwestern University
Agnès VAN ZANTEN, Sciences Po - CRIS, CNRS

publications

• 2023, "Considering genres in gendered and racialized cultural capital", Poetics, vol. 101, 101837. Available Online on ScienceDirect 
  
• 2022, "Race, Cultural Capital, and School Achievement in Race-Blind France", Sociology of Education, First Published, 13 December. Available Online on Sage Journals

Communications - Presentations

• 2021, « Assimilationnisme racialisé et transmission culturelle intergénérationnelle aux États-Unis », 9ème Congrès de l'Association Française de Sociologie, Changer !, RT2 - Migrations, altérité et internationalisation, session "Racisme et discriminations", jeudi 8 juillet.
• 2019, “Cultural Capital and Achievement Returns: The Case of Minority Students in France”, Race & Society Workshop – NU Sociology Department, October 14th.
• 2019, “Presumption of Assimilation” and the Sacralization of Citizenship: the case of Aging Post-Colonial Immigrants in French Naturalization Law”, Law & Society Association Annual Meeting, Washington D.C., June 1st.
• 2018, « Capital culturel et résultats scolaires : les collégiens enfants d'immigrés sont-ils moins récompensés ? », Colloque  « Racisme et discrimination raciale, de l'école à l'université », Paris, Université Paris Diderot, 28 septembre.
• 2018, “Naturalization Among Elderly Immigrants in France”, Global Café – NU international Studies, January 10th.
• 2017, “Naturalization Among Elderly Immigrants in France”, (Im)migration Working Group – NU Sociology Department, November 3rd.

Enseignements - teaching

• Legal Studies Research Methods, Northwestern University (Teaching Assistant, Spring 2019)
• Class and Culture, Northwestern University (Teaching Assistant, Winter 2019)
• Law and Society, Northwestern University (Teaching Assistant, with sections, Fall 2018)
• Introduction to Sociology Sciences Po Euro-American campus (Teaching Assistant, Spring 2017)
  
• Social Inequalities in Europe, Sciences Po Euro-American campus (Teaching Assistant, Spring 2017) 

bourses - grants

• 2019, Buffett Graduate Student Dissertation Research Award
• 2019, The Graduate School Research Grant, Northwestern University
• 2019, Dispute Resolution Research Center Research Grant, Kellogg School of Management