Chantal M. Tetreault

Department of Anthropology

University of Texas at Austin 3211 Walnut Ave.

Austin, TX 78712 Austin, TX 78722

(512) 471-4206 (512) 469-7698

University Education

2000 Entered Ph.D. Candidacy in Linguistic Anthropology, University of Texas at Austin

1997 MA in Linguistic Anthropology, UT Austin

1992 Coursework and Thesis for “Maîtrise” (Master’s) Degree in Ethnology, Univ. of Paris, Jussieu

1991 BA in Anthropology with Senior Honors Thesis, Vassar College

Fellowships and Awards

2001 Professional Development Award, Anthropology Department, UT Austin

2000 Professional Development Award, Anthropology Department, UT Austin

2000 International Educational Fee Scholarship for Summer Research, UT Austin

1998-99 Châteaubriand Fellowship, French Embassy

1998-99 University Thematic Dissertation Fellowship, UT Austin

1997 Foreign Language Area Studies Summer Fellowship for Arabic, UT Austin

1997 Professional Development Award, Anthropology Department, UT Austin

1993-94 Anthropology Department Tuition Scholarship, UT Austin

1991 Belle Skinner Fellowship for Research on Immigration in France, Vassar College

Research Interests

Language and Gender, Anthropology of Migration to Europe, Language and Power, Youth Subcultures, Ethnicity and Language in Europe and the U.S., Language and Identity, North African Diaspora

Publications

2002 “You Call That a Girl?”: Borderwork in a French Cité. Gendered Practices in Language, ed. Mary Rose et al., Center for the Study of Language and Information, Stanford University (in press).

2001 Ambiguous Authority: Adolescent Girls of Algerian Descent Performing French Cité Styles. Europaea: Journal of the Europeanists, Special Issue on Youth in Europe, ed. Levent Soysal, Vol. 1/2.

2001 ‘Tom-Boy Talk,’ Girls from the Cité, and the Limits to Gender as Performance. Texas Linguistics Forum, no. 44, proceedings from the Symposium About Language and Society--SALSA VIII and IX.

2000 The Condition of Women in the Maghreb and in the Mediterranean. Report commissioned by the Association of International Studies, Tunisia and funded by UNESCO. Research and report completed with research team under the direction of Dr. Catherine Wihtol de Wenden, CNRS, Paris, France.

1997 Strategically Splitting the Self: Constructions of Responsibility in Talk about Immigration. Texas Linguistic Forum, no. 39, proceedings from the Symposium About Language and Society, Austin--SALSA V.

1997 Master’s Report, ‘When We Speak of Immigration': Personal Voicings of Public Opinion in the French Immigration Debate. Anthropology Department, UT Austin.

1991 Senior Honors Thesis, Metacommunication in a Women’s Studies Classroom. Anthropology Department, Vassar College.

Reviews

Duranti, Alessandro, ed. 2001. Key Terms in Language and Culture. Oxford: Blackwell Publishers.

Review appearing in Language in Society (in press).

Kertzer, David and Dominique Arel. 2002. Census and Identity: the Politics of Race, Ethnicity, and Language in National Censuses. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Review appearing in Journal of Linguistic Anthropology (forthcoming).

Presentations

2002 Guest Lecture, “Stereotypes and Identity Formation in Everyday Interaction: the Case of French Adolescents of Algerian Descent.” Introduction to Cultural Anthropology, Instructor Elana Zilberg.,Anthropology Department, University of Texas at Austin, March 25, 2002.

2002 Guest Lecture, “Language Variation and Gender Roles: Examples from Adolescent Girls’ Speech in a French Cité.” Language and Gender, Professor Qing Zhang, Linguistics Department, University of Texas at Austin, March 18, 2002.

2001 “Sans Problème” or “100 Problèmes”? Algerian-French Youth Re-voicing Anti-Arab Stereotypes. Panel, Linguistic Anthropological Perspectives on Joking and Identity, American Anthropology Association Meetings, Washington, DC, November 28-December 2.

2001 Conference Paper, “Ambiguous Authority: Adolescent Girls’ Performances of Masculinity in a French Cité.” Panel, Verbal Performances of Innovative and Emerging Gendered Identities: Tom-Boy Talk, Language Crossing, and TV Call-In Shows, Eighth Annual Gender Studies Conference, University of Texas at Austin, February 15-16.

2000 Conference Paper, “Adolescents’ Multilingual Punning and Identity Play in a French Cité.” Panel, Performance and Evaluation of Social Categories among Youth in Post-Industrial Societies, American Anthropological Association Meetings, San Francisco, November, 15-19.

2000 Guest Lecture, “Performing Reputations in Adolescent Girls’ Interactions.” UT Linguistic Circle, German Department, University of Texas at Austin, September 22.

2000 Conference Paper, “Performativity, Gender, and Reputation in Adolescent Girls’ Speech Play.” International Gender and Language Association (IGALA) Meetings (formerly Berkeley Women and Language Conference), Stanford University, May 5-7.

2000 Conference Paper, “Tom-Boy Talk, Girls from the Cité, and the Limits to Gender as Performance.” Symposium About Language and Society, Austin (SALSA) VIII, University of Texas, April 7-9.

1997 Conference Paper, “‘When We Speak of Immigration’: Personal Voicings of Public Opinion in the French Immigration Debate.” American Anthropological Association Meetings, Washington DC, November 13-18.

1997 Conference Paper, “Strategically Splitting the Self: Constructions of Responsibility in Talk about Immigration.” Symposium About Language and Society (SALSA) V, University of Texas, April 5-7.

Teaching Experience

Spring 2003 Instructor, Anthropology Department, University of Texas, Austin

Lecture to 100 undergraduate students for the course, “Introduction to Cultural Anthropology.” Design syllabus, assignments, exams, quizzes, and in-class activities. Supervise two graduate-level teaching assistants.

Fall 2002 Consultant, Undergraduate Writing Center, University of Texas, Austin.

Consulted with students on written assignments dealing with a variety of subjects, including anthropology, rhetoric, and technical fields. Mentored students on improving the organization and grammar of their written assignments.

Spring 2002 Teaching Assistant, "Introduction to Cultural Anthropology," Anthropology Dept., UT Austin. Responsibilities included leading weekly discussion sections, grading exams and assignments, lecturing, writing exam questions, designing group activities, and holding weekly office hours.

Fall 2001 & Teaching Assistant, "Technical Writing," Mechanical Engineering Dept., UT

Fall/Spring 2000; Austin. Responsibilities included leading weekly writing workshops, grading

Fall 1997 to written assignments and presentations, consulting with students on assignment

Summer 1998 drafts, maintaining course website, and holding weekly office hours.

Spring 2001 & Teaching Assistant, "Culture and Communication," Anthropology Dept., UT

Spring 1997 Austin. Responsibilities included leading weekly discussion sections, grading exams and assignments, lecturing, writing exam questions, designing group activities, establishing and maintaining the class website, and holding weekly office hours.

Fall 1996 Teaching Assistant, "Ethnography of North Africa," Anthropology Dept., UT Austin. Responsibilities included grading exams and assignments, lecturing,

and holding weekly office hours.

Spring 1996 Teaching Assistant, "Anthropological Perspectives on Race and Culture," Anthropology Dept., UT Austin. Responsibilities included grading exams

and assignments, lecturing, and holding weekly office hours.

Fall 1995 Teaching Assistant, "Ethnographic Film," Anthropology Dept., UT Austin. Responsibilities included leading discussion section, grading exams and assignments, lecturing, screening films, and holding weekly office hours.

Spring 1995 Teaching Assistant, "Introduction to Cultural Anthropology," Anthropology Dept., UT Austin. Responsibilities included leading discussion sections,

grading exams and assignments, lecturing, and holding weekly office hours.

Fall 1994 Teaching Assistant, Linguistic Anthropology Sound Lab, Anthropology Dept., UT Austin. Responsibilities included leading instructional workshops on lab software and equipment, maintaining and ordering lab equipment, and checking out equipment.

Spring 1994 French Tutor, Intercollegiate Athletics for Women, UT Austin. Responsibilities included tutoring on French composition, grammar, and conversation at beginning, intermediate, and advanced skill levels.

Fieldwork Experience

June-Aug. 2000 Follow-up Dissertation Research, Nanterre, France.

Oct. 1998-Dec. 99 Dissertation Research, “Tenuous Identities: Adolescents of Algerian Descent Crafting Selves in a French Cité,” Nanterre, France.

Jun. 1997-Aug. 97 Meknès Intensive Arabic Language Program, Meknès, Morocco.

Oct. 1991-Oct. 92 Research on Representations of Immigration in the French Press

Professional Service

Volunteer English Tutor, Cerise Association, Nanterre, France, 1998-1999.

Editor, Symposium About Language and Society, Austin Proceedings, SALSA IV, 1996.

Organizing Co-Chair, Symposium About Language and Society, Austin (SALSA), 1995-96.

Graduate Student Representative, Faculty Search Committee, Anthropology Dept., 1994-95.

Organizing Member, Sociolinguistic and Linguistic Anthropology Research Group (SLAG), 1994-95.

Professional Associations

American Anthropological Association: Linguistic Anthropology, Anthropology of Europe, and

Feminist Anthropology Sections.

Languages

Fluent spoken and written French.

Intermediate spoken and written Classical Arabic.