Ph.D. in Political Sociology, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), 1993.

Professor of Sociology and Director of the Center for Gender and Feminist Studies, University of Paris 7-Diderot ; Co-director of National Federation of Research on Gender in France (Fédération RING); Researcher at Mondes iranien et indien, CNRS ; Member of the Scientific Council of French Research Institutes in Turkey, Russia, Iran, Central Asia.