Harriet Jisa
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Harriet Jisa is an emeritus professor of linguistics at Lumière University Lyon 2. Her research has made significant contributions to the study of language development and the development of literacy.[1][2]
Jisa completed two PhDs, the first at the University of Southern California in 1985, the second at Lyon 2 in 1989, where she also received her habilitation.[3] After briefly occupying positions at California State University, Long Beach and the University of California, Santa Barbara, she took up an assistant professorship at the Lumière University Lyon 2 in 1982, becoming promoted to associate professor in 1989 and to full professor in 1992. She retired in 2014, and was appointed member of the Academy of Europe in 2015.[1] She is also a member of the prestigious Institut Universitaire de France, to which she was appointed senior member in 2009.[4]
