Tamar Kremer Sadlik

About

Dr. Tamar Kremer-Sadlik is an Associate Adjunct Professor at UCLA in the Department of Anthropology. Her research focuses on family life, emphasizing socio-cultural ideologies and expectations that organize and give meaning to family relationships and everyday practices. She examines the relationships between local worldviews on family, work, childhood, parenting, and morality, and how these influence the everyday experiences of family members. Her work studies cultural norms and preferences embedded in institutional policies and public discourses, and how these shape practices such as childrearing, time and resource allocation, participation in social activities, and family decision-making. Additionally, her research explores the co-construction and negotiation of self, identity, and social roles as individuals navigate cultural, institutional, social, and personal demands and expectations. Dr. Kremer-Sadlik collaborates regularly with researchers in Italy and France, drawing on theories from linguistic and psychological anthropology, sociology, and psychology, and employs qualitative methods such as ethnography and semi-structured interviews, supplemented by surveys and questionnaires. She is also the Academic Director of the Master of Social Science (MaSS) program.

Research topics

• Sociology
• Social Science
• Political Science
• Psychology
• Art
• Economics
• Law
• Social psychology
• Gender studies
• Aesthetics

Selected publications

• Invited Forum: Bridging the “Language Gap”

  Journal of Linguistic Anthropology · 2015-05-01 · 224 citations

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  This Forum provides a range of voices on the Language Gap, as our aim is to shed light on the need for more critical dialogue to accompany the proliferation of political initiatives, policymaking, educational programs, and media coverage. We highlight some relevant background on the Language Gap and describe some of the research used to support the concept. The diverse slate of Forum contributions that we have assembled approach the Language Gap topic from a range of linguistic anthropological p…

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• Lessons from sports: children's socialization to values through family interaction during sports activities

  Discourse & Society · 2007-01-01 · 112 citations

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  In the United States, children are encouraged to enroll in sports activities. Studies show that these activities are positively associated with reduced delinquent behavior and increased academic and social performance. Research using parents' reports in interviews and surveys shows that parents view extracurricular sports activities as an arena for socializing their children to important values and skills that go beyond the benefits of participation in athletic activities. Through analysis of pa…

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• To Be or Not to Be Bilingual: Autistic Children from Multilingual Families 1

  2005-01-01 · 92 citations

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  Typically, parents of high functioning autistic (HFA) children report that, unlike normal children, their children display very little language and sometimes no language at all as they reach three and even four years of age (Sigman& Capps,1997; parents’ interviews 1998). In many cases the lack of language provokes parents to seek professional assessment. After eliminating hearing problems as the cause for language impairment, many parents bring their children to a developmental clinic for a diag…

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• How Postindustrial Families Talk

  Annual Review of Anthropology · 2015-07-25 · 88 citations

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  The nuclear family is both crucible and product of capitalism and modernity, carried forth and modified across generations through ordinary communicative and other social practices. Focusing on postindustrial middle-class families, this review analyzes key discursive practices that promote “the entrepreneurial child” who can display creative language and problem-solving skills requisite to enter the globalized knowledge class as adults. It also considers how the entrepreneurial thrust, including…

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• Fatherhood and Youth Sports

  Gender & Society · 2012-05-25 · 85 citations

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  Youth sports have been recognized as an arena for men to meet increased cultural expectations of being involved in their children’s lives. Indeed, in contrast to other child care practices, many men are eager to take part in their children’s organized sports. Drawing on an ethnographic study of middle-class families in the United States, this study examines how men juggle two contrasting cultural models of masculinity when fathering through sports—a performance-oriented orthodox masculinity that…

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Frequent coauthors

• Elinor Ochs

  University of California, Los Angeles

  9 shared

• Marilena Fatigante

  Sapienza University of Rome

  4 shared

• Aliyah Morgenstern

  3 shared

• Carolina Izquierdo

  2 shared

• Camille Debras

  2 shared

• Kris D. Gutiérrez

  2 shared

• Stéphanie Caët

  Université de Lille

  2 shared

• Marine Le Mené

  2 shared

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