The New School for Social Research Department of Sociology 6 East 16 th Street New York, NY 10003 christa@newschool.edu angele.christin.com Angèle Christin Curriculum Vitae CURRENT POSITIONS Data & Society Institute Research Fellow Fondation de la Maison des Sciences de l Homme Fernand Braudel Postdoctoral Fellow The New School for Social Research, Department of Sociology Hans Speier Visiting Lecturer (2016-2017) PREVIOUS POSITION The New School for Social Research, Department of Sociology Mellon Interdisciplinary Postdoctoral Fellow (2014-2015) EDUCATION / Ecole des hautes études en sciences sociales Joint Ph.D., Sociology, July 2014. Dissertation Title: Clicks or Pulitzers? Web Journalists and Their Work in the United States and France Advisors: Kim Lane Scheppele and Florence Weber (co-chairs), Viviana Zelizer, Paul DiMaggio External Readers: Michael Schudson, Didier Fassin, Philippe Steiner, Janet Vertesi, and Robert Wuthnow M.A., Sociology (2010) (with distinction) Exams: Economic Sociology, Sociology of Culture, Sociology of Law. Ecole Normale Supérieure / Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales (Paris) M.A., Social Sciences (2006) (with distinction) Ecole Normale Supérieure (Paris) (2003-2008) Université Paris I Panthéon Sorbonne (Paris) B.A., Economics and Sociology (2004) (with distinction) 1
SELECTED AWARDS, GRANTS AND FELLOWSHIPS 2014: Edward Shils James Coleman Memorial Award, Best Student Paper, Theory Section, American Sociological Association Award for Best Student Paper, Communication and Information Technologies Section, American Sociological Association 2013-2014: Josephine DeKarman Dissertation Completion Fellowship 2012-2013: Porter Ogden Jacobus Fellowship, (awarded annually to four graduate students at Princeton for academic excellence) 2011-2012: Research grant, Ministère de la Culture et de la Communication (Paris) 2009-2010: Mellon Fellowship, Center for Arts and Cultural Policy Studies, 2008-2009: Center for Human Values merit prize, SELECTED PUBLICATIONS BOOKS Christin, A., and E. Ollion. 2012. Contemporary Sociology in the United States [La Sociologie Aujourd hui aux Etats-Unis]. Paris, La Découverte. (Reviewed in Alternatives Economiques, Sciences Humaines, Liens Socio) Christin, A. 2008. Emergency Hearings : Inquiry on a Judiciary Practice [Comparutions Immédiates : Enquête sur une Pratique Judiciaire]. Paris, La Découverte. (Widely reviewed in Esprit, Le Nouvel Observateur, France Culture, Sciences Humaines, etc.). ARTICLES Peer-reviewed journals Christin, A. Online News as a Transnational Field? Asymmetric Interactions and Symbolic Domination in the Digital Age. Sociological Review (Forthcoming). Christin, A. Sex, Scandal, and Celebrities? Exploring the Determinants of Success in Online News. About Journalism (Forthcoming). Christin, A. 2012. Gender and Highbrow Cultural Participation in the United States. Poetics, 40 (5), 423-443. Christin, A. 2011. Le rôle de la socialisation artistique durant l enfance: Genre et pratiques culturelles légitimes aux États-Unis. Réseaux, 168-169(4), 59-86. Christin, A., and P. Pasquali. 2011. Caméra, terrain et sciences sociales. Présentation. Revue de Synthèse, 132 (6), n 3, 319-324. Christin, A. 2006. Jurys populaires et juges professionnels en France. Ou comment approcher le jugement pénal. Genèses, 65, 138-150. 2
Other journals and shorter pieces Borch, C. and A. Christin. 2015. Using, Making, and Rediscovering The Classics : A Conversation Between ASA Award Winners. Perspectives: ASA Theory Section Newsletter, Spring issue. http://www.asatheory.org/newsletter/using-making-and-recoveringthe-classics-a-conversation-between-asa-theory-section-award-winners Christin, A. 2014. When it comes to chasing clicks, journalists say one thing but feel pressure to do another, Nieman Journalism Lab. http://www.niemanlab.org/2014/08/when-it-comes-tochasing-clicks-journalists-say-one-thing-but-feel-pressure-to-do-another/ Christin, A., and O. Donnat. 2014. French and American Cultural Participation. Elements of Comparison. Culture Etudes, 2014-1. Christin, A. 2011. Book Review. R. McChesney et V. Pickard. Will the Last Reporter Please turn out the Lights, Le Monde Diplomatique, September issue, 24. MANUSCRIPTS IN PROGRESS AND UNDER REVIEW Counting Clicks. Commensuration in Online Journalism in the United States and France (Revise & Resubmit, American Journal of Sociology) Shils-Coleman Best Student Paper Award, Theory Section, ASA Best Student Paper Award, CITASA section, ASA Which Bloggers Get Paid? Journalistic Work, Evaluation, and Compensation at a French News Organization (2 nd Revise & Resubmit, Organization Studies) This Post Will Go Viral: How Web Analytics Shape the Market for Online News (Revise & Resubmit, Digital STS Handbook, David Ribes and Janet Vertesi (Eds.)) Mesures d audience et mesures de valeur dans le journalisme en ligne en France et aux Etats-Unis (To be published in Comparaisons Franco-Américaines, Daniel Sabbagh and Maud Simonet (Eds.), Presses Universitaires de Rennes) Circulations transnationales et traductions malaisées. Revisiter l internationalisation des médias à partir du cas du journalisme en ligne. (To be published in Regards sociologiques sur l internationalisation des médias, Jean-Baptiste Comby (Ed.), Presses Universitaires de Rennes). From Champs to Fields : The International Circulation of a Sociological Concept (with Marianne Blanchard) Snobs versus Omnivores? Musical Tastes in the United States and France, CACPS working paper SELECTED PRESENTATIONS Comparing Cases, Comparing Countries. Why Relational Thinking Matters in Ethnographic Comparisons Eastern Sociological Association Annual Meeting, Ethnography Mini-Conference (New York, February 2015) 3
Living in the Market. How Freelance Journalists Manage Careers and Reputations in the United States and France ASA Annual Meeting, Organizations, Occupations, and Work Regular Session (Chicago, August 2015) Social Science History Association Annual Meeting (Toronto, November 2014) CRISALID Workshop, Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris, May 2014) CSSO Workshop, (Princeton, December 2013) Is Online Journalism a Transnational Field? ASA Annual Meeting, Transnational Sociology Regular Session (Chicago, August 2015) Counting Clicks. Commensuration in Online Journalism in the United States and France Invited Presentation, Institute for French Studies, NYU (New York, November 2014) Invited Presentation, The New School for Social Research (New York, November 2014) Invited Presentation, Data & Society Mini-Conference (New York, October 2014) ASA Annual Meeting, Sociology of Culture Regular Session (San Francisco, August 2014) Invited presentation, Hunter College, CUNY (New York, November 2013) Invited presentation, Harvard University, Sociology Department (Cambridge, October 2013) Eastern Sociological Society, session on Comparative Cultural Sociology (Boston, March 2013) Colloquium Comparaisons Franco-Américaines, Sciences-Po (Paris, June 2013) Which Bloggers Get Paid? Evaluation and Compensation at a French News Organization ASA Annual Meeting, Organizations, Occupations, and Work Regular Session (San Francisco, August 2014) Eastern Sociological Society Annual Meeting, Work/Culture Session (Baltimore, February 2014) Seminar Sociology of Markets, Sciences-Po (Paris, January 2013) Workshop Economie et Société, Ecole Normale Supérieure (ENS) (Paris, November 2012) From Champs to Fields : Lost in Translation? (with M. Blanchard) ASA Annual Meeting, History of Sociology Regular Session (San Francisco, August 2014) Colloquium Circulations Transnationales et Echelles d'analyse, ENS (Paris, May 2014) Séminaire Chantiers Critiques en Sciences Sociales, ENS (Paris, January 2014) Junior Theorists Symposium (New York, August 2013) Sex, Scandals, and Celebrities? Exploring the Determinants of Success in Online News CITASA Symposium (Berkeley, August 2014) WIP workshop, (Princeton, February 2014) A Comparison of Cultural Participation and Music Tastes in the United States and France University of Chicago, Center in Paris (Paris, September 2014) (with Olivier Donnat) Conference on Social Theory, Politics & the Arts (STP&A) (Fairfax, October 2010) Gender and Cultural Participation in the United States Conference Thirty years after Distinction (Paris, November 2010) Conference Childhood and Culture (Paris, December 2010). Emergency Hearings: Inquiry on a Judiciary Practice Invited talk, CESDIP (Paris, June 2008) Conference Judiciary Practices, ENS Cachan (Paris, March 2008) Conference Ethnographie des Institutions, ENS (Paris, December 2007) 4
TEACHING The New School for Social Research Mellon postdoctoral fellow: Contemporary Social Theory (Undergraduate Level) (Spring 2015) Contemporary Sociological Theory (Graduate level) (Spring 2015) Ecole Normale Supérieure / Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales Lecturer: Contemporary Sociology in the United States (with E. Ollion) (Fall 2012, 2011, Spring 2010) Assistant in Instruction: Sociology of Law (Prof. Kim Lane Scheppele) (Spring 2011) Assistant in Instruction: Money, Work and Social Life (Prof. Viviana Zelizer) (Fall 2010). Ecole Normale Supérieure Assistant in Instruction: Ethnographic Methods (Prof. Stéphane Beaud) (Fall 2007) RESEARCH - EXPERIENCE June 2010 June 2013: Principal investigator on the project Arts participation in the United States and France, 1981-2009. Ministère de la Culture (Paris). Statistical analysis of the Survey of Public Participation in the Arts and the Enquête sur les Pratiques Culturelles des Français. Summer 2009: Research assistant for Paul DiMaggio. Statistical analysis of the Survey of Public Participation in the Arts. 2007-2008 : Research assistant for Olivier Donnat, Ministère de la Culture (Paris). Elaboration of the questionnaire for the Enquête sur les Pratiques Culturelles des Français. PROFESSIONAL SERVICE AND ASSOCIATIONS - Member of the organizing committee for the international conference Pricing Practices, Ranking Practices: The Question of Evaluation (Paris, June 29-July 1st 2015) Member of the scientific committee of the international conference Global Culture and Aesthetic Cosmopolitanism (Sao Paulo, October 2016). Member of the Editorial Board for the special issue The Changing Nature of Work in The Academy of Management Discoveries Member of the Princeton Committee for the President s Award for Distinguished Teaching (2013); Member of the 2015 Shils-Coleman Award Committee and the CITASA Best Student Award Committee (American Sociological Association) Member of the American Sociological Association. Sections: Theory; Communication and Information Technologies; Economic Sociology; Culture; Media; Organizations, Occupations, and Work. Member of the Eastern Sociological Society. Member of the Work/Culture research network. Organizer of Grants Writing Workshops at and The New School for Social Research. Reviewer for sociological journals (American Journal of Sociology, Theory and Society, Social Forces, Poetics, Sociological Inquiry, The Sociological Quarterly, etc.) 5
LANGUAGES AND COMPUTER PROGRAMMING French, native speaker. English, fluent. Spanish, reading and conversation. Statistics and programming: STATA, SAS. REFERENCES Kim Lane Scheppele Laurance S. Rockefeller Professor of International Affairs Woodrow Wilson School and Department of Sociology 415 Robertson Hall 609-258-6949 kimlane@princeton.edu Viviana A. Zelizer Lloyd Cotsen 50 Professor of Sociology Department of Sociology 120 Wallace Hall Princeton, NJ 08544 609-258-4557 vzelizer@princeton.edu Paul J. DiMaggio A. Barton Hepburn Professor of Sociology and Public Affairs Sociology Department and Woodrow Wilson School 118 Wallace Hall Princeton, NJ 08544 609-258-1971 dimaggio@princeton.edu Florence Weber Professeur des Universités Département de Sciences Sociales Ecole Normale Supérieure 48 Bd Jourdan 75014 Paris (+33) 1 44 32 30 00 florence.weber@ens.fr 6