Claire Schiff is an Associate Professor in the Sociology Department of the University of Bordeaux 2, with a background in anthropology and sociology, both from the United States and France. She has published on issues relating to various aspects of the immigrant experience. Her particular area of expertise concerns the adaptation processes of migrant youth entering France, their relationship to and differing experiences from second generation minority youth. Among her principal publications are: a book on immigrant and minority youth entitled Bledards et banlieusards. Figures juveniles de la condition immigree, Editions Aux Lieux d’Etre, 2008 and a substantial contribution to the book L’accueil a l’ecole des eleves primo-arrivants en France, Paris, La Documentation Francaise, Collection Etudes et recherches du Fasild, pp. 139-250; 2004.
