Samuel Shapiro

Samuel Shapiro

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  • About me

    Social anthropology | Political anthropology | Research | Publishing | Teaching | Public speaking

  • Education

    • The University of Auckland

      2012 - 2015
      Anthropology

      • 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 - 2024
      Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Anthropology

      • PhD thesis on everyday life at the Parliament of Quebec

    • Harvard University

      2004 - 2008
      Bachelor of Arts - BA Special Concentration in Ethnomusicology Cum laude in field

      Activities 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 - 2018
      Master of Arts - MA Translation and Terminology
    • Columbia University in the City of New York

      2008 - 2010
      Master of Arts - MA Music
    • Université Laval

      2015 - 2016
      Law

      • 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 2008
      Research 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 2010
      Graduate 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 2012
      Graduate 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 2014
      Graduate 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 2020
      Freelance Translator

      Freelance translator (French⇄English) and editor (English and French) before starting a sole proprietorship called “Les justes mots“ in March 2020

    • Université Laval

      Sept 2018 - now
      PHD Candidate
    • Les justes mots

      Mar 2020 - Apr 2022
      President

      Language services firm

    • Replicate Your Success

      Apr 2022 - Sept 2022
      President
  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Traducteur agréé | Certified Translator

      Ordre des traducteurs, terminologues et interprètes agréés du Québec (OTTIAQ)
      Mar 2021
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    • Terminologue agréé | Certified Terminologist

      Ordre des traducteurs, terminologues et interprètes agréés du Québec (OTTIAQ)
      Mar 2021
      View certificate certificate
  • Volunteer Experience

    • Board Member

      Issued by Harvard Club of Québec on Jun 2018
      Harvard Club of QuébecAssociated with Samuel Shapiro
    • Secretary

      Issued by Harvard Club of Québec on May 2019
      Harvard Club of QuébecAssociated with Samuel Shapiro
    • Member

      Issued by BNI QC LLL Canada on May 2020
      BNI QC LLL CanadaAssociated with Samuel Shapiro
    • Board Member

      Issued by Agence des bassins versants de Sainte-Anne-des-Lacs on May 2017
      Agence des bassins versants de Sainte-Anne-des-LacsAssociated with Samuel Shapiro
    • Secretary

      Issued by Agence des bassins versants de Sainte-Anne-des-Lacs on Jun 2019
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    • Director Of Communications

      Issued by Harvard Club of Québec on Jun 2018
      Harvard Club of QuébecAssociated with Samuel Shapiro
    • Board Member

      Issued by Grands Frères Grandes Soeurs de La Porte Du Nord on Nov 2021
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