| Monica Heller Professor phone: (416) 978-1987 email: monica.heller@utoronto.ca website: http://www.oise.utoronto.ca/crefo/monica.html Departments: Social Justice Education Centre de Recherche en Education Franco-Ontarienne | |
Research Overview Dr. Heller's research focusses on the role of language in the construction of social difference and social inequality in the post-nationalist, globalizing new economy. Her ethnographic, sociolinguistic research mainly examines these processes as they unfold in francophone Canada. She is also involved in work in these areas conducted in western Europe, and in their relevance for policy in the areas of language and education and training, the workplace and public space. Academic History Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley, Linguistics, 1982. M.A., University of California, Berkeley, Linguistics, 1978. B.A., Swarthmore College, Sociology and Anthropology (Honors), 1976. Teaching Overview Dr. Heller has taught the following courses: JSA 5147 Language, Nationalism and Post-nationalism ANT 5144 Language and Social Action: Social Theory and Ethnographic Practice SES 1905 Qualitative Approaches to Sociological Research in Education JTE 1952 Language, Culture and Education/Langue, culture et éducation CTL 3803 Ethnography for the Language Disciplines SES 1900 Introduction à la sociologie de l'éducation Representative Publications Books and monographs Heller, M. (2011). Paths to Postnationalism: A Critical Ethnography of Language and Identity. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Duchêne, A., & Heller, M. (Eds.) (2011). Language in Late Capitalism: Pride and Profit. London: Routledge. Heller, M. (Ed.) (2007). Bilingualism: A Social Approach. London: Palgrave Macmillan. Duchêne, A., & Heller, M. (Eds.) (2007). Discourses of Endangerment: Ideology and Interest in the Defense of Languages. London: Continuum. Heller, M., with Campbell, M., Dalley, P., & Patrick, D. (2006). Linguistic Minorities and Modernity: A Sociolinguistic Ethnography (2nd edition). London: Continuum (First edition 1999, London: Longman.) Heller, M. (2002) Éléments d’une sociolinguistique critique. Paris: Didier. Heller, M. (1994). Crosswords: Language, Ethnicity and Education in French Ontario. Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter. Heller, M. (Ed.) (1988). Codeswitching: Anthropological and Sociolinguistic Perspectives,. Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter. Research Grants and Contracts 2012-2015 « Nuevos hablantes, nuevas identidades : practicas e ideologias linguisticas en la era post-nacional ». Collaborator (Principal investigator : J. Pujolar. Co-investigators : L. Martin Rojo, B. O’Rourke, F. Ramallo, K. Woolard). Ministerio de Ciéncia y Tecnología (Spain), EU 43, 000 2010-2013 « Montreal on the move : an ethnographic study of language practices in a city redefined ». Co-investigator (Principal investigator : P. Lamarre). Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, $100, 093 2008-2009 « Mobility, identity and new political economies : a multi-sited ethnography ». Principal investigator. Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research, $23, 641 US 2008-2012 « Mobility, Identity and the New Economy ». Principal investigator (co-investigators: M. Beaudin, M. Daveluy). Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, $249, 720 2007-2010 « La gestión des multilingüismo en el ámbito institucional ». (PI : M. Moyer ; co-PIs : G. Budach, E. Codo, A. Duchêne, M. Dooley, M. Heller, M.R. Garrido, D. Ruiz, S. Oliver). Ministerio de Ciéncia y Tecnología (Spain), EU 25, 400 2007-2010 « Escuela y multilingüismo : un estudio sociolingüistico critico de los programas de educacion linguistica en la Comunidad de Madrid. (PI : L. Martin Rojo ; co-PIs : M. Heller, A.M. Relaño). EU 109, 600 2004-2007 « La francité transnationale: pour une sociolinguistique de la mouvance ». Principal investigator (co-investigators: N. Labrie, A. Boudreau, L. Dubois, M. LeBlanc; collaborators: P. Auer, W. Kallmeyer, C. Moise). Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, $ 243, 581. 2001-2004 « Prise de parole II: la francophonie canadienne et la nouvelle économie mondialisée ». Principal investigator (co-principal investigators: N. Labrie, A. Boudreau, L. Dubois, P. Lamarre and D. Meintel; collaborator: C. Moise). Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada. $198,000 1999-2001 « Alphabétisation et bilinguisme dans la nouvelle économie ». Co-principal investigator with N. Labrie. Social Sciences and Humanties Research Council of Canada. $96,000 1999-2000 « L’immigration et la francophonie torontoise ». Co-principal investigator with N. Labrie. Major Research Initiative, Centre of Excellence for Research on Immigration and Settlement, Toronto. $40,000 Honours and Awards 1998 Connaught Research Fellowship, University of Toronto 2001 Konrad Adenauer Research Award, Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung (Germany) 2001 Member, official delegation, State Visit of the Governor-General of Canada to Germany 2005-present Member, Royal Society of Canada 2011 President’s Award, American Anthropological Association 2013 President's Award, American Anthropological Association Professional Activities 2013-2015 President, American Anthropological Association 2011-2013 Vice-President and President-Elect, American Anthropological Association Committees: 2012-present Ad hoc Committee on Intervention on Matters of Public Importance, Royal Society of Canada 2011- present Comité aviseur, Centre d’études ethniques des universités de Montréal 2009-present, Comité de suivi de la situation linguistique, Office québécois de la langue française 2009-2010 Associate Dean’s Advisory Committee on Teaching 2005-2008 Executive Board, American Anthropological Association Editorial Boards: 2007-2012 Associate editor, Journal of Sociolinguistics Current: member, editorial boards of the Journal of Sociolinguistics, Language in Society, Langage et société, Glottopol, Cahiers internationaux de sociolinguistique, Language Policy, Discourse and Society Keynote Addresses: 2011 “Ethnography and discourse analysis”. New Zealand Discourse Conference. Auckland (New Zealand). 2011 “Between pride and profit: the changing value of linguistic resources in the globalized new economy”, Conference on Language, Education and Diversity, Auckland (New Zealand). 2011 “Language, identity and nation in the globalized new economy: the case of francophone Canada”. Richard Frucht Memorial Lecture Series and Student Conference, Dept. of Anthropology. University of Alberta. Edmonton 2010 “Plurilinguisme, post-nationalisme et nouvelle économie”. Colloque “Plurilinguisme, politique linguistique et éducation. Quels éclairages pour Mayotte?" Mamoudzou (Mayotte). Other: Executive Program Chair, 2010 Annual Meeting of the American Anthropological Association (New Orleans) |