Shirin Shahrokni
sshahrok@yorku.ca
Shirin Shahrokni is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at York
University's Glendon Campus. She holds a PhD in Sociology from Cambridge
University and a Master's from McGill University. Prior to coming to
York, she held a post-doctoral fellowship at the INED, National
Institute for Demographic Studies in Paris and was a teaching instructor
at Sciences-Po Paris. Her work examines identity negotiation processes,
educational and professional trajectories as well as issues of racism
and discrimination in the lives of immigrants and their children.
Doctor of Philosophy, Sociology, University of Cambridge
PhD Dissertation Title: Injuries, Rewards and Promises of Intergenerational Educational Mobility from a Minority Perspective. School Success Narratives of Descendants of North African Immigrants in France.
Master of Arts, Sociology, McGill University
Master’s Dissertation title: a sociological analysis of ethnic conflicts in post-colonial societies
Bachelor of Arts Sociology
McGill University
Books
Shahrokni, Shirin. 2020. Higher Education and Social Mobility in France
Challenges and Possibilities among Descendants of North African Immigrants, Routledge, Studies in Migration and Diaspora Series
Journal Articles
Shahrokni, Shirin. 2018. The Collective Roots and Rewards of Upward
Educational Mobility, British Journal of Sociology, doi: 10.1111/1468-4446.12349
Shahrokni, Shirin. 2017. The Transnational Career Aspirations of Descendants of Maghrebi, Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, https://doi.org/10.1080/1369183X.2017.1394179
Shahrokni, Shirin. 2015. The Minority Culture of Mobility of Upwardly Mobile Descendants of North African Immigrants in France, Ethnic and Racial Studies, 38(7): 1050-1067
Shahrokni, Shirin. 2007. Identification transnationale chez les jeunes adultes iraniens de ‘seconde génération’ vivant à Montréal, Revue du Groupe de Recherche Diversité Urbaine pp. 69-85
Book Chapters
Shahrokni, Shirin (with Jules Naudet). 2019. “The Class Identity Negotiations of Upwardly Mobile Individuals Amongst Whites and the Racial ‘Other’: a USA-France Comparison”, In Elites and People: Challenges to Democracy, Comparative Social Research Book Series, Vol. 34, pp. 137–158, Engelstad, F, Gulbrandsen, T, Mangset, M, Teigen, M (Ed) Emerald Publishing Limited, https://doi.org/10.1108/S0195-631020190000034007
Other Publications
English
French
Spanish