Associate Professor

Sociology

Main research areas

• Immigration
• Gender
• Media
• Globalization

Current research

My main areas of interest are migration, gender, social theory, globalization, and cultural analysis. My first research project looked at the Lebanese Diaspora in New York, Montreal and Paris where I studied diasporic forms of identification, communal attachments and cultural expression. I also studied the children of immigrants (the second-generation) within a comparative perspective as I look at their perceptions of personal well-being and belonging. Most recently, my work focuses on Syrian refugees' experiences with displacement and integration, and media representation of the refugee crisis.
Following a comparative perspective, my work focuses on the meeting point between individual immigrants (and their communities) and institutions in receiving countries (such as schools, labour markets, media and public policies).

Current Projects

• Media portrayals of the 2015 refugee crisis
• Forms of solidarity and communal belonging among Syrian refugees
• The experiences of socio-economic mobility among the children of immigrants
• The interplay between globalization and state policies in the shaping women’s public roles