
Samuel Shapiro
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About me
Social anthropology | Political anthropology | Research | Publishing | Teaching | Public speaking
Education

The University of Auckland
2012 - 2015Anthropology• Three years of studies towards the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Anthropology (no degree received)• At the Department of Anthropology at the University of Auckland, I started a PhD on everyday life at the Parliament of Quebec that I then continued at Université Laval in 2018

Université Laval
2018 - 2024Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Anthropology• PhD thesis on everyday life at the Parliament of Quebec

Harvard University
2004 - 2008Bachelor of Arts - BA Special Concentration in Ethnomusicology Cum laude in fieldActivities and Societies: Harvard Canadian Club, men's intramural tennis team, participation in groups learning to play Javanese and Malian musical instruments • Note: My Harvard degree included two modules taught at Universitat Pompeu Fabra (in Barcelona) in mid-2005

Université Laval
2016 - 2018Master of Arts - MA Translation and Terminology
Columbia University in the City of New York
2008 - 2010Master of Arts - MA Music
Université Laval
2015 - 2016Law• One year of studies in the Faculty of Law towards the degree of Bachelor of Laws (no degree received)
Experience

Harvard University
Jun 2008 - Aug 2008Research Assistant• Conducted archival and bibliographic research for Professor Lisa McGirr (Department of History) on the social history of prohibition in the United States during the 1920s and 1930s• Research assistant for Lisa McGirr’s book The War on Alcohol: Prohibition and the Rise of the American State (New York, W. W. Norton and Company, 2016)

Columbia University in the City of New York
Sept 2009 - May 2010Graduate Teaching Fellow• Gave selected lectures, helped lead class discussions, helped design syllabi, marked student assignments, held office hours, liaised with teaching staff in the Department of MusicCourses for which I was a teaching fellow:• Salsa, Soca, Reggae (second-year undergraduate module with about 40 students; September-December 2009)• Western Music Humanities (required module for all undergraduates with about 25 students; January-May 2010)

The University of Auckland
Feb 2012 - Nov 2012Graduate Teaching Assistant• Gave tutorials based on lectures to undergraduates, marked student assignments, held office hours, liaised with teaching staff in the Department of AnthropologyCourses tutored:• Theoretical Approaches to Society and Culture (second-year undergraduate module with about 75 students – required for all undergraduates in social anthropology; February-June 2012)• Race and Ethnicity (third-year undergraduate module with about 30 students; July-November 2012)

The University of Auckland
Mar 2014 - Jun 2014Graduate Teaching Assistant• Gave tutorials based on lectures to undergraduates, marked student assignments, held office hours, liaised with teaching staff in the Department of AnthropologyCourse tutored:• Anthropology Today: Debates in Culture (second- and third-year undergraduate module with about 70 students)

Self-Employed
Feb 2018 - Mar 2020Freelance TranslatorFreelance translator (French⇄English) and editor (English and French) before starting a sole proprietorship called “Les justes mots“ in March 2020

Université Laval
Sept 2018 - nowPHD Candidate
Les justes mots
Mar 2020 - Apr 2022PresidentLanguage services firm

Replicate Your Success
Apr 2022 - Sept 2022President
Licenses & Certifications
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Traducteur agréé | Certified Translator
Ordre des traducteurs, terminologues et interprètes agréés du Québec (OTTIAQ)Mar 2021 - View certificate
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Terminologue agréé | Certified Terminologist
Ordre des traducteurs, terminologues et interprètes agréés du Québec (OTTIAQ)Mar 2021
Volunteer Experience
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Languages
- enEnglish
- frFrench
- spSpanish
- poPortuguese
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