lˈaɪk klˈɔːd lˈeɪvistɹˈɔːs ænd hɪz səksˈɛsɚ fᵻlˈiːp dᵻskˈoʊlə, fɹˈænsɔɪs hˈeɪɹᵻɾiɚ wʌz fˈɜːst ɐ stˈʌdi dᵻɹˈɛktɚɹ æt ðɪ ˈɛhɛs, ænd wʌz ɪn nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd ˈeɪɾi tˈuː ᵻlˈɛktᵻd æt ðə kˈɑːlɛdʒ də fɹˈæns æt ðə tʃˈɛɹ ʌv ˌænθɹəpˈɑːlədʒi səksˈɛsɚ tə klˈɔːd lˈeɪvistɹˈɔːs.
Like Claude Lévi-Strauss and his successor Philippe Descola, Françoise Héritier was first a study director at the EHESS, and was in 1982 elected at the Collège de France at the Chair of Anthropology (successor to Claude Lévi-Strauss).