Author

Degrees

B.A. Human Biology (1988) Stanford University
M.A. Sociology (1996) University of California, San Diego
Ph.D. Sociology (2000) University of California, San Diego

Awards

2005 National Academy of Education / Spencer Postdoctoral Fellowship.
2004 Academic Senate Research Award. University of California, Riverside.
2003 Regents' Faculty Fellowship. University of California, Riverside.
1997 Dissertation Fellowship. Department of Sociology. UC San Diego.
1995 Pre-dissertation Research Fellowship. Center for Iberian and Latin American Studies. UC San Diego.
1992-93 Graduate Fellowship. Department of Sociology. UC San Diego.

Research Areas

Sociology of language, culture and education; language and identity; language ideology; Basque Country, Spain; U.S.

Publications

Echeverria, Begoña. (in press). Learning and working in Basque: Implications for Basque identity. In Languages of the Land: Histories of Language and Nationalism Within Educational Settings. Greenwich: Information Age Publishing.
Echeverria, B. (in press). Indexing religious identity in the French Basque Country: Toward a theory of pronominal shift. In J.I. Hualde & JA Lakarra (Eds.), Studies in Historical and Basque Linguistics Dedicated to the Memory of R.L.Trask. Bilbao & San Sebastián: Universidad del País Vasco / Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea & Diputación de Gipuzkoa.
Echeverria, B. (2005). Language attitudes in San Sebastian: The Basque vernacular as challenge to Spanish language hegemony. Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development 26 (3): 249-264
Echeverria, B. (2003a). Language ideologies and practices in (en)gendering the Basque nation. Language in Society 32(3) 383-413.
Echeverria, B. (2003b). Schooling, language and identity in the Basque Autonomous Community. Anthropology & Education Quarterly 34 (4) 351-372.

Former Institution

University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)

Biography

My research examines how educational institutions affect the language practices and ideologies of ethnic and linguistic minorities. While I have focused on the Basque case, I have also addressed these issues as they pertain to minority students in the United States. Specifically, my doctoral research investigated the effects language of instruction-Basque versus Spanish-had on high school students' identities and language practices. This work informs my current research which considers how gender ideologies and employment experiences affect language use in the Basque Country as well as its immigrant communities in California. In addition, I have recently become part of a collaborative research project studying the relationship between science curriculum, organizational culture, federal policy, and identity formation.

Fecha de la última modificación: 06/02/2007