Monica Heller

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Monica Heller (born June 30, 1955 ) is a Canadian linguist who deals with linguistic anthropology . Her research focuses on the role of language in the formation of social differentiation and social inequality within the economy . She is mainly looking at the Francophone part of Canada .

Life

Heller studied sociology and anthropology at Swarthmore College , a private college in Swarthmore , Pennsylvania , and received a Bachelor of Arts (Honors) there in 1976 . She then studied linguistics at the University of California, Berkeley , where she received a Master of Arts degree in 1978 and a Ph.D. in 1982. received. She then worked at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education at the University of Toronto , where she now teaches as a professor.

In 1997 she was visiting professor at the John F. Kennedy Institute for North American Studies at the Free University of Berlin . Heller has been a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada since 2005 . From 2007 to 2012 she was Associate Editor of the Journal of Sociolinguistics . Heller has been a member of the Comité de suivi de la situation linguistique des Office québécois de la langue française (OQLF) since 2009 . The OQLF is a public organization under the Québec Ministry of Culture . From 2011 to 2013 she was Vice-President and President-Elect of the American Anthropological Association . From 2013 to 2015 she was president of the American Anthropological Association. She previously served on the Executive Board of the American Anthropological Association from 2005 to 2008 .

Awards

  • 1998: Connaught Research Fellowship from the University of Toronto
  • 2001: Konrad Adenauer Research Prize for Canadian humanities scholars from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation
  • 2010: President's Award from the American Anthropological Association
  • 2013: President's Award from the American Anthropological Association

Publications (selection)

  • Monica Heller [Ed.]: Codeswitching: Anthropological and Sociolinguistic Perspectives. (1988, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter)
  • Monica Heller: Crosswords: Language, Ethnicity and Education in French Ontario. (1994, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter)
  • Monica Heller, Mark Campbell, Phyllis Dalley, Donna Patrick: Linguistic Minorities and Modernity: A Sociolinguistic Ethnography (1999, London: Longman)
  • Monica Heller, Marilyn Martin-Jones [Eds.]: Voices of Authority: Education and Linguistic Difference.
  • Monica Heller: Éléments d'une sociolinguistique critique. (2002, Paris: Didier)
  • Alexandre Duchêne, Monica Heller [Eds.]: Discourses of Endangerment: Ideology and Interest in the Defense of Languages. (2007, London: Continuum)
  • Monica Heller [Ed.]: Bilingualism: A Social Approach. (2007, London: Palgrave Macmillan)
  • Alexandre Duchêne, Monica Heller [Eds.]: Language in Late Capitalism: Pride and Profit. (2011, London: Routledge)
  • Monica Heller: Paths to Postnationalism: A Critical Ethnography of Language and Identity. (2011, Oxford University Press)

Web links

  • Biography on the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education website

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Guests and visiting professors at the Institute , website of the John F. Kennedy Institute for North American Studies
  2. ^ Konrad Adenauer Research Award for Canadian Humanities Scholars, website of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation
  3. ^ A b American Anthropological Association President's Award Winner, American Anthropological Association website
personal data
SURNAME Heller, Monica
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian linguist
DATE OF BIRTH June 30, 1955