Doctoral Students
Louise Lamphere Beryl
Program: Anthropology & Education
Degree: Ph.D.
Previous Graduate Education: Princeton University B.A. French
Research Interests: Primary and secondary education in Tanzania, identity formation of orphans, second language acquisition, traditional healing in South Africa, the intersection of cultural and educational values in preschool education in Senegal and France, cross-cultural studies of depression.
Geographical Interests: Tanzania, South Africa, Senegal, France
Awards and Recognition:New Jersey State Commissioner’s Award 2005: Nominated by Princeton University’s Program in Teacher Preparation for work completed as an undergraduate and student teacher.
Princeton-In-Africa Fellow 2005: Funded to teach English in a Tanzanian primary school and volunteer at an orphanage.
Prix du Cercle Français de Princeton 2004: Awarded for the best senior thesis in French.
George Shultz Fellow 2003-2004: Received a grant that “encourage[s] students to test their ideas against reality in the course of their independent thesis research.” Thesis (Becoming French and Senegalese: An ethnography of les écoles maternelles) entailed fieldwork conducted in Senegal and France and compared cultural influences on preschools in each country.
Presentations: Foreign Language Symposium: Lead New York City workshop for Foreign Language teachers and administrators on how to infuse current events and cultural details into a Foreign Language curriculum.
