Academic Appointments


  • Emeritus Faculty, Acad Council, English

2023-24 Courses


All Publications


  • Invited Forum: Bridging the "Language Gap" JOURNAL OF LINGUISTIC ANTHROPOLOGY Avineri, N., Johnson, E., Brice-Heath, S., McCarty, T., Ochs, E., Kremer-Sadlik, T., Blum, S., Zentella, A. C., Rosa, J., Flores, N., Alim, H. S., Paris, D. 2015; 25 (1): 66-86

    View details for DOI 10.1111/jola.12071

    View details for Web of Science ID 000354725800004

  • The world with us: Sight and sound in the "cultural flows" of informal learning. An Indigenous Australian case LEARNING CULTURE AND SOCIAL INTERACTION Kral, I., Heath, S. B. 2013; 2 (4): 227-237
  • "So What's It About? Your Book, I Mean?" JOURNAL OF ADOLESCENT & ADULT LITERACY Heath, S. B. 2012; 56 (4): 266-270

    View details for DOI 10.1002/JAAL.00137

    View details for Web of Science ID 000312078900002

  • New Love, Long Love: Keeping Social Justice and Ethnography of Education in Mind ANTHROPOLOGY & EDUCATION QUARTERLY Heath, S. B. 2011; 42 (4): 397-403
  • Learning language and strategic thinking through the arts READING RESEARCH QUARTERLY Heath, S. B. 2004; 39 (3): 338-342

    View details for DOI 10.1598/RRQ.39.3.6

    View details for Web of Science ID 000223090500006

  • Risks, rules, and roles - Youth perspectives on the work of learning for community development Joining Society - Social Interaction and Learning in Adolescence and Youth Conference HEATH, S. B. CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS. 2004: 41–70
  • Discourse of denial Georgetown University Round Table on Languages and Linguistics HEATH, S. B. GEORGETOWN UNIV PRESS. 2003: 166–177
  • The talk of learning professional work Georgetown-University Round Table Meeting on Language and Linguistics HEATH, S. B. GEORGETOWN UNIV PRESS. 2002: 4–24
  • Linguistics in the study of language in education HARVARD EDUCATIONAL REVIEW HEATH, S. B. 2000; 70 (1): 49-59
  • Rethinking youth transitions - Essay review of everyday courage: The lives and stories of urban teenagers by Niobe Way HUMAN DEVELOPMENT Heath, S. B. 1999; 42 (6): 376-382
  • Leadership giftedness: Models revisited GIFTED CHILD QUARTERLY Roach, A. A., Wyman, L. T., Brookes, H., Chavez, C., HEATH, S. B., VALDES, G. 1999; 43 (1): 13-24
  • Dimensions of language development: Lessons from older children 29th Minnesota Symposium on Child Psychology HEATH, S. B. LAWRENCE ERLBAUM ASSOC PUBL. 1999: 59–75
  • Talking work: Language among teens 4th Annual Symposium About Language and Society - Austin (SALSA IV) HEATH, S. B. UNIVERSITY TEXAS AUSTIN DEPARTMENT LINGUISTICS. 1997: 27–45
  • Ruling places: Adaptation in development by inner-city youth Conference on Ethnographic Approaches to the Study of Human Development HEATH, S. B. UNIV CHICAGO PRESS. 1996: 225–251
  • Re-creating literature in the ESL classroom TESOL QUARTERLY HEATH, S. B. 1996; 30 (4): 776-779
  • ETHNOGRAPHY IN THE STUDY OF THE TEACHING AND LEARNING OF ENGLISH RESEARCH IN THE TEACHING OF ENGLISH Athanases, S. Z., HEATH, S. B. 1995; 29 (3): 263-287
  • THE LITERATE AND THE LITERARY - AFRICAN-AMERICANS AS WRITERS AND READERS - 1830-1940 WRITTEN COMMUNICATION McHenry, E., HEATH, S. B. 1994; 11 (4): 419-444
  • LEARNING FOR ANYTHING EVERYDAY JOURNAL OF CURRICULUM STUDIES HEATH, S. B., MCLAUGHLIN, M. W. 1994; 26 (5): 471-489
  • THE BEST OF BOTH WORLDS - CONNECTING SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITY YOUTH ORGANIZATIONS FOR ALL-DAY, ALL-YEAR LEARNING EDUCATIONAL ADMINISTRATION QUARTERLY HEATH, S. B., MCLAUGHLIN, M. W. 1994; 30 (3): 278-300
  • FINDING IN HISTORY THE RIGHT TO ESTIMATE COLLEGE COMPOSITION AND COMMUNICATION HEATH, S. B. 1994; 45 (1): 97-102
  • THE MADNESS(ES) OF READING AND WRITING ETHNOGRAPHY ANTHROPOLOGY & EDUCATION QUARTERLY HEATH, S. B. 1993; 24 (3): 256-268
  • INNER-CITY LIFE THROUGH DRAMA - IMAGINING THE LANGUAGE CLASSROOM TESOL QUARTERLY HEATH, S. B. 1993; 27 (2): 177-192
  • THE STUDY OF CULTURAL ACTIVITY - MOVING TOWARD MULTIPLE APPROACHES IN RESEARCH ON CHILD-DEVELOPMENT MONOGRAPHS OF THE SOCIETY FOR RESEARCH IN CHILD DEVELOPMENT HEATH, S. B. 1993; 58 (8): 175-179
  • COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS AS FAMILY - ENDEAVORS THAT ENGAGE AND SUPPORT ADOLESCENTS PHI DELTA KAPPAN HEATH, S. B., MCLAUGHLIN, M. W. 1991; 72 (8): 623-627
  • ORAL AND LITERATE TRADITIONS AMONG BLACK-AMERICANS LIVING IN POVERTY AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGIST HEATH, S. B. 1989; 44 (2): 367-373
  • A MATTER OF INTERPRETATION PHI DELTA KAPPAN HEATH, S. B., MCLAUGHLIN, M. W. 1987; 68 (10): 786-786
  • A CHILD RESOURCE POLICY - MOVING BEYOND DEPENDENCE ON SCHOOL AND FAMILY PHI DELTA KAPPAN HEATH, S. B., MCLAUGHLIN, M. W. 1987; 68 (8): 576-580
  • TAKING A CROSS-CULTURAL LOOK AT NARRATIVES TOPICS IN LANGUAGE DISORDERS HEATH, S. B. 1986; 7 (1): 84-94
  • THE QUESTION OF AN OFFICIAL LANGUAGE - LANGUAGE RIGHTS AND THE ENGLISH-LANGUAGE AMENDMENT - COMMENT INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF THE SOCIOLOGY OF LANGUAGE HEATH, S. B., KRASNER, L. 1986: 157-162
  • ORAL AND LITERATE TRADITIONS INTERNATIONAL SOCIAL SCIENCE JOURNAL HEATH, S. B. 1984; 36 (1): 41-57
  • LINGUISTICS AND EDUCATION ANNUAL REVIEW OF ANTHROPOLOGY HEATH, S. B. 1984; 13: 251-274
  • WHAT NO BEDTIME STORY MEANS - NARRATIVE SKILLS AT HOME AND SCHOOL LANGUAGE IN SOCIETY HEATH, S. B. 1982; 11 (1): 49-76