Elinor Ochs

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Ochs has conducted fieldwork in Madagascar, Italy, Samoa and the United States of America on communication and interaction. Professor Ochs is also known for her contributions to applied linguistics and the theorization of narrative and family discourse. In the United States of America, Professor Ochs has conducted research on a wide range of topics including the social construction of knowledge in a physics laboratory, sociality and autism, and the socialization of morality in family discourse.

In 1998, Professor Ochs was named a MacArthur Fellow for her contributions to the study of language.

Achievements

2000 Honorary Doctorate, Linkoping University, Sweden 1998 MacArthur Fellows Program 1998 American Academy of Arts and Sciences Fellow 1996 Helsinki University Rector’s Medal of Distinctive Scholarship 1984 John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellow 1973 New Hall, University of Cambridge Fellow 1973 Honorary Masters Degree, University of Cambridge 1966 Phi Beta Kappa.

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American Academy of Arts and Sciences]

Together with Bambi Schieffelin, Professor Ochs developed language socialization, a field of inquiry which examines the ways in which individuals become competent members of communities of practice to and through the use of language.

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October 22, 1944
Nationality
United States

Awards

Guggenheim Fellowship; MacArthur Fellowship Alfred P. Sloan; MacArthur Fellows Program; Arts and Sciences 2000 Honorary Doctorate, Linkoping University, Sweden 1998 MacArthur Fellows Program 1998 American Academy of Arts and Sciences Fellow 1996 Helsinki University Rector’s Medal of Distinctive Scholarship 1984 John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellow 1973 New Hall, University of Cambridge Fellow 1973 Honorary Masters Degree, University of Cambridge 1966 Phi Beta Kappa The MacArthur Fellows Program, MacArthur Fellowship, or 'Genius Grant' is a prize awarded annually by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation typically to between 20 and 40 individuals, working in any field, who 'show exceptional merit and promise for continued and enhanced creative work' and are citizens or residents of the United States.

Guggenheim Fellowship; MacArthur Fellowship Alfred P. Sloan; MacArthur Fellows Program; Arts and Sciences 2000 Honorary Doctorate, Linkoping University, Sweden 1998 MacArthur Fellows Program 1998 American Academy of Arts and Sciences Fellow 1996 Helsinki University Rector’s Medal of Distinctive Scholarship 1984 John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellow 1973 New Hall, University of Cambridge Fellow 1973 Honorary Masters Degree, University of Cambridge 1966 Phi Beta Kappa The MacArthur Fellows Program, MacArthur Fellowship, or 'Genius Grant' is a prize awarded annually by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation typically to between 20 and 40 individuals, working in any field, who 'show exceptional merit and promise for continued and enhanced creative work' and are citizens or residents of the United States.

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