Jessica Stallone

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Updated March, 2023

Education

2019 -
Ph.D. Candidate in Sociology, University of Toronto, Toronto
Dissertation: The Politics of Nationmaking: An Ethnographic Study of Diversity in Quebec
Committee: Anna Korteweg & Emine Fidan Elcioglu (Co-supervisors), Neda Maghbouleh
Comprehensive Exams: Immigration, Race and Ethnicity, Gender
2018
M.A. Sociology, University of Toronto, Toronto
2015
B.A. First Class Honor’s with Distinction in Sociology, McGill University, Montreal

Research areas

Migration, Race and Gender; Social Boundaries; Cultural Politics; Nationalism; Quebec; Canada

Publications

2023
Laxer, Emily, Jeffrey Reitz and Jessica Stallone. “Challenging the Legitimacy of Exclusion: Muslim Women and Social Boundaries in Different Headscarf Policy Contexts” Ethnic and Racial Studies 46(5): 987-1009.

Additional Publications

2022
Stallone, Jessica. “Book Review: Migration Studies and Colonialism.” International Migration Review 56 (3): 983-985.

Manuscripts in preparation

In Progress
Stallone, Jessica. “The Racial Politics of Laicité: Muslim Women’s Experiences with Representing Islam during the Quebec Charter of Values Debate” (working paper)
In Progress
Stallone, Jessica. ““You must accommodate to our way of life”: Nativist Logics and the Gendered Racialization of Muslim Veiling Practices on Social Media” (full draft available)

Fellowships & Awards

2020 - 2024
Doctoral Scholarship, Fonds de recherche du Québec – Société et culture (FRQSC), $84,000
2023
Program Summer Level Fellowship, University of Toronto, $1,625
2022
University of Toronto Fellowship (UTF), University of Toronto, $9,055
2021-2022
R.F. Harney Graduate Fellowship in Ethnic, Immigration and Pluralism Studies, $1,000
2021
University of Toronto Fellowship (UTF), University of Toronto, $21,436
2021
Research Stimulus Grant, University of Toronto, $1000
2020
University of Toronto Fellowship (UTF), University of Toronto, $16,150
2020
Research Stimulus Grant, University of Toronto, $986
2020
Program Summer Level Fellowship, University of Toronto, $2,028
2019
Sociology Admission Merit Award, University of Toronto, $1,000
2019
FAS Graduate Entrance Award, University of Toronto, $500
2019
University of Toronto Fellowship (UTF), University of Toronto, $15,650
2017
SGS Conference Grant, University of Toronto, $200
2016
University of Toronto Fellowship (UTF), University of Toronto, $16,500
2016
Outstanding Graduate Student Admission Award, University of Toronto, $3,000
2014
Arts Undergraduate Research Internship Award (ARIA), McGill University, $4,000
2013
Internship Abroad Scholarship, Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada for the Students for Development Program (AUCC-SFD) funded by Canadian International Development Agency, McGill University, $6,500

Conference Presentations

2022
“Examining racialized sentiments towards Muslim women’s dress using social media data”, American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, Los Angeles, CA.
2021
Discussant, “Islamophobia in North America and Western Europe”, Canadian Sociological Association Annual Meeting (attended virtually June 2021)
2021
“You Must Accommodate to Our Way of Life”: Nativist Logics and the Racialization of Muslim Minority Practices in Canada, Canadian Sociological Association Annual Meeting (attended virtually June 2021)
2020
“The Racial Line of Assimilation”, Canadian Sociological Association Annual Meeting, London, ON (Canceled due to COVID-19)
2020
“Reactive Ethnicity in the Face of Islamophobia for University Muslim Women in Quebec”, Canadian Sociological Association Annual Meeting, London, ON (Canceled due to COVID-19)
2018
“The Sisterhood of the Travelling Hijabs: Second-Generation Muslim Women in Quebec”, American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA.
2018
“Dealing with Stigmatized Muslim Identities: Turning Prayer Spaces into Community Support Groups”, American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA.
2018
“Damned if you Do, Damned if you Don’t: Muslim Women Who Veil in Quebec”, Co- sponsored by the Feminist Seminar Workshop and the Race/Ethnicity/Immigration Workshop, University of Toronto: Toronto, ON.
2017
“The (In)visibility of Muslim Women: Complex Negotiations and Navigations for Women Who Veil and Those Who Don’t”, Canadian Sociological Association Annual Meeting, Toronto, ON.
2015
“Dyadic Ambivalence in Late Life Partnerships”, 5th Annual Faculty of Arts Undergraduate Research Event, McGill University, Montreal, QC.

Research training

2022
University of Toronto-Humboldt University 3-Day Workshop on “Islam, Muslims and the Canadian Context”, Institute of Islamic Studies, University of Toronto *presented my dissertation proposal at this workshop
2021
Qualitative Analysis Workshop, Department of Human Sexuality, California Institute of Integral Studies (attended virtually due to COVID-19)
2020
Nvivo Workshop, “Part 1: Introduction to Nvivo”, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto
2020
Nvivo Workshop – “Part 2: Introduction to Nvivo”, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto
2016 - 2020
Research Assistant for Prof. Jeffrey Reitz. Project title: “Social Life, Identity, and Opportunity for People of Muslim Background in Canada, France and Quebec”
2014
Research Assistant for Prof. Aniruddha Das. Project title: “Dyadic Ambivalence in Later Life”

Teaching Experience

Guest Lectures

2021
“Racialization”, Guest lecture for Introduction to Sociology, University of Toronto Scarborough
2020
“Writing Research”, Guest Lecture for Introduction to Qualitative Methods, University of Toronto
2017
“Interviewing and Focus Group Interviews”, Guest Lecture for Introduction to Social Inquiry, University of Toronto Mississauga
2015
“Family, Marriage and Health Systems”, Guest Lecture for Sociology of Aging and the Life Course, McGill University

Teaching Assistantships

University of Toronto

2023
Sociology of Gender
Intermediate Qualitative Methods in Sociology
2022
Introduction to Qualitative Methods in Sociology
Ethnicity, Race and Migration
Deconstructing “Muslim American” – Race, Nationalism and Religion
Introduction to Sociology
2021
Introduction to Sociology
2020
Introduction to Qualitative Methods in Sociology
Introduction to Sociology
2019
Drugs and the Modern World
2017
Introduction to Sociology
2016
Introduction to Race and Ethnicity

McGill University

2015
Sociology of Aging and the Life Course

Teaching Certification

2022
Teaching Assistant Training Program (TATP) Teaching Fundamentals Certificate, University of Toronto
2021
Mental Health Certificate, “More Feet on the Ground: Recognize, Respond, Refer and Reflect”, Center for Innovation in Campus Mental Health

Media

2022
“The ethics of researching anti-Muslim racism in Canada as a white researcher (30-minute podcast)”, Ethics of Research Podcast, Center for Ethics, University of Toronto, March 25th, 2022
2022
“Q&A with Justin Gest on Majority Minority” (30-minute interview), Harney Program, Munk School of Global Affairs, University of Toronto, March 16th, 2022

Service to the profession

2023 -
Co-Chair (with Carlo Handy Charles), Race and Ethnicity Research Cluster, Canadian Sociological Association
2023 -
Co-lead organizer (with Fatima El-Sayed) for the University of Toronto-Humboldt University Collaborative Research Cluster on “Migration, Intersectionality and Social Boundaries”, Virtual Meetings on October 31st, 2022; January 9th, 2023; February 6th, 2023
2018 - 2022
Session Coordinator and Co-Organizer, Race and Ethnicity Research Cluster, Canadian Sociological Association
2022
Ad-hoc Journal Manuscript Reviewer: Social Problems
2022
Session Organizer (with Jennifer Adkins and Hyacinth Campbell), Race and Ethnicity Research Cluster, Canadian Sociological Association Annual Meeting.
  • “Resistance and Anti-Racism Strategies”
  • “Systemic Racism and Structural Barriers”
  • “Broadening the Subfield-New Conceptual Insights”
2021
Session Organizer (with Carlo Handy Charles), Race and Ethnicity Research Cluster, Canadian Sociological Association Annual Meeting.
  • “Anti-Racist Methodologies in the Social Sciences I: Personal Reflections and Participatory Interactions in Qualitative Methods”
  • “Anti-Racist Methodologies in the Social Sciences II: Interrogating Mainstream Epistemologies, Methods and Knowledges”
  • “Alternative Pedagogies and the Importance of Culture in Educational Institutions”
  • “BIPOC Students and Teachers –Shifting from Margins to Center”
  • “Gender Dynamics, Care-Work and Resilience”
  • “Multiculturalism, Immigrant Integration and Racialized Experiences”
  • “Racial Formation and Identity Making in Canada and Beyond” (Session Chair)
  • “The Problem with “Doing Diversity” in Organizations and the Consequent Racializing Effects”
2021
Panel Organizer, “Islamophobia in North America and Western Europe”, Canadian Sociological Association Annual Meeting.
2020
Session Organizer (with Carlo Handy Charles), Race and Ethnicity Research Cluster, Canadian Sociological Association Annual Meeting. (Canceled due to COVID-19)
  • “Anti-Racism and Decolonization: How to Move forward?”
  • “Racism, Diversity and Racialization Across Space and Time”
  • “Racism and Immigrant Integration”
  • “A Racialized Governmentality: Racism in Government Institutions”
2020
Webinar Co-Organizer (with Jennifer Adkins), “Committing Sociology to Understand Police Violence with Tamari Kitossa”, Canadian Sociological Association.
2020
Panel Organizer, “Different countries, one Muslim experience? Cultural Politics, Identity and Anti-Muslim Racism in the West”, Canadian Sociological Association Annual Meeting, London, ON. (Canceled due to COVID-19)
2019
Session Organizer (with Jennifer Adkins), Race and Ethnicity Research Cluster, Canadian Sociological Association Annual Meeting.
  • “Colonial and Racial Violence”
  • “Pardon Me, That’s My Seat: Navigating through Racialized Spaces”
  • “Oh Canada! Immigrants, Refugees and the Politics of Inclusion”
  • “Macro-Sociological Processes and Identity Formation”
  • “When is it Race or Religion?”
  • Roundtable: “Interracial and Multiracial Relationship and Racial Belonging”

Service to the department

2020 - 2021
Committee Member, Anti-Racism and Equity Committee, Department of Sociology, University of Toronto.
2021
Invited Panelist, “Graduate Sociology Student Association Comp Talk”, Department of Sociology, University of Toronto.
2020
Invited Panelist, “Views and Advice on the MA Program”, Department of Sociology, University of Toronto.
2019 - 2020
Co-coordinator (with Laila Omar) for the Race, Ethnicity and Immigration Workshop, Department of Sociology, University of Toronto.
2017
Conference Event Organizer, Department of Sociology, University of Toronto. I organized an event for early-stage graduate students to practice their conference presentations in front of faculty and peers in the Department of Sociology.

Professional membership

American Sociological Association, Canadian Sociological Association, Sociologists for Women in Society

Languages

English, French, Italian