Department of Anthropology; Department of Applied Linguistics
341 Haines Hall, Box 15534
Phone: (310) 825-0984
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Webpages:
www.sscnet.ucla.edu/anthro/faculty/ochs/
www.celf.ucla.edu/

Research:
A central concern of my research lies in the linguistic,interactional, and cultural structuring of human relationships and groups across the life span, across settings, and across communities. Of particular interest are the the manifold verbal and non-verbally codified and displayed activities, sentiments, dispositions, and demeanors that routinely constitute the family as a social unit and the child as a relationally competent actor. I presently direct the UCLA Sloan Center on Everyday Lives of Families (CELF), which examines (through methods of anthropology, psychology, education, and linguistics) how working parents manage the everyday exigencies of both their work and their family and home life.

Selected Publications:

Ochs, E. & Kremer-Sadlik, T. (In Press) "Introduction" Discourse and Society: Morality as Family Practice, Ochs, E. & Kremer-Sadlik, T. (eds).

Ochs, E. (In Press) "Language: Language and Social Life". The Chicago Companion to the Child, R. Shweder, Bidell, T., Dailey, A., Dixon, S., Miller, P., & Modell, J. (eds.). Chicago: The University of Chicago Press.

Ochs, E. & Shohet, M. (2006) "The Cultural Structuring of Mealtime Socialization." New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development Series Number 11, Special Issue: Family Mealtime as a Context of Development and Socialization, Larson, R., Wiley, A., & Branscomb, K. (eds.), pp.35-49.

2001 Ochs, E. & Capps, L. Living narrative. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.

Selected Courses:
Anthropology M248 Language Socialization
Anthopology 297 Narrative and Times of Trouble