Lise Bouchard, M.A., Ph.D

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I am a linguist-anthropologist, educator, researcher, and published author. My areas of interest include language contact, Quichua, minority languages, sociolinguistics, cross-cultural medical linguistics, as well as medical and pharmaceutical anthropology. Currently, I am working on how intercultural miscommunication in the medical encounter contribute to health inequities.

My professional training includes a B.Sc. in Anthropology and Linguistics from the Université de Montréal, Canada, a M.A. and Ph.D. in Linguistics, from the Université du Québec à Montréal. I am the co-founder and Director of Research of Runajambi Institute - Personalized Medicine for the Indigenous Peoples of the Americas.

Prof. Lise Bouchard, M.A., Ph.D.
Co-founder and Director of Research
Runajambi Institute

Fieldwork

My research has been done mainly in Ecuador and California. In Ecuador, I examined the social and linguistic constraints governing the bilingual speech of the Quichua community of Peguche. I also studied the cultural beliefs system shared by the Quichua people regarding acquisition and social use of the language. In California, I co-directed a study on Tongva (Indigenous People of California) knowledge of medicinal plants.

courses

I have taught French, Spanish and Quichua language, culture, and linguistics to learners from a wide array of backgrounds (adult immigrants, health practitioners, college students, children) in Québec and the US.

Linguistics

All sub-disciplines (phonetics, sociolinguistics, syntax, morphology, phonology, semantics)
Psycholinguistics and Second Language Acquisition
Language Contact

French

French Language and Culture (all levels)
French Advanced Composition and Grammar
French Conversation
French Reading for Comprehension
Québec Literature and Society
Francophone Literature of the Americas
French-English Contact in North America
French for Health Professionals
French for Business

Spanish

Spanish Language and Culture (all levels)
Spanish Advanced Composition and Grammar
Spanish Conversation
Spanish Reading and Comprehension
Introduction to Latin American Literature
Language of Inequality: Spanish in Latin America and the U.S.
Spanish for Health Professionals
Spanish for Business

Quichua

Quichua Language and Culture (all levels)
Quichua Morphosyntax
Healers and Doctors in the Andes
Health Communication in Quichua
Herbal Medicines of the Andes

publications

One of my most important work is the co-edition of the book Psychiatrists and Traditional Healers: Unwitting Partners in Global Mental Health published in 2009 by Wiley-Blackwell, UK. This book is a collaborative work between Runajambi and the Transcultural Psychiatry Section of the World Psychiatric Association. I also published more than sixty articles on medical and pharmaceutical anthropology in L'omnipraticien, and L'actualité pharmaceutique, two continuing medical education magazines targeting GPs and pharmacists in Québec.