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DENNIS BARON Professor of English, Emeritus mobile: (217) 419-8377 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign email: [email protected] Twitter: @DrGrammar Home: The Web of Language: http://bit.ly/2kUSI17 1801 Foxborough Ct Web Page url: http://bit.ly/zoc7NR Champaign IL 61822-8501

VITA

Education:

Ph.D., University of Michigan (English Language and Literature), 1971. M.A., Columbia University (English and Comparative Literature), 1968. A.B., Brandeis University (English and American Literature), 1965.

Positions held:

Research Professor of English and linguistics, University of Illinois, 2018-present. Professor English, Emeritus, University of Illinois, 2018-present. Professor of English and Linguistics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1984-2018. Head, Department of English, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1998-2003. Acting Head, Department of English, Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1997-98. Director of Rhetoric, University of Illinois, 1985-97. Director, Writing Outreach Workshop, Univ. of Illinois, 1985-88. Professor, Campus Honors Faculty, Univ. of Illinois, 1988-present. Professor, College of Education, UIUC, Summer 1988. Associate Professor of English and Linguistics, Univ. of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, 1981-84. Assistant Professor of English and Linguistics, Univ. of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, 1975-81. Assistant Professor of English, The City College of CUNY, 1973-74. Assistant Professor of English, Eastern Illinois University, 1971-73.

Fellowships and Grants:

John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellow, 2016-17. Faculty Fellow, Program for the Study of Cultural Values and Ethics, Univ. of Illinois, Spring 1992. National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship, calendar year 1989. Newberry Library National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship, 1988-89 (offered, not held). IBM Project Excel Grant C-41, 1986-87: “Computer Analysis of Student Writing.” Associate, Center for Advanced Study, University of Illinois 1984-85. Fulbright Lecturer, University of Poitiers, France, 1978-79. Fellow, Center for Advanced Study, University of Illinois, 1978 (offered, not held). University of Illinois Research Board grants, multiple years, 1978 - present.

Publications: Books and Monographs

1. A Better Pencil: Readers, Writers and the Digital Revolution. New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2009, pp. xviii + 259. Paperback edition, 2012. Chinese translation, 2012.

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Reviews: Vincent Rossmeier, “Is the internet melting our brains?” Salon Sept. 19, http://www.salon.com/books/int/2009/09/19/better_pencil/; reprinted and reposted on over 100 sites, including Cory Doctorow’s blog, BoingBoing; rpt. in Italian: http://guide.supereva.it/bibliofilia/interventi/2009/10/e-vero-che-internet-fonde-il-cervello

Adam D. Thierer, “Plato wrote it down.” City Journal, Autumn 2009 (Oct. 23); http://www.city-journal.org/2009/bc1023at.html. Thierer also lists the book among the 10 best technology books of 2009: http://techliberation.com/2009/12/19/the-10-most-important-info-tech-policy-books-of-2009/

Jim Cullen, History News Network. Sept. 20, 2009. http://hnn.us/roundup/entries/117178.html Stuart Kelly, The Scotsman. Nov. 3, 2009. http://www.scotsman.com/sos-review/Book-review-A-

Better-Pencil.5784754.jp William Vanderbloemen, “Twitter: A new kind of pencil.”

http://williamvanderbloemen.com/2009/10/a-new-kind-of-pencil/ Marianne Orne, Library Journal, Nov. 2009,

http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA6704048.html?industryid=47112 Barbara Fister, “Pencils, pixels, and panic attacks.” Library Journal.com

http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA6698631.html?&rid=1105906703&source=title Elizabeth McCullough. Nov., 2009. http://internetreviewofbooks.com/nov09/a_ better_pencil.html Juliet Waters. “Word Up.” Montreal Mirror, Dec. 3, 2009, p. 45. http://www.montreal mirror.com/

2009/120309/books1.html Tim Kastelle & John Steen, Innovation Leadership Network.

http://timkastelle.org/blog/2009/12/innovation-lessons-from-a-better-pencil/ Roy Johnson, review, Dec. 2009. mantex.com (Manchester, England)

http://www.mantex.co.uk/reviews/baron_2.htm A. Asohan. “Blink and it’s a whole new world.” The Star (Malaysia)

http://thestar.com.my/columnists/story.asp?file=/2009/11/1/columnists/straythoughts/4989821&sec=Stray%20Thoughts

Henry Farrell, Times Higher Education, Jan. 21, 2010. http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=26&storycode=410105&c=2

Brian Winston. International Journal of Communication 4 (2010): 113-16. Stephen Poole, The Guardian, Jan. 30, 2010, http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2010/jan/30/steven-

poole-nonfiction-robert-darnton P. Finley, Choice. www.cro2.org Brian Hayes, “Electrifying Language.” American Scientist,

Nov./Dec. 2010. Review of A Better Pencil. http://www.americanscientist.org/bookshelf/pub/electrifying-language. Rpt., 3quarksdaily, Dec. 28, 2010. http://www.3quarksdaily.com/3quarksdaily/2010/12/electrifying-language.html. Rpt., The New Yorker “Book Bench,” http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/books/2010/12/a-new-era-a-better-pencil.html Rpt., Arts Journal, http://www.artsjournal.com/artsjournal1/2010/12/the_tools_of_wr.shtml; and rpt. on four other web sites.

2. Guide to Home Language Repair (questions, answers, and essays on the English language). Urbana:

National Council of Teachers of English (1994), viii + 165. Reviews and notices: Richard Lederer, Boston Book Review (May 1995); William Safire, New York Times Magazine (December 1994).

3. The English-Only Question: An Official Language for Americans? (New Haven: Yale University Press, 1990; paper ed., 1992), pp. xxi + 226. Reviews and notices: Publishers Weekly 237 (Aug. 10, 1990), 374; Genevieve Stuttaford, Publishers Weekly 237 (Aug. 31, 1990), 55; Washington Post Book World (Sept. 23, 1990); Mary Banas, Booklist 86 (August 1990), 2133-34; Kitty Chen Dean, Library Journal 115 (Sept. 1, 1990), 220; Education Week (with 150 word excerpt; Sept. 26, 1990), 24; Hazel Sample Guyol, New York City


Tribune (Oct. 24, 1990); The Bookwatch—Midwest Book Review (February 1991), 6; Change 23 (March 1991): 55; B. Larson, Choice (March 1991), 1126; Lynn Sharon, The Jerusalem Post (10 May, 1991): 19; Suzanne Romaine, Times Literary Supplement (31 May, 1991): 8; Jonathan Pool, American Political Science Review 85 (1991): 636-37; Book Review Digest 87 (November 1991): 13; Brian Weinstein, American Journal of Sociology 97 (1991): 863-65; Publishers Weekly (Sept. 28, 1992), 73; Elsa Auerbach, College English 54 (1992): 843-51; June K. Phillips, Modern Language Journal 76 (1992): 112-13; Jesse Levitt, Language Problems and Language Planning 16 (1992): 274-76; James E. Alatis, Language 69 (1993): 791-93.

4. Declining Grammar and Other Essays on the English Vocabulary (Urbana, IL: National Council of Teachers of English, 1989), pp. ix + 240. Reviews and notices: Newsweek (Dec. 11, 1989), p. 71; William Safire, New York Times Magazine (Dec. 3, 1989); The State Journal-Register (Springfield, IL, Nov. 26, 1989), pp. 55, 58; The Chicago Tribune; The Chicago Sun-Times; The Denver Post; Library Materials Guide (Spring 1990), p. 99; Book Report 8 (March 1990), p. 46; NATE News (Summer 1990), p. 22; J. N. Sivell, Language 66 (1990), pp. 859-60; Book Report 8 (March 1990), 46; Kliatt Young Adult Paperback Book Guide 24 (April 1990), 39.

5. Grammar and Gender (New Haven: Yale University Press, 1986; paper ed., 1987), pp. ix + 249.

Reviews: Kirkus Reviews 54 (Jan. 1, 1986), p. 26; Genevieve Stuttaford, Publishers Weekly 229 (Jan. 17, 1986), 59; E. Nelson Hayes, Patriot Ledger (Quincy, MA), March 5, 1986; Thomas Short, The Washington Times Magazine, March 10, 1986, 6M-7M; John Simon, The New Leader 69 (March 10, 1986), 19-20; Chronicle of Higher Education, March 19, 1986, 10; Elaine Kendall, Los Angeles Times, March 28, 1986; Robert Paustian, Library Journal 111 (April 1, 1986), 151; Thomas Short, Insight (April 7, 1986); Paul Wood, Champaign-Urbana News-Gazette (May 16, 1986), Weekend, 14; B. L. Dubois, Choice 23 (May, 1986), 1383; Language Monthly (May, 1986), 20-21; Charles Sleeth, The Times Literary Supplement (July 4, 1986), 740; Beryl Lieff Benderly, Psychology Today 20 (August, 1986), 78; Virginia Quarterly Review 62 (Summer, 1986), 90; Elaine Kahn, The Toronto Star (Sept. 20, 1986), M9; Jeremy Klein ETC. 43 (1986), 431; Book Review Digest 82 (January, 1987), 9; Clarence Petersen, Chicago Tribune (July 26, 1987), sec. 14, p. 4; rpt. Akron (Ohio) Beacon Journal, Clearwater (Florida) Sun, Corpus Christi (Texas) Caller-Times, Wilkes-Barre (Pennsylvania) Times Leader (Aug. 9, 1987), Troy (N.Y.) Record (Aug. 14, 1987); Priscilla Taylor, The Editorial Eye no. 144 (August, 1987), p. 7; Armida Gilbert, Studies in the American Renaissance, ed. Joel Myerson (1987), p. 394; Frank Neussel, Lingua 72 (1987), pp. 243-48; G. M. Awbery, Modern Language Review 83 (1988), pp. 644-45; David Simpson, Review 9 (1987): 600-03; Patricia Lorimer Lundberg, American Speech 63 (1988), pp. 169-75; D. R. Mott, Southern Quarterly Review 26 (1988): 65; Patricia C. Nichols, Signs 13 (1988), 600-04; W. Nelson Francis, Language 65 (1989): 176-77; Sally McConnell-Ginet, JEGP 88 (1989): 211-13; R. L. Widmann, Frontiers 10 (1989): 93-94; Ursula Oomen, Anglia 108 (1990): 167-69; Muriel Schulz, Journal of English Linguistics 22.2 (October 1989 [1993]), 240-43.

Nominated for the Mina P. Shaughnessy Medal of the Modern Language Association.

6. Grammar and Good Taste: Reforming the American Language (New Haven: Yale University Press, 1982; paper ed., 1984), pp. IX + 263.

Reviews: Stephen H. Cape, Library Journal 107 (Nov. 15, 1982), 2176; John C. Hawley, America 147 (Nov. 27, 1982), 336; Stuart Berg Flexner, The New York Times Book Review, Nov. 28, 1982, 11, 26; Willard R. Espy, The Washington Post Book World 12, Dec. 5, 1982, 1, 14; Angus Paul, Chronicle of Higher Education, Jan. 19, 1983, 29, 31; Anthony Quinton, The Times (of London), Jan. 27, 1983, 10; Edward M. White, The Los Angeles Times Book Review, Mar. 6, 1983, 7; Peter Dobkin Hall, Journal of American History 70 (1983), 114; D. J. Enright, Encounter 61 (July/August, 1983),


65-72; John H. Fisher, American Literature 55 (1983), 671-73; Douglas Tallack, Journal of American Studies 17 (1983), 473-75; Ewald Standop, Amerikastudien 28 (1983), 506-08; Book Review Digest 81 (1983), 89; Richard W. Bailey, Journal of English and Germanic Philology 83 (1984), 144-46; Fern Rook, Technical Communication 31 (1st qtr, 1984), 31; The Augusta Chronicle, Augusta Herald, Feb. 25, 1984, 6B; Elmer M. Blistein, American Studies 24 (1984), 123-24; Ronald Butters, South Atlantic Quarterly 83 (1984), 471-72; Rudolph C. Bambas, English Language Notes 21 (June, 1984), 71; World Literature Today 58 (Winter, 1984), 176; Gerald T. Burns, History of Education Quarterly 24 (1984), 465-78; Caroline Bokinsky, Studies in the American Renaissance, ed. Joel Myerson (1984), p. 430; Guy Jean Forgue, Etudes Anglaises 38 (1985), 99-100; David Seed, Review of English Studies 36 (1985), 461-62; Leonard Moskovit, College Composition and Communication 37 (Feb. 1986), 105-07; Frank Anshen, American Speech 61 (1986), 89-93; Ursula Ooman, Anglia 104 (1986): 159-62; Book Review Digest 82 (January, 1987), p. 9; Michael P. Kramer, ESQ 34 (1988): 294-96; English Journal 78 (Oct., 1989) 84.

Selected for the “Editor’s Choice” section of The New York Times Book Review. Selected by the Library of Congress for recording for the blind. Nominated for the 1982 Mina P. Shaughnessy Medal and the 1987 James Russell Lowell award of the Modern Language Association; selected by the Editorial Board of the National Council of Teachers of English for distribution as an affiliate publication of the NCTE.

7. Going Native: The Regeneration of Saxon English. Publication of The American Dialect Society, No. 69 (University: University of Alabama Press, 1982), pp. IX + 63.

8. Case Grammar and Diachronic English Syntax (The Hague: Mouton, 1974), pp. 132.

Reviews: Lilo Moessner, Linguistics 178 (1976), 65-70; Manfred Gorlach, Indogermanische Forschungen 81 (1977, for 1976), 415-18; The Year’s Work in Old English Studies 9 (1976), 19; Christian Peeters, Revue Belge de Philologie et d’Histoire 59 (1981), 736-37.

Supreme Court Amicus Brief: Brief for Professors of Linguistics and English Dennis E. Baron, Ph.D., Richard W. Bailey, Ph.D., and Jeffrey P. Kaplan, Ph.D. in support of petitioners. District of Columbia, et al., v. Dick Anthony Heller. 554 U.S. 570 (2008)

Work in Progress:

What’s Your Pronoun? The endless quest for the missing word. Forthcoming, Liveright, 2020. Guns and Grammar: The law of unprotected speech. A book on how the law uses linguistic resources to

make meaning, and on legal issues touching on language.

Media:

“The Plain Language Movement.” Part of Stephen Fry’s series “English Delight,” BBC Radio 4, August 2014.

“Latinos in America.” PBS Documentary aired in Oct. 2013. In episode 6 of the 6-part series I discuss official English, bilingualism, and minority language rights.

Book Chapters:

1. “Post on Facebook, go directly to jail.” Rpt. in Roen, Duane, ed., McGraw-Hill Guide: Writing for college, writing for life. Forthcoming, January, 2017.


2. “Don’t make English official, ban it instead.” Rpt. in Roen, Duane, ed., McGraw-Hill Guide: Writing for college, writing for life. Forthcoming, January, 2017.

3. “Facebook multiplies genders but offers users the same three tired pronouns.” Melissa Goldthwaite, et al., eds. The Norton Reader, 14/e New York: W.W. Norton. Forthcoming, January, 2016.

4. “Facebook multiplies genders but offers users the same three tired pronouns.” The Little Norton Reader. New York: W.W. Norton. A special edition containing 50 essays from the first 50 years, to celebrate the 50th anniversary of The Norton Reader. Forthcoming, 2016.

5. “Who owns global English?” The Norton Reader, ed. Linda H. Peterson and John C. Brereton. New York: Norton.

6. “Should Everybody Write?” In Andrea Lunsford, Everyone’s an author, with readings. New York, NY: W. W. Norton, 2012

7. “The Noun Game: A simple grammar lesson leads to a clash of civilizations.” The Simon and Schuster Short Prose Reader. Robert Funk, Susan Day, et. al. Boston: Prentice Hall, 2011. Pp. 128-34.

8. “#Twitter Revolution.” They Say, I Say, with Readings 2e. New York: W.W. Norton, 2012. 9. “The More Things Change: Language and Education.” In Anne Curzan and Michael Adams, eds.,

Contours of English. Univ. of Michigan Press (2010). 10. “The New Technologies of the Word.” In Keith Walters and Michal Brody, eds., What’s

Language Got to Do with It?” New York: W. W. Norton, 2005, pp. 136-51. Rpt. in Lynn Bloom and Louise Smith, The Arlington Reader, 2e., New York: Bedford/St. Martin’s, 2008; rpt. 2010.

11. “Don’t Make English Official—Ban It Instead.” [rpt. of 1996 essay]. In Keith Walters and Michal Brody, eds., What’s Language Got to Do with It?” New York: W. W. Norton, 2005, pp. 477-79.

12. “Forget Everything You Learned About Writing.” In Chris Anson, ed., The WAC Casebook: Scenes for Faculty Reflection and Program Development. New York: Oxford Univ. Press, 2003, pp. 261-65.

13. “Language Legislation and Language Abuse: American Language Policy through the 1990s.” In Language Ideologies: Critical Perspectives on the Official English Movement, vol. 2: History, Theory and Policy, ed. Roseann D. Gonzalez with Ildiko Melis (Urbana: NCTE, and Lawrence Earlbaum Assoc., 2001), pp. 5-29.

14. “From Pencils to Pixels: The Stages of Literacy Technologies.” In Passions, Pedagogies and 21st-Century Technologies, ed. Gail Hawisher and Cynthia Selfe (Logan: Utah State Univ. Press and the National Council of Teachers of English, 1999), pp. 15-33. [This is the lead essay in the book.] Rpt. in Ellen Cushman, Eugene R. Kintgen, Barry M. Kroll, and Mike Rose, eds., Literacy: A Critical Sourcebook. Boston: Bedford St. Martin’s, 2001. Pp. 70-84.

15. “An Official Language.” Rpt. (from The English Only Question) in Writing About Diversity: An Argument Reader and Guide, ed. Irene L. Clark (Fort Worth: Harcourt Brace, 1994), pp. 284-302.

16. “Language Is the Enemy.” Rpt. (from Declining Grammar) in Dimensions of Language, ed. Boyd Davis. (New York: Macmillan, 1993), pp. 427-31.

17. “Language, Culture, and Society,” in Introduction to Scholarship in Modern Languages and Literatures, ed. Joseph Gibaldi. 2nd ed. (New York: Modern Language Association, 1992), pp. 28-52.

18. “Federal English and the Constitution,” rpt. in Language Loyalties, ed. James Crawford. Chicago: Univ. of Chicago Press (1992), pp. 36-40.

19. “The Legal Status of English in Illinois: Case Study of a Multilingual State,” in Not Only English: Affirming America’s Multilingual Heritage, ed. Harvey A. Daniels (Urbana: National Council of Teachers of English, 1990), pp. 13-26.

20. “Watching Our Grammar: The English Language for English Teachers,” in On Literacy and Its Teaching: Issues in English Education, ed. Gail Hawisher and Anna Soter (Albany: State Univ. of New York Press, 1990), pp. 208-23. [Review: Sharon J. Hamilton, College English 55 (1993): 794-800.

21. “Watching Our Grammar” (rpt. from Grammar and Good Taste), in The Story of English: Study Guide and Reader (Dubuque, IA: Kendall/Hunt, 1986).


22. “Nonstandard English, Composition, and the Academic Establishment,” 1975; rpt. in Readings in Applied English Linguistics, ed. Harold B. Allen and Michael Linn, 3rd. ed. (New York: Alfred Knopf, 1982), pp. 436-43.

Articles:

1. “A brief history of singular ‘they,’ Oxford English Dictionary Blog, Sept. 4, 2018. https://public.oed.com/blog/a-brief-history-of-singular-they/#__prclt=9gZeU4Sf

2. “Antonin Scalia Was Wrong about the Meaning of ‘Bear Arms,” Washington Post, May 21, 2018. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/antonin-scalia-was-wrong-about-the-meaning-of-bear-arms/2018/05/21/9243ac66-5d11-11e8-b2b8-08a538d9dbd6_story.html?utm_term=.9f23ab854a09

3. “Nowadays, ‘Like’ Just Means ‘Uh-Huh’” Visual Thesaurus. August 11, 2014. http://www.visualthesaurus.com/cm/wc/nowadays-like-just-means-uh-huh/’ Vocabulary.com http://www.vocabulary.com/articles/wc/nowadays-like-just-means-uh-huh/

4. “America’s war on language.” OxfordWords Blog. Sept. 17. http://blog.oxforddictionaries.com/2014/09/americas-war-language/ Days and Memories Blog. http://hgmsblog.weebly.com/blog/americas-war-on-language Sept. 3.

5. “Changing gender in language isn’t easy.” New York Times, “Room for Debate” Oct. 19, 2014. http://nyti.ms/1tDISSa

6. “Nobody likes a whistleblower, wrayer, snitch, narker, denunciator, quadruplator, or emphanist.” Visual Thesaurus. Feb. 23, 2014.

7. “Plain English: It’s the law.” Visual Thesaurus. Feb. 7, 2014. http://www.visualthesaurus.com/cm/wc/plain-english-its-the-law/

8. “Banning words for the new year.” Vocabulary.com. January 20, 2914. http://www.vocabulary.com/articles/wc/banning-words-for-the-new-year/“ Visual Thesaurus. January 20, 2014. http://www.visualthesaurus.com/cm/wc/banning-words-for-the-new-year/

9. “Dennis Baron’s Word of the Year for 2013: ‘marriage’” Visual Thesaurus. Dec. 24, 2013. http://www.visualthesaurus.com/cm/wc/dennis-barons-word-of-the-year-for-2013-marriage/

10. “The highest dictionary in the land?” Oxford University Press Blog. June 23, 2013. http://bit.ly/11UkV54

11. “The highest dictionary in the land?” Visual Thesaurus. June 24, 2013. http://bit.ly/11GYbGK 12. “Will the real Gettysburg Address please stand up?” Visual Thesaurus. Nov. 19, 2013.

http://www.visualthesaurus.com/cm/wc/will-the-real-gettysburg-address-please-stand-up/ 13. “Pens and Pencils Down: New York City's ‘Banned Words’ Controversy.” Visual Thesaurus.

April 4, 2012. http://www.visualthesaurus.com/cm/wc/3212/ 14. “Wikipedia: Write first, ask questions later.” Rpt. in James C. McDonald, The Reader. New York:

Pearson, 2012. 15. “Learning not to curse in Arizona.” Oxford Univ. Press blog. May 27, 2012 16. “Why we misread.” Visual Thesaurus. July 3, 2012. http://www.visualthesaurus.com/cm/wc/why-

we-misread/ 17. “Grammar freaks really are strange.” Cultural Weekly. July 19, 2012.

http://www.culturalweekly.com/grammar-freaks-strange.html 18. “Grammar sticklers may have OCD.” Oxford Univ. Press Blog. Aug. 18, 2012.

http://blog.oup.com/2012/08/grammar-sticklers-may-have-ocd/ 19. “The e-reader over your shoulder.” Visual Thesaurus. Nov. 12, 2012.

http://www.visualthesaurus.com/cm/wc/the-e-reader-over-your-shoulder/ 20. “The e-reader over your shoulder.” Oxford University Press blog, Nov. 24, 2012.

http://blog.oup.com/2012/11/the-e-reader-over-your-shoulder/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+oupblog+%28OUPblog%29

21. “Apple patents page-turning. What’s next, the letter “i”? Visual Thesaurus. Nov. 27, 2012. http://www.visualthesaurus.com/cm/wc/apple-patents-page-turning-whats-next-the-letter-i/

22. “Dennis Baron’s Word of the Year for 2012 is #hashtag.” Visual Thesaurus, Dec. 16, 2012. http://www.visualthesaurus.com/cm/wc/dennis-barons-word-of-the-year-for-2012-hashtag


23. “No laptops: Classroom bans on digital devices are spreading.” Visual Thesaurus, Jan. 14, 2013. http://www.visualthesaurus.com/cm/teachersatwork/no-laptops-classroom-bans-on-digital-devices-are-spreading/

24. “National Grammar Day in Wartime.” Visual Thesaurus. Mar. 4, 2013. http://www.visualthesaurus.com/cm/wc/national-grammar-day-in-wartime/

25. “The Great Language Change Hoax.” Academe. (The AAUP blog). April 1, 2013. http://academeblog.org/2013/04/01/the-great-language-change-hoax/

26. “English-only in the exit row.” Oxford Univ. Press Blog. April 29, 2011. http://blog.oup.com/2011/04/exit-row/

27. “The most human computer?” Oxford Univ. Press Blog. May 5, 2011. http://blog.oup.com/2011/05/human-computer/

28. “Teaching commas won’t help.” Visual Thesaurus, May 16, 2011. http://www.visualthesaurus.com/cm/wc/2848

29. “Teaching commas won’t help.” Oxford Univ. Press Blog. June 14, 2011. http://blog.oup.com/2011/06/teaching-commas/

30. “Webster’s lays down the law.” Visual Thesaurus Magazine. June 15, 2011. http://www.visualthesaurus.com/cm/dictionary/2883/

31. “But the dictionary says. . .” Oxford Univ. Press Blog. June 27, 2011. http://blog.oup.com/2011/06/dictionary-courtroom/

32. “Content-Free Prose: Death of Writing or Next Big Thing?” Visual Thesaurus. June 29, 2011. http://www.visualthesaurus.com/cm/wc/2893?utm_source=rss

33. “Content-Free Prose: Death of Writing or Next Big Thing?” Oxford Univ. Press Blog. July 8, 2011. http://blog.oup.com/2011/07/content-free-prose/

34. “Are laws requiring English signs discriminatory?” Oxford Univ. Press Blog. July 21, 2011. http://blog.oup.com/2011/07/english-signs/

35. “Computers remember so you don’t have to.” Oxford Univ. Press Blog. July 28, 2011. http://blog.oup.com/2011/07/google-effect/

36. “That ugly Americanism? It could well be British.” Oxford Univ. Press Blog. Aug. 5, 2011. http://blog.oup.com/2011/08/ugly-americanism/

37. “New words are great for back to school.” Visual Thesaurus. Aug. 30, 2011. http://www.visualthesaurus.com/cm/dictionary/2956/?utm_source=rss

38. “New words are great for back to school.” Oxford Univ. Press Blog, Sep. 1, 2011. http://blog.oup.com/2011/09/school-words/

39. “The linguistic impact of 9/11? ‘9/11’ itself.” Visual Thesaurus. Sep. 12, 2011. http://www.visualthesaurus.com/cm/dictionary/2969/

40. “The linguistic impact of 9/11”. Oxford Univ. Press Blog. Sep. 12, 2011. http://blog.oup.com/2011/09/linguistic-impact/

41. “The only linguistic impact of 9/11 is ‘9/11’ itself.” Cultural Weekly, Sep. 14, 2011. http://www.culturalweekly.com/only-linguistic-impact-of-911-is-911-itself.html

42. “Are there alternatives to global English?” Visual Thesaurus. Sept. 27, 2011. http://www.visualthesaurus.com/cm/wc/2985/

43. “Is resistance futile? Are there alternatives to global English?” Cultural Weekly. Sept. 29, 2011. http://www.culturalweekly.com/is-resistance-futil-are-there-alternatives-to-global-english.html

44. “Resistance may be futile: Are there alternatives to global English?” OUP Blog, Oct. 11, 2011. http://blog.oup.com/2011/10/global-english/; reposted in the Daily Beast, Oct. 12, 2011. http://andrewsullivan.thedailybeast.com/2011/10/english-has-taken-over.html

45. “Is this the last print dictionary?” Cultural Weekly. Oct. 19, 2011. http://www.culturalweekly.com/is-this-the-last-print-dictionary.html

46. “The laws of English punctuation.” Visual Thesaurus. Oct. 24, 2011. http://www.visualthesaurus.com/cm/wc/3011/

47. “Talk like Shakespeare Day.” Cultural Weekly. Oct. 27, 2011. http://www.culturalweekly.com/talk-like-shakespeare-day.html

48. “Occupy Wall Street: Can the revolution be trademarked?” Oxford University Press Blog. Nov. 28, 2011. http://blog.oup.com/2011/11/occupy-trademark/

49. “Dennis Baron’s Word of the Year for 2011: ‘Volatility.’” Visual Thesaurus. Dec. 2, 2011. http://www.visualthesaurus.com/cm/wc/3052/


50. “How to save an endangered language.” Oxford University Press Blog. Dec. 4, 2011. http://blog.oup.com/2011/12/endangered-language/

51. “The top language stories of 2011.” Visual Thesaurus. Dec. 20, 2011. http://www.visualthesaurus.com/cm/wc/3072

52. “Dictionary droids write definitions untouched by human hands.” Oxford Univ. Press Blog. Jan. 24, 2012. http://blog.oup.com/2012/01/dictionary-droids-write-definitions-untouched-by-human-hands/

53. “The Writer’s Meme.” Cultural Weekly. Feb. 22, 2012. http://www.culturalweekly.com/the-writers-meme.html

54. “Alejandrina Cabrera should be on the San Luis City Council ballot.” Oxford Univ. Press Blog. Feb. 28, 2012. http://blog.oup.com/2012/02/alejandrina-cabrera-san-luis-city-council/

55. “Learning not to curse in Arizona.” Cultural Weekly. Mar. 15, 2012. http://www.culturalweekly.com/learning-not-to-curse-in-arizona.html

56. “The iPad: What’s a Gutenberg moment, anyway?” Visual Thesaurus, March 7, 2010, http://www.visualthesaurus.com/cm/wc/2240/

57. “The iPad: What’s a Gutenberg moment, anyway?” Oxford University Press Blog. March 8, 2010. http://blog.oup.com/2010/04/ipad/

58. “Yes, we want”: Who owns global English? Visual Thesaurus, May 4, 2010, http://www.visualthesaurus.com/cm/wc/2264/

59. “The New Technologies of the Word.” Rpt. in The Arlington Reader (New York: Bedford St. Martins, 2010.

60. “Don’t read this: What Kindle’s Highlights tell us about popular taste.” The Visual Thesaurus. July 2, 2010. http://www.visualthesaurus.com/cm/wc/2339/

61. “Revising our freedom: Digital archeology and Jefferson’s rough draft of the Declaration of Independence.” Oxford University Press blog, July 9, 2010. http://blog.oup.com/2010/07/revising-our-freedom/

62. “Robot teachers!!! Coming soon, to a classroom near you!!!” Oxford University Press blog, July 13, 2010. http://blog.oup.com/2010/07/robot-teachers; repost, io9.com, July 28, 2010. http://io9.com/5599084/robot-teachers-coming-soon-to-a-classroom-near-you

63. “The gender-neutral pronoun: Still an epic(ene) fail.” Visual Thesaurus. August 9, 2010. http://www.visualthesaurus.com/cm/dictionary/2384/; OUP blog, Aug. 26, 2101, http://blog.oup.com/2010/08/gender-neutral-pronoun/

64. “Technology update: Flying books can be dangerous.” Oxford University Press blog, August 13, 2010. http://blog.oup.com/2010/08/ebooks-3/

65. “Is it ‘Miss’ or ‘Ms’?” Oxford University Press blog. Aug. 16, 2010. http://blog.oup.com/2010/08/miss-or-ms/; rpt. as “What’s in a Name? For “Ms.,” a Long History.” on Ms. Magazine blog, Aug. 27, 2010, http://msmagazine.com/blog/blog/2010/08/27/whats-in-a-name-for-ms-a-long-history/

66. “Good grammar leads to violence at Starbucks?” Visual Thesaurus. August 17, 2010. http://www.visualthesaurus.com/cm/wc/2394/

67. “Good grammar leads to violence at Starbucks?” Oxford University Press blog. Aug. 20, 2010. http://blog.oup.com/2010/08/starbucks/

68. “Facebook says, ‘All your face are belong to us.’” Oxford University Press blog, Aug. 31, 2010. http://blog.oup.com/2010/08/facebook-trademark/

69. “Facebook says, ‘All your face are belong to us.’” Visual Thesaurus. Sept. 9, 2010. http://www.visualthesaurus.com/cm/dictionary/2414/

70. “The English Language Unity Act: Big government only a tea partier could love.” Oxford University Press blog, Sept. 24, 2010. http://blog.oup.com/2010/09/english-language-unity/; rpt Dallas Morning News, Sept. 24, 2010. http://topics.dallasnews.com/article/0gsfem7buy0AM; rpt. NPR quotes, Sept. 24, 2010. http://topics.npr.org/quote/0bqS3ST97z0yC; rpt. Latest Law News, Sept. 24, 2010, http://www.tollfree800legal.com/news/latest-law-news.cfm?Next-News-ID=3524647&start=51;

71. “It’s alive! New computer learns language like a human, almost.” Oxford University Press blog. Oct. 11, 2010. http://blog.oup.com/2010/10/computer-learns-language/ Picked up by NPR, the BBC, technorati, and techeye.


72. “Killer app: Seven dirty words you can’t say on your iPhone.” Oxford University Press Blog. Oct. 18, 2010. http://blog.oup.com/2010/10/dirty-words/

73. “Killer app: Will the iPhone monitor your language?” The Visual Thesaurus. Oct. 19, 2010. http://www.visualthesaurus.com/cm/wc/2455/

74. “A Literal Paradox.” Visual Thesaurus. Oct. 26, 2010. http://www.visualthesaurus.com/cm/dictionary/2465/

75. “A Literal Paradox: literally generally means ‘figuratively.’ Oxford Univ. Press Blog. Oct. 29, 2010. http://blog.oup.com/2010/10/literal-paradox/

76. “All hail Goddess English.” Oxford University Press Blog. Nov. 9, 2010. http://blog.oup.com/2010/11/all-hail-goddess-english/

77. “The tweet police are watching.” The Visual Thesaurus. Nov. 17, 2010. http://www.visualthesaurus.com/cm/wc/2506/

78. “ J when you say that, pardner,” – the tweet police are watching.” Oxford University Press Blog, Nov. 22, 2010. http://blog.oup.com/2010/11/tweet-police/

79. “On the internet, nobody knows you can’t spell.” Oxford University Press Blog, Nov. 29, 2010. http://blog.oup.com/2010/11/you-cant-spell/

80. “The Noun Game: A simple grammar lesson leads to a clash of civilizations.” Oxford Univ. Press blog. Dec. 10, 2010. http://blog.oup.com/2010/12/noun-game/

81. “President has Americans running to the dictionary.” Visual Thesaurus. Dec. 13, 2011. http://www.visualthesaurus.com/cm/dictionary/2531/

82. “Books by the numbers.” Visual Thesaurus. Dec. 20, 2010. http://www.visualthesaurus.com/cm/wc/2546/

83. “Books by the numbers.” Oxford Univ. Press Blog. Jan. 6, 2011. http://blog.oup.com/2011/01/books-by-the-numbers/

84. “Defending the language with bullets.” Oxford Univ. Press Blog. Jan. 14, 2011. http://blog.oup.com/2011/01/bullets/

85. “The government does not control your grammar.” Oxford Univ. Press Blog, Jan. 28, 2011. http://blog.oup.com/2011/01/grammar/

86. “The Supreme Court Debates: What does ‘personal’ mean?” Visual Thesaurus. Jan. 24, 2011. http://www.visualthesaurus.com/cm/dictionary/2582/

87. “#twitterrevolution—reforming Egypt 140 characters at a time.” Oxford Univ. Press Blog, Feb. 17, 2011. http://blog.oup.com/2011/02/twitter-revolution/

88. “The government’s out-of-date definition of writing.” Visual Thesaurus. Feb. 18, 2011. http://www.visualthesaurus.com/cm/dictionary/2628/

89. “The government’s definition of writing is seriously out of date.” Oxford Univ. Press Blog. Feb. 28, 2011. http://blog.oup.com/2011/02/dictionary-act/

90. “Who cares about National Grammar Day? Or is it whom?” Oxford Univ. Press Blog. Mar. 4, 2011. http://blog.oup.com/2011/03/grammar-day

91. “When news breaks, people look it up in the dictionary.” Visual Thesaurus. March 10, 2011. http://www.visualthesaurus.com/cm/dictionary/2655/

92. “It’s time for English teachers to stop teaching that the world is flat.” Oxford Univ. Press Blog. Mar. 18, 2011. http://blog.oup.com/2011/03/english-teachers

93. “Happy birthday OK: the world’s most-popular word turns 172,” Oxford Univ. Press Blog. Mar. 23, 2011. http://blog.oup.com/2011/03/ok-day/

94. “OED Hearts OMG.” Visual Thesaurus. April 11, 2011. http://www.visualthesaurus.com/cm/dictionary/2815/

95. “TSA bans reading on international flights.” Indyposted, Jan. 4, 2010. http://indyposted.com/8627/tsa-bans-reading-on-international-flights/

96. “Say goodbye to the decade with no name.” Visual Thesaurus, Dec. 18, 2009. http://www.visualthesaurus.com/cm/wc/2100/

97. “English teachers council gives Glenn Beck the ‘Doublespeak Award’.” My statement was reprinted verbatim in a Washington Post article about the Doublespeak Award by Valerie Strauss, Nov. 23, 2009, http://voices.washingtonpost.com/answer-sheet/accountability/ncte-award-glenn-beck-the-doub.html

98. “The Noun Game.” The Visual Thesaurus. Nov. 16, 2009. http://www.visualthesaurus.com/cm/wc/2067/


99. “Technology reduces the value of old people, MIT computer guru warns.” Oxford Univ. Press, OUPBlog, Nov. 11, http://blog.oup.com/2009/11/old-people/

100. “Happy belated 40th birthday to the internet.” Oxford Univ. Press, OUPBlog, Nov. 3, http://blog.oup.com/2009/11/40th-birthday-internet/

101. “Two thumbs up? Researchers predict that by 2013, we’ll all be Tweeting.” Oxford Univ. Press, OUPBlog, Oct. 27 http://blog.oup.com/2009/10/universal_authorship/

102. “Blogging for pay.” Oxford Univ. Press, OUPBlog, Oct. 8, http://blog.oup.com/2009/10/blogging-for-pay/

103. “Amazon sales rank: I’m being outsold by a book on tattoos.” Oxford Univ. Press, OUPBlog, Sept. 25, http://blog.oup.com/2009/09/amazon-rank/

104. “The Spellings Commission, the ACT, and the ETS Just Don’t Read America’s Literacy Right.” College Composition and Communication 61.1 (Sept. 2009): W424-35.

105. “The Elements of Style at 50: If You Celebrate, Use the Active Voice.” Visual Thesaurus, April 6, 2009, http://www.visualthesaurus.com/cm/dictionary/1805

106. “ ’Tis Talk Like Shakespeare Day in Chicago, Methinks.” Visual Thesaurus, April 23, 2009. http://www.visualthesaurus.com/cm/dictionary/1827/

107. “Amazon Fail 2.0: Orwell Removed from Kindles.” Visual Thesaurus, July 21, 2009. http://www.visualthesaurus.com/cm/wc/1922/

108. “Amazon Fail 2.0: Bookseller’s Big Brother removes Orwell’s Big Brother from Kindles everywhere.” Oxford Univ. Press OUPblog. July 21, 2009. http://blog.oup.com/2009/07/amazon_fail2/

109. “Digital Text.” Letters. Wilson Quarterly (winter, 2010), p. 6. 110. “Multitasking: Learning to teach and text at the same time.” Oxford Univ. Press Blog, Jan. 25,

2010. http://blog.oup.com/2010/01/teach-and-text/#more-7305 111. “Will the iPad change your life?” Oxford Univ. Press Blog, Jan 28, 2010.

http://blog.oup.com/2010/01/will-the-ipad-change-your-life/ 112. “Sliced Bread 2.0.” Oxford Univ. Press Blog, Feb. 24, 2010. http://blog.oup.com/2010/02/sliced-

bread-2-0/ 113. “Should everybody write? The destabilizing technologies of communication.” Oxford Univ. Press

Blog, Mar. 16, 2010. http://blog.oup.com/2010/03/should-everybody-write/ a day later, there were 25 reposts of the essay.

114. “Should everybody write?” Visual Thesaurus. Mar. 16, 2010. http://www.visualthesaurus.com/cm/wc/2204/

115. “Multitasking: Learning to Teach and Text at the Same Time” Quality Teacher (a quarterly journal of Bato Balani Foundation, the Philippines; forthcoming).

116. “The book, the scroll, and the web.” Oxford Univ. Press Blog, April 2, 2010. http://blog.oup.com/2010/04/scroll-book/

117. “March 10: The telephone is 133 years old today. Call me.” Visual Thesaurus. March 10, 2009. http://www.visualthesaurus.com/cm/dictionary/1768/

118. “Lincoln the writer at 200.” The Visual Thesaurus. Feb 13, 2009. http://www.visualthesaurus.com/cm/wc/1722/

119. “No Students Left Behind: Why Reports on the Literacy Crisis from the Spellings Commission, the ACT, and the ETS Just Don’t Read America’s Literacy Right.” College Composition and Communication 61.1 (Sept. 2009): W424-35.

120. “Noah Webster at 250: A Visionary or a Crackpot?” The Visual Thesaurus. Oct. 16, 2008. http://www.visualthesaurus.com/cm/dictionary/1576/

121. “Can commas shoot down gun control?” Los Angeles Times, March 22, 2007. Rpt. Oxford Magazine no. 264 (Oxford Univ.), Spring (second week, Trinity term) 2007, pp. 12-13.; also rpt., The Green Bag, second series, vol. 10, no. 40 (Quarterly Law review of the George Mason School of Law), Summer 2007.

122. “Don't write off the pencil just yet.” Los Angeles Times, Jan. 23, 2007, A15. 123. “No academic bill of rights?” Inside Higher Education, June 13, 2006. www.ihe.com. 124. “Churchill fallout: It’s about academic freedom.” Inside Higher Education, May 26, 2006.

www.ihe.com. 125. “I’m not really a professor, I just play one on TV.” Inside Higher Education, Oct. 14, 2005.


126. “The College Board’s New Essay Reverses Decades of Progress Toward Literacy.” Chronicle of Higher Education. May 6, 2005. Pp. B14-15; rpt. in Newsletter of the Northeast Association of Pre-Law Advisors, Fall 2005.

127. “The New Nativism: Language Policy and Linguistic Ideology in the United States.” Ryukyus Journal of American Studies (April, 2005): 1-12.

128. “Not Searching for Skeletons.” Chronicle of Higher Education, Jan. 14, 2005, C1;4. 129. “The Tongue Who Would Be King.” Science and Spirit, November/December 2004, pp. 28-33. 130. “The President’s Reading Lesson.” Education Week, Sept. 8, 2004, p. 43. 131. “A Diverse Department.” Chronicle of Higher Education, August 13, 2004, C2-3. 132. “Avoiding the Role of Straight Man.” Chronicle of Higher Education, June 18, C1;4. 133. “Around the Clock.” Chronicle of Higher Education, May 21, 2004, C1;4. 134. “It’s Just Grammar. Whom Really Cares?” Los Angeles Times, May 7, 2004, B17; rpt., Austin

(Texas) American-Statesman, Adrian (Michigan) Daily Telegram, May 12, 2004. 135. “What Am I Worth?” Chronicle of Higher Education. April 23, 2004, C1;4. 136. “Lessons in Department Budgeting.” Chronicle of Higher Education. March 26, 2004, C2-3. 137. “Language and society.” For PBS Documentary, “Do you speak American?”

www.pbs.org/speak/words/sezwho/socialsetting. [Rpt. in Insightful Writing, ed. David Sabrio and Mitchel Burchfield. Boston: Houghton, Mifflin, 2008.

138. “No Translation Needed: ‘Door Is Closed.’” Los Angeles Times, March 14, 2004, M5 [rpt. Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Kansas City Star; Myrtle Beach (South Carolina) Sun-News; Bryan-College Station (TX) Eagle; translated into Finnish for Helsingin Sanomat (Helsinki, Finland), March 28, 2004].

139. “New Programs, New Problems.” Chronicle of Higher Education. Feb. 27, 2004. C1;4. 140. “Intervening in the Classroom.” Chronicle of Higher Education. Jan. 30, 2004, C1;4 141. “Sharing Inside Information.” Chronicle of Higher Education. Dec. 19, 2003, C1; 4. 142. “McLanguage Meets the Dictionary.” Chronicle of Higher Education. Dec. 19, 2003, B14. 143. “Not What I Signed Up For.” Chronicle of Higher Education, Nov. 21, 2003, C1; C4. 144. “Professors Behaving Badly.” Chronicle of Higher Education, October 24, 2003, C3-4. 145. “Learning to Be a Department Head.” Chronicle of Higher Education, Sept. 22, 2003, C5. 146. “Life After Tenure.” Chronicle of Higher Education, July 21, 2003. 147. “When Tenure Fails.” Chronicle of Higher Education, June 10, 2003. 148. “Teaching Grammar Doesn’t Lead to Better Writing.” Chronicle of Higher Education, May 16,

2003, B20. 149. “Promoting Late Bloomers.” Chronicle of Higher Education, April 25, 2003. 150. “The Tenure Files: Getting Through the College.” Chronicle of Higher Education, Feb. 14, 2003. 151. “External Reviewers.” Chronicle of Higher Education, January 7, 2003. 152. “A Look at the Record.” Chronicle of Higher Education, Nov. 7, 2002. 153. “I Teach English—and I Hate Reader’s Guides.” Chronicle of Higher Education, Oct. 4, 2002, p.

B5. 154. “Good Grammar and the Career Network.” Chronicle of Higher Education, July 31, 2002. 155. “Language Use and Grammar.” The September, 2002, module for “Teaching Composition,” a

listserv for the composition teaching community, published by McGraw-Hill. http://www.mhhe.com//socscience/english/tc.

156. “Getting Promoted.” Chronicle of Higher Education, Sept. 5, 2002. 157. “The Job Search: You’re the One.” Chronicle of Higher Education, April 12, 2002. 158. “The Campus Visit.” Chronicle of Higher Education, Feb. 24, 2002. 159. “Will Anyone Accept the Good News on Literacy?” Chronicle of Higher Education, Feb. 1, 2002,

B10. 160. “The Job Interview.” Chronicle of Higher Education, Jan. 21, 2002. 161. “To Whom It May Concern: Reading Job Applications.” Chronicle of Higher Education, Dec, 21,

2001. 162. “The Hiring Season.” Chronicle of Higher Education, Nov. 9, 2001. 163. “America Doesn’t Know What the World Is Saying.” Op-Ed essay, The New York Times, Oct. 27, 2001,

A21. Rpt. Cleveland Plain Dealer, Oct. 30, 2001, B11. 164. “The End of Linguistics: a response” letter to the editor, The American Scholar (Spring, 2001): 155-56.


165. “The Official Secrets Act in Academic Publishing.” Chronicle of Higher Education, Feb. 16, 2001, B5. 166. “Literacy and technology.” In Linda K. Shamoon, R. M. Howard, S. Jamieson, and R. A. Schwegler,

eds., Coming of Age: The Advanced Writing Curriculum. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann, Boynton/Cook, 2000 and on CD-rom. Approx. 8 pp.

167. “Ebonics and the Politics of English.” World Englishes 19 (March, 2000): 5-19. 168. “Technology’s Impact on Writing.” Letter. Chronicle of Higher Education, Jan. 21, 2000, B11. 169. “To Sir, or Ma’am, with Love.” Education Week. Sept. 8, 1999, 45. 170. “When Professors Get A’s and Machines Get F’s.” Chronicle of Higher Education, Nov. 20, 1998, A56. 171. “Can B-Schools Corner the Market on Knowledge?” Chronicle of Higher Education, June 5, 1998, B7. 172. “How to Be a Person, Not a Number, on the U.S. Census.” Chronicle of Higher Education, April 3,

1998, B8. 173. “Ebonics Is Not a Panacea for Students at Risk.” Chronicle of Higher Education, Jan. 24, 1997, B4-5.

Rpt. in Second-Language Learner, Chicago Public Schools, 1997. 174. Cartoon: “This is a Test” English Journal 87 (February 1998): 8. 175. Cartoon: “Mark Twain as a walrus designed by a committee” English Journal 86 (October, 1997): 26. 176. “Lingua Blanka: Official English? Let’s Be Done With the Poor Old Mother Tongue.” Op-Ed essay, The

Washington Post Sunday, Sept. 8, 1996, C5. Rpt. as “Official English? Let’s Ban It Instead!” Hartford Courant, Sept. 13, 1996; “English official in US? No, let’s ban it.” The Evening Post (Wellington, NZ), Sept. 18, 1996, 4; “English prohibited here,” Miami Herald, Sept. 19, 1996, 23a.; rpt. in Andrea Lunsford and John J. Ruszkiewicz, Everything’s an Argument, NY: Bedford St. Martin’s, 2001; rpt. in Keith Walters and Michal Brody, eds., What’s Language Got To Do With It?, NY: W.W. Norton, pp. 477-79.

177. “Exploration to master English.” Letter to the editor, Washington Post, April 23, 1996, A16. 178. “Grammar on the Internet,” Oklahoma English Journal 10 (Spring 1996): 26-27. 179. Cartoon: “William Shakespeare Takes Young Hamnet Shopping for School Supplies,” English Journal

(Sept. 1996): 10. 180. “Listen Up: Hey, here are the top words of ’95” Op-ed Essay, Chicago Tribune, Jan. 1, 1996, sec. 1, p.

13. 181. Twelve cartoons, English Journal (1995-97). 182. “Grammar is not the problem.” Letter to the editor, Washington Post, August 2, 1995. 183. “Royal Rhetoric.” Op-Ed essay. Chicago Tribune, April 7, 1995. 184. “The best phrase of 1994 is . . .” Op-Ed essay, Chicago Tribune Dec. 16, 1994, A13. 185. Cartoon, “Global Warming.” Chronicle of Higher Education, July 13, 1994, B3. 186. “Idiomatic Usage and the Deterioration of Language: The Debate Rages.” The Council Chronicle

(September 1994), p. 20. 187. Cartoon, “Ask Dr. Grammar.” The NCTE Standard 1.2 (Summer 1994): 15. 188. “Fact Versus Opinion.” The Council Chronicle 3.5 (June 1994): 16-17. 189. “The Noun Game—When Cultures Intersect.” Inflections 2.1 (May 1994): 1 – 3. Rpt. as “Where

cultures meet.” The Education Network (Summer 1994, no. 6) of the Australian Education Network, 17-18. Rpt. in Statement, journal of the Colorado Language Arts Society (vol. 31, no. 3, Summer 1995), pp. 56-57; The San Antonio Area Council of Teachers of English Journal 12.2 (Spring 1995): 15-17.

190. “Best words of ’93 sound like trouble.” Op-Ed essay, Chicago Tribune, January 13, 1994, sec. 1, p. 13. 191. “Getting a read on government bungling.” Op-Ed essay, Chicago Tribune, Sept. 22, 1993, sec. 1, p. 13. 192. “School: An American paradox.” Op-Ed essay, Baltimore Sun, Sept. 7, 1993, 9A. 193. Review, Random House Webster’s College Dictionary, American Speech 68: 205-12. 194. “Keep the factoids and just stick to the facts.” Op-Ed essay, Atlanta Constitution, May 5, 1993, A13. 195. “What’s in a Word?” Op-Ed essay, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, March 5, 1993, 3C. 196. “The Literacy Complex.” Cultural Values and Ethics (March 1993): 3-15. 197. “Watch your language.” The Stag (journal of the Scientific and Technical Authors Group) no. 11

(Winter/Spring 1993): 15-18. 198. “Dial 1-800-M4MURDR.” English Today 33 (January, 1993): 25-26. 199. Review of Francine Frank and Paula Treichler, eds., Language, Gender, and Professional Writing (New

York: MLA), American Speech 67 (1992): 94-99.


200. “Declining Grammar.” SENSE Newsletter (Society of English-Native-Speaking Editors in the Netherlands) 1, no. 1 (Winter 1992), pp. 1; 3-4. [Rpt. from Declining Grammar and Other Essays on the English Vocabulary]

201. “Leaks Spring Eternal.” American Speech 67 (1992): 112. 202. “Grammar.” The President’s Scrapbook. Inside Illinois (1 Oct., 1992), p. 5. 203. “Orthography.” The President’s Scrapbook. Inside Illinois (20 Aug., 1992), p. 3. 204. Letter, “Defending Linguistic Diversity.” Chronicle of Higher Education, August 12, 1992. B3. 205. “Why Do Academics Continue to Insist on `Proper’ English?” Chronicle of Higher Education, 1 July,

1992, B1-2. 206. Letter, “How higher education deals with plagiarism.” Chronicle of Higher Education, March 18, 1992,

B4. 207. Letter, “Myth of German Replacing English by only 1 Vote.” Verbatim 18.1 (1991): 6. 208. Letter, “Computer proliferation: a death knell for print?” Chronicle of Higher Education, Oct. 31, 1991,

B6. 209. “English in a Multicultural America.” Social Policy 21.4 (Spring 1991): 5-14. 210. Contributor to “Among the New Words,” American Speech, numerous vols. 211. Review of Sidney Greenbaum, Good English and the Grammarian (London: Longman), in World

Englishes 10 (1991): 100-102. 212. 14 articles: American Dialect Society, The American Language, archaism, Dwight Bolinger, bonehead

English, the Grammarians of English, the Library of Congress, Robert Lowth, H. L. Mencken, private language, purism, the USIA, the USIS, the Voice of America (5700 words) for the Oxford Companion to the English Language, ed. Tom McArthur (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1992).

213. “The English Language,” New Book of Knowledge (Danbury, CT: Grolier). 214. “Language Reference Books,” International Encyclopedia of Communication (Annenberg School of

Communications and Oxford University Press, 1989). 215. “English Only.” (Letter) Times Literary Supplement, Sept. 1-7, 1989, p. 945. 216. “A Positive Trend.” English Today 5.2 (April 1989): 10-11. 217. “Word Law,” Verbatim 16.1 (Summer, 1989): 1-4. 218. “Going Out of Style?” English Today 17 (January 1989): 6-11. 219. “Etc.” 1988. American Speech 64: 379-80. 220. “The Ugly Grammarian,” English Today 16 (October 1988): 9-12. 221. “Our Presto-Changeo Language,” Righting Words 2 (Jan/Feb. 1988), 15-17; 20-21. 222. Letter to the Editor, “The golden rule of editing,” Chronicle of Higher Education, Nov. 2, 1988, B3. 223. Letter to the Editor, “Students need more writing instruction, not less,” Chronicle of Higher Education,

Oct. 19, 1988, B3. 224. “A Writing Lesson,” in Collective Wisdom, ed. Sondra J. Stang and Robert Wiltenburg (N.Y.: Random

House, 1988), p. 348. 225. “Public Cutespeak,” Verbatim 13 (Spring 1987): 18-19. 226. “Federal English,” Brandeis Review 6 (Spring 1987): 18-21. 227. “No way to treat a lady—or a gent,” Righting Words 1 (January/February, 1987): 24-28. Reviewed by

Peggy Smith in The Editorial Eye no. 144 (August, 1987), p. 5. 228. “The Uses of Usage,” English Journal 76 (December, 1987): 59-60. 229. Letter to the Editor, “It takes more than grammar to teach writing,” Chronicle of Higher Education (June

17, 1987), p. 35. 230. “Is It [MIS] or [MIZ]?” Verbatim 11 (Autumn, 1984):10. 231. Review of Famous Last Words: The American Language Crisis Reconsidered, by Harvey A. Daniels, in

American Speech 59 (1984), pp. 226-30. 232. “Pizza Clippings,” American Speech 59 (1984), p. 89. 233. “More Pies,” American Speech 57 (1982), p. 160. 234. “Among the New Words” (with the Committee on New Words of the American Dialect Society),

American Speech 57 (1982), pp. 48-51; 121-27; 204-07; American Speech 56 (1981), pp. 278-84. 235. “The Epicene Pronoun: The Word That Failed,” American Speech 56 (1981), pp. 83-97. 236. “Planning the American Language: Federal English,” Language Problems and Language Planning 5

(1981), pp. 239-50.


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28. 243. “Nonstandard English, Composition, and the Academic Establishment,” College English 37 (1975), pp.

176-83. 244. Review of Theoretical Semics by Trevor Eaton, in Style 9 (1975), pp. 108-11. 245. “Against Interpretation: The Linguistic Structure of Television Drama,” Journal of Popular Culture 7

(1974), pp. 946-54. 246. “The Early Modern English Dictionary: Progress Report,” Shakespearean Research and Opportunities 5-

6 (1970-71), pp. 122-28. 247. “A Note on Charles Beard’s Dictionary of Arms and Armour, Costumes and Textiles,” Shakespearean

Research and Opportunities 5-6 (1970-71), pp. 128-30.

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ERIC Documents:

“The English Language Amendment: Backgrounds and Prospects,” ED 297 578. ERIC Clearinghouse on Languages and Linguistics, Center for Applied Linguistics.

“Lexical Change in Present-Day English,” ED 125 293. ERIC Clearinghouse on Languages and Linguistics, Center for Applied Linguistics.

“Reactions to Nonstandard Written English: Toward a Formal Characterization of the Written Code of Nonstandard English,” ED 126 710. ERIC Clearinghouse on Languages and Linguistics, Center for Applied Linguistics.

“Flowers of Evil: Attitudes Toward Language and Their Effects on Language Production,” ERIC Clearinghouse on Reading, National Council of Teachers of English.

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1. “Guns and Grammar: Big Data and the Meaning of ‘bear arms’ in the Second Amendment.” Conference on Law and Corpus Linguistics, Brigham Young Univ. Law School, Feb. 6-8, 2019.

2. “Guns and Grammar: Big Data and the Meaning of ‘bear arms’ in the Second Amendment.” Symposium: District of Columbia v. Heller 10 years on, Hastings College of Law, San Francisco, CA, Jan. 18, 2019.

3. “What’s Your Pronoun?” Language Policy Forum, Sheffield Hallam University, UK, June 1, 2018.

4. “America’s War on Language,” Invited Lecture, University of Pennsylvania, April 19, 2018. 5. “Guns and Grammar: The Linguistics of the Second Amendment,” Neubauer Symposium on

Historical Semantics, University of Chicago, April 13, 2018. 6. “Speak the Language of Your Flag: Language and Immigration in the US, 1918-2018,” Language

and Borders Conference, University of Bristol, UK, March 26, 2018. 7. “Pronoun Showdown,” Invited lecture, University of Essex, UK, Nov. 23, 2017. 8. “Going native: Brexit prompts linguistic cleansing.” Conference on UK Language Policy after

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English great again?” Univ. of Tennessee (Knoxville), April 11, 2016. 10. “Speak the language of your flag.” Present-Day English Discussion Group, Modern Language

Association. Jan. 9, 2014.


11. “#twitterrevolution: Destabilizing the world, 140 characters at a time.” Univ. of Sussex (Brighton, UK). March 21, 2013.

12. “Speak the language of your flag.” In “creative” conversation, with Michael Erard. Modern Language Association. Boston, Jan. 3, 2013. Speakers invited by MLA Executive Director Rosemary Feal.

13. “Official English from the school house to the White House.” Englishes in Europe Conference. Univ. of Sheffield. April, 2012.

14. “#twitterrevolution: Destabilizing the world, 140 characters at a time.” Temple Contemporary, Temple University Art Museum. Oct. 11, 2012.

15. “Guns and grammar: Linguistic authority and legal interpretation in Washington, D.C., v. Heller” Stanford University. Nov. 10, 2011.

16. “Should everybody write? The destabilizing technologies of communication.” Univ. of Chicago Semiotics Workshop, March 11, 2010.

17. “Guns and grammar: The linguistics of the Second Amendment.” Law and Society Annual Conference, Denver, CO, June 30, 2009.

18. “Let’s go to the phones.” Univ. of Michigan invited lecture. Dec. 5, 2008. 19. “Policing English in America from the White House to the schoolhouse.” Conference on

prescriptivism in language. Univ. of Paris VII (Sorbonne), Paris, FR. Nov. 15, 2007. 20. “It’s All Your Fault: Who’s Really to Blame for the Literacy Crisis?” Conference on College

Composition and Communication. New York City, March 2007. 21. “No University Student Left Behind: Writing and the Secretary of Education’s Commission on

Higher Education.” Conference on College Composition and Communication. Chicago, March 2006.

22. “The Perils of the new SAT Writing Test.” Conference on College Composition and Communication. San Francisco. March 17, 2005.

23. “Spanish, English and the New Nativism.” Modern Language Association. Philadelphia. Dec. 30, 2004.

24. “Reading and Writing in the Digital Age.” Invited presentation. Illinois Library Association, Chicago, September 30, 2004.

25. “Language Policies and Language Politics in the United States.” “English and Minority Languages in the 2000 Census.” Invited lectures, Univ. of Ryukyu, Okinawa, Japan, June, 2004.

26. “TeknoFear.” Invited lecture, Northeastern Illinois University, April 15, 2004. 27. “Standards: They’re Not for Everybody.” Conference on College Composition and

Communication. San Antonio, TX, March 25, 2004. 28. “The New Technologies of the Word.” Plenary lecture. International Association of World

Englishes Conference, Univ. of Illinois, October 17, 2002. 29. “Writing Effective Promotion Dossiers,” Provost’s Seminar, Univ. of Illinois, Sept. 7, 2001. 30. “Promotion and Tenure,” a workshop for new executive officers, Association of Departments of

English seminar, Monterey, California, June 29, 2001. 31. “From Pencils to Pixels: The New Technologies of Literacy.” Invited lecture, UC Davis, March 2,

2001. 32. “The Illinois Professional Learning Partnership.” Conference on College Composition and

Communication, Denver, CO, March 15, 2001. 33. “Writing Effective Third-Year Faculty Reviews,” Provost’s Seminar, Univ. of Illinois, Feb. 26,

2001. 34. “Outreach for the Humanities,” response to Graham Spanier; Chancellor’s Conference, Univ. of

Illinois, Jan. 31, 2001. 35. “Other Teachers’ Students.” Conference on College Composition and Communication,

Minneapolis, MN, April 15, 2000. 36. “The Best Words of the Millennium.” Modern Language Association, Chicago Il, Dec. 27, 1999. 37. “Ebonics and the Politics of Language.” Conference on Language Policy at the Millennium. Bar-

Ilan University, Tel Aviv, Israel; Nov. 23-25, 1999.


38. “From Pencils to Pixels: The New Technologies of Literacy.” Keynote address, Verbal Arts Conference, University of Illinois at Springfield, April 23, 1999. Versions given at Pennsylvania State University; Center for Advanced Study Symposium on Literacy and Writing Systems in Asia.

39. “Ebonics in the National Media and the National Consciousness,” Modern Language Association, San Francisco, Dec. 1998.

40. “Talking the Talk: Language Politics Coast to Coast, from Prop 227 to the Puerto Rico Statehood Referendum,” Modern Language Association, San Francisco, Dec. 1998.

41. “An Invitation to ‘Forget Everything You Learned about Writing in High School’ or Not.” Practice, Theory, Reflection, and Action: Transforming Classrooms, Schools, and English Studies [NCTE], Seattle WA, June 19, 1998.

42. “From Pencils to Pixels: The New Technologies of Literacy.” Center for Advanced Study Symposium on Literacy and Writing Systems in Asia, May 2, 1998.

43. “Habits of Mind: Designing Discovery Projects for Undergraduates” Organizer and chair, half-day Workshop at the Conference on College Composition and Communication, Chicago, April 4, 1998.

44. “Researching the Net: Writers Evaluate Their New Resources.” Workshop presentation, CCCC, April 4, 1998.

45. “Language, Standards, and Scapegoats: Will Talking the Talk Get You Walking the Walk?” Conference on College Composition and Communication, Chicago, April 3, 1998.

46. “J when you say that, pardner: Urbanizing the electronic frontier.” Technologies for Learning Program Seminar, U of I College of Education, Feb. 18, 1998.

47. “Language and the New Technologies of Literacy.” Modern Language Association, Toronto, CA, Dec. 28, 1997.

48. “Talking the talk: The Ebonics controversy in perspective.” Midwest Modern Language Association, Chicago, Nov. 8, 1997.

49. “The New Technologies of Literacy.” McGill University, Montreal, Sept. 9, 1997. 50. “The Subject Is Grammar,” International Literacy Day speech, Centre for Literacy, Montreal, Sept. 8,

1997. 51. Workshop on Portfolios for Teachers, NCTE Conference, Expanding the Conversation on Reflection:

Innovative Practices, New Understandings, Current Challenges. Montreal, June 26-28, 1997. 52. “American Usage” “Under Construction,” Merriam-Webster lectures on the American language,

Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C., March 6, 1997. 53. “The Official Language Movement in the United States.” Georgetown Univ., March 5, 1996. 54. Panel on Ebonics, Delta Sigma, U of I Student Union, Feb. 18,1 997. 55. Class on Ebonics, “The Academy,” Central High School, Champaign, Feb. 13, 1997. 56. Panel on Ebonics, University YMCA, Feb. 13, 1997. 57. Workshop on Portfolios and Active Learning, Faculty Retreat Teaching for Active Learning, U of I, Feb.

6, 1997. 58. “ :) When You Say That: Variation and the Move to Standardize Communication Practices on the

Electronic Frontier.” Modern Language Association, Washington, DC, Dec. 1996. 59. “Guide to Home Language Repair,” American Association of University Women, Danville, IL, Dec. 6,

1996. 60. “Grammar for Teachers.” National Council of Teachers of English, Chicago, Nov. 21, 1996. 61. “The Current State of Official Language Legislation in the U.S.” NCTE, Nov. 22, 1996. 62. “Don’t Make English Official—Ban It Instead: Updating the Official English Question in the United

States.” College of DuPage, Nov. 18, 1996; Linguistics Seminar, Univ. of Illinois, Nov. 14, 1996. 63. “The English Language: Where It’s At,” The Art Club, Champaign-Urbana, Nov. 6, 1996. 64. “Teaching Portfolios.” Conference on Learning and Literacies, sponsored by NCTE. Albuquerque, NM,

June 20-22, 1996. 65. “Teaching Language in the Language Arts,” Workshop, Oklahoma Council of Teachers of English,

Oklahoma City, April 27, 1996. 66. “Guide to Home Language.” Plenary lecture, Oklahoma Council of Teachers of English, Oklahoma

City, April 26, 1996.


67. “ :) When You Say That: Developments in Communication Technology.” Invited lecture, Department of English, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman OK, April 25, 1996.

68. “Guide to Home Language Repair.” Univ. of Illinois LAS Alumni Association, Harold Washington Library, Chicago, IL, April 18, 1996.

69. “Teaching as Revision: A Full-Day Workshop on Teacher Portfolios” Conference on College Composition and Communication, Milwaukee, March 27-30, 1996.

70. “Grammar in the classroom: Teaching the Conflicts.” Presentation at the Conference on College Composition and Communication, Milwaukee, March 27-30, 1996.

71. “Writing Program Administration,” Workshop at the Conference on College Composition and Communication, Milwaukee, March 27-30, 1996.

72. “Is political correctness PC? The history of a phrase.” MLA Conference, Chicago, December 1995. 73. “Proper Nouns: Political Correctness and names for groups,” National Council of Teachers of English

Conference, San Diego, CA, November, 1995. 74. “Creating a Teaching Portfolio.” College Teaching Effectiveness Network, Univ. of Illinois, Sept. 27,

1995. 75. “Plagiarism in the postmodern age,” NCTE-sponsored Conference on Writing Assignments and

Assessment, Colgate University, August 11, 1995. 76. “Teaching as Revision: Workshop on Teaching Portfolios.” Conference on College Composition and

Communication, Washington, DC, March 25, 1995. 77. “How Language Study Should Fit into the English Curriculum.” Conference on College Composition

and Communication, Washington, DC, March 24, 1995. 78. “Teaching Portfolios.” National Council of Teachers of English, Orlando, FL, Nov. 19, 1994. 79. “Political Correctness, Language, and the Classroom.” National Council of Teachers of English, Orlando,

FL, Nov. 17, 1994. 80. “Teaching Portfolios and Pedagogical Development.” NCTE Conference on Portfolios and Assessment,

Scottsdale, AZ, June 18, 1994. 81. “Technology and Literacy.” 30th Annual University/Community College English Articulation

Conference, April 21, 1994. 82. “Reprocessing Language.” Conference on College Composition and Communication, Nashville, TN,

March 18, 1994. 83. “Precultural Literacy.” National Council of Teachers of English, Louisville KY, November 1992. 84. “Writing at the University of Illinois.” U of I Mothers Association Annual Meeting, Oct. 3, 1992. 85. “The Literacy Complex.” Seminar, Program for the Study of Cultural Values and Ethics, Univ. of

Illinois, April 30, 1992. 86. “The Uses of Literacy.” Invited lecture, University of Georgia, Athens GA, April 22, 1992. 87. “Guide to Home Language Repair.” Keynote address, Illinois State University English Department

Annual Banquet, April 10, 1992. 88. “Writing Preparation and Expectations for Collegiate Programs.” North Central Association of Colleges

and Schools, Chicago, March 23, 1992. 89. “The Death of English: Did It Jump or Was It Pushed?” Present-Day English Discussion Group, Modern

Language Association, San Francisco, Dec. 1991. 90. “The Once and Future Ms.: A Lesson in Language Planning.” Speech Communication Association

conference, Atlanta, Nov. 2, 1991. 91. “Watching Our Grammar: The English Language for Teachers of Language Arts.” Keynote address,

Michigan Association of Teachers of English annual conference, Kalamazoo, Oct. 11, 1991. 92. “Defining Literacy.” Panel on “The Politics of Literacy,” Program for the Study of Cultural Values and

Ethics, Univ. of Illinois, Sept. 25, 1991. 93. “The English-Only Question.” Lecture in the Language and Nation series at the University of North

Carolina, Chapel Hill, March 22, 1991. 94. “Public Language.” Panel discussion at UNC, March 22, 1991. 95. “The English-Only Question.” Colloquium for the Division of English as an International Language,

Univ. of Illinois, Sept. 12, 1990. 96. “English-Only — Then and Now.” Lecture at Pennsylvania State University, March, 1990.


97. “Official English.” Forum on Cultural Imposition, Univ. of Illinois Program for the Study of Cultural Values and Ethics. Feb. 7, 1990.

98. “Official Language Legislation in New York and New Mexico.” National Council of Teachers of English Annual Conference, Baltimore, Nov. 19, 1989.

99. “Corporate Onomastics.” 25th Annual Community College/University Articulation Conference, Allerton House, Monticello, IL, April, 1989.

100. “English Only: The Official Language Question in Illinois.” Illinois Association of Teachers of English Conference, Champaign, October, 1988.

101. “The English Language Amendment: Backgrounds and Prospects.” Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) annual convention, Chicago, March 12, 1987.

102. “A History of the English-First Movement.” Present-Day English session, Modern Language Association, San Francisco, December, 1987.

103. “Federal English and the Constitution.” Forum on “The Dangers of an Official Language Policy,” National Council of Teachers of English Annual Conference, Los Angeles, November, 1987 (available on cassette from NCTE).

104. “Writing across the Curriculum.” LAS Dean’s Executive Officer Retreat, Univ. of Illinois, March 9, 1987.

105. “The Myths of English.” Illinois Association of Teachers of English Annual Meeting, October 1986. 106. “Language Myth and Fact.” English Department Lunch Lecture Series, Univ. of Illinois, Spring, 1986. 107. “Grammar and Gender.” Linguistics Department Seminar, Univ. of Illinois, November, 1985. 108. “Etymologizing man and woman.” ESL Colloquium, Univ. of Illinois, November, 1985. 109. “Language and Sex.” Respondent at Unit for Critical Theory and Interpretation Colloquium, Univ. of

Illinois, 1985. 110. “Grammar and Good Taste.” Keynote luncheon address for the 33rd Annual High School-University

English Articulation Conference, University of Illinois at Urbana, February 25, 1984. 111. “Eve’s Rib: Images of Sex and Gender in English Linguistics.” University of Texas at Austin, February

9, 1984. 112. “Language and Liberty: The Politics of English.” Modern Language Association annual conference, New

York, December 27, 1983. 113. “The Tangled Web: The Uses of Usage.” American Dialect Society annual conference, Los Angeles,

December, 1982. 114. “Going Native: The Regeneration of Saxon English.” The Linguistics Seminar, University of Illinois,

1982. 115. “Practical Grammar.” National Council of Teachers of English annual conference, Boston, November,

1981. 116. “A Federal Language.” American Dialect Society annual conference, Houston, December, 1980. 117. “Autodeixis: Metatext and Metaphor.” Reading University, England, Linguistics Seminar, June, 1979;

University of Oulu, Finland, February, 1979; principal address to the annual meeting of the Finnish Council of Teachers of English, Tampere, Finland, February, 1979; Modern Language Association annual conference, Chicago, December, 1977.

118. “A Promise is a Promise: Speech Acts and Literature.” University of Jyvaskala and University of Tampere, Finland, February, 1979.

119. “Self-Referentiality in Chaucer’s Book of the Duchess.” Reading University, England, June, 1979. 120. “Directions in Sociolinguistics.” University of Paris, VII, December, 1978. 121. “Fear and Flying, Language and Sex.” Feminist Scholarship Conference, University of Illinois, March,

1978. 122. “Flowers of Evil: Attitudes Toward Language and Their Effects on Language Production.” Modern

Language Association annual conference, New York, December, 1976. 123. “How to Relate to Students Who Speak Nonstandard English.” National Council of Teachers of English

annual conference, Chicago, November, 1976. 124. “Lexical Change in Present-Day English.” Linguistics Seminar, University of Illinois, November, 1975;

Linguistic Society of America annual conference, San Francisco, December, 1975.


125. “Reactions to Nonstandard Written English: Toward a Formal Characterization of the Written Code for Nonstandard English.” American Dialect Society (Northeast) annual conference, State College, Pennsylvania, November, 1974.

126. “I am nat textueel: The Process of Fiction in Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales.” Midwest Modern Language Association annual conference, Chicago, October, 1973.

127. “Nonstandard English, Composition, and the Academic Establishment.” Faculty Seminar, Eastern Illinois University, February, 1973; American Dialect Society (Midwest) annual conference, Ann Arbor, Michigan, July, 1973.

Radio and Television Broadcasts and Interviews

1. “Tapestry,” CBC-Radio “The Longing for Belonging,” interview on pronouns, June 28, 2018. 2. “Air Talk,” Larry Mantle, KPCC-NPR Los Angeles, Pronouns, Mar. 6, 2018. 3. “Do Official English laws work?” interview, KCBS, San Francisco. Aug. 24, 2017. 4. “Latinos in America.” PBS documentary, aired October, 2013. 5. Various radio appearances on WILL-AM discussing language issues 1984-present. 6. “Extension 720” with Milt Rosenberg. WGN radio, Oct. 16, 2009. 2-hour interview about A Better

Pencil. 7. Steve Fast, “The Classroom Connection” Oklahoma Public Radio, interview about A Better

Pencil. Oct. 1, 2009. 8. Valerie Richardson Show. WPKN, Bridgeport CT, April 21, 2009. Half-hour interview about my

work on usage and on technology. 9. Jim Brown, “The Current.” CBC-Radio, Canada. July 15, 2008. Interview on Esperanto. 10. “The Peter Laufer Show”, Green Radio 960 (San Francisco). 60 min. interview on Broadcast

English, Dec. 28, 2008. 11. “Official English in Small Town America,” Eight Forty-Eight, WBEZ-FM (Chicago public radio),

June 13, 2007. Lead interview for the show, also featured on the WBEZ web site: http://www.wbez.org/Program_848_Segment.aspx?segmentID=11395

12. “The English Language.” Focus 580, WILL-AM, multiple appearances each year from 1982-present.

13. “Good English.” The Robin and Maynard Show. KQBZ-FM (Seattle), May 3, 2005. 14. “Pronunciation in American English.” Interview by Avi Arditti and Roseann Skirble broadcast on

“Coast to Coast” by Voice of America (4/24/03); posted on voanews.com/wordmaster. 15. “The English Language,” The Joan Rivers Show, WOR-AM, New York, June 25, 2001. 16. “The New Oxford Dictionary of English,” “Sandy Rios Live,” WYLL-FM, Chicago, Aug. 14,

1998. 17. “The Merriam-Webster/NAACP Controversy.” WCIA TV, Champaign, Oct. 20, 1997. 18. “American English Usage,” broadcast in the series “Under Construction,” by Merriam-Webster

and Northeast Public Radio. 19. “The French Language Police,” The Howard Galganof Show, CJIT, Montreal, Sept. 22, 1997. 20. “Language Legislation,” Daybreak, CBC, Montreal, Sept. 8, 1997 21. “Bill 101 and Language Legislation,” The Tommy Schnumacher Show, CJAD-AM, Montreal,

Sept. 8, 1997. 22. “Literacy,” Newswatch, CBC-TV, Sept. 8, 1997. 23. “The Ebonics Debate,” “Penny for Your Thoughts,” WDWS-AM, Champaign, Jan. 28, 1997. 24. “Ebonics,” WTOP News Radio AM 1500 (Washington, DC), Dec. 28, 1996. 25. “Ebonics,” ABC Radio News, Dec. 28, 1996. 26. “Ebonics,” WNBC-TV (Washington, DC), Dec. 27, 1996. 27. “Ebonics,” NewsChannel 8 (Washington, DC), Dec. 27, 1996. 28. “Banning English,” Jack Cole, WJNO, ABC radio affiliate, Palm Beach, FL, Sept. 12, 1996. 29. “Home Language Repair.” Karen Kelly, “The Best of Our Knowledge,” WAMC, Albany, NY.

July 18, 1994. 30. “The English Language.” Ken Behrens, WJBC-AM, Bloomington IL, May 19, 1993. 31. “The English Language.” Stevie Jay, WDWS-AM, Champaign, May 19, 1993.


32. “Vanity Phone Numbers.” Phillip Till, “The World Tonight” CKNW, Vancouver CA, May 13, 1993.

33. “Vanity Phone Numbers.” WPGU, Champaign, April 19, 1993. 34. “Vanity Phone Numbers.” Diane Stern, WBZ-AM, Boston, April 7, 1993. 35. “The English Language.” “The Show with No Name” WDWS-AM, Champaign, March 30, 1993. 36. “The English-Only Question.” Minnesota Public Radio, Sept. 13, 1991. 37. “Ask Dr. Grammar,” “Studio A,” with Ken Davis, WBEZ-FM, Chicago, August 9, 1991. 38. “Language and Sex,” “Studio A,” with Ken Davis, WBEZ-FM, Chicago, July 11, 1991. 39. “Powerful Language,” “Soundings” with Wayne Pond, National Public Radio, July 14, 1991. 40. “The State of the Language.” Extension-720, with Milton Rosenberg, WGN-AM, Chicago, Oct.

25, 1990. 41. “The English-Only Question.” Cliff Kincaid Show, WNTR, Washington DC, Oct. 16, 1990. 42. “Business Names.” “Inner City, with Diane Larsen.” Chez Radio Canada, Ottawa, July 1990. 43. “Corporate Punishment,” The Frank Dill Show, KNBR, San Francisco, CA, Dec. 8, 1989. 44. “Language Stereotypes,” one segment of 13-part series on “English in the American South”,

Tennessee Endowment for the Humanities, taped June, 1989. 45. “Language Commentary,” a semi-monthly feature on WILL-AM, March, 1988—94. 46. “Grammar and Gender,” on Milt Rosenberg’s “Extension 720,” WGN-AM (Chicago), July 28,

1986. 47. “Grammar and Gender,” on Tim Jackson’s “Talk 30,” WFYR-FM (Chicago), July 13, 1986. 48. “Grammar and Gender,” The Casper Citron Show, WMCA-AM (New York), June 17, 1986. 49. “Grammar and Gender,” Leonard Lopate, “Senior Edition,” WNYC-AM (New York), June 2,

1986. 50. “Grammar and Gender,” Owen Murrill, KLBJ-AM (Austin, TX), Feb. 18, 1986.

Editorships and Commissions:

Chair, Committee on Public Policy, Conference on College Composition and Communication, National Council of Teachers of English, 2003-06.

Member, Board of Advisors for the television series “Do You Speak American?” with Robert MacNeil.

Member, PMLA Advisory Committee, 1998-2001. Member, editorial advisory board, Liverpool Studies in Language and Discourse, 1993-

present. Member, MLA Delegate Assembly, 1998-2003. Chair, MLA Division on Language and Society, 2001-02. Member, Commission on Language, National Council of Teachers of English, 1984-87;

1999-2002. Editor, Publication of the American Dialect Society (monograph series) 1984-93. Member, Committee on Language and the Schools, Linguistic Society of America, 1992-

1997. Associate Editor, Publication of the American Dialect Society, 1982-84.

Refereeing Positions: Reviewer of Grant Proposals on dialectology for the National Science Foundation, program in

linguistics, 1975-present. Reviewer of Grant Proposals in English Linguistics, University of Illinois Research Board,

1982-present. Reviewer of Grant Proposals in English Linguistics, National Endowment for the Humanities,

1984. Reviewer of manuscripts for JEGP, Univ. of Alabama Press, Cambridge Univ. Press, Univ. of

Chicago Press, Macmillan, McGraw-Hill, Univ. of Michigan Press, Scott, Foresman, Oxford Univ. Press, The University Press of New England, Yale University Press.


Consultant, Tennessee Humanities Council public education project (traveling exhibit and 13-part radio series), “English in the American South,” funded by NEH.

Multiple promotion and tenure reviews.

Memberships in Professional Organizations:

American Dialect Society (life member; member, Committee on New Words, 1975-82; member, Committee on Usage, 1982-present; member, Centennial Publications Committee; Centennial Publicity Committee; Centennial Documentaries Committee).

Modern Language Association (member, Delegate Assembly, 1996-99). National Council of Teachers of English (member, Commission on the English Language,

two terms). Chair, Committee on Public Language, 2009-12. Conference on College Composition and Communication. Conference of Editors of Learned Journals, 1985-93. Linguistic Society of America; member, Committee on Language in the Schools, 1992-94. Council of Writing Program Administrators Illinois Association of Teachers of English (member, program committee, 1987-88).

Administrative Initiatives:

a. Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing. b. Chair, English Group, METER section of Illinois Professional Learning Partnership (Department

of Education TQE Grant), 1998-2004. c. Director, Language and Public Policy Reading Group, sponsored by Illinois Program for Research

in the Humanities. d. Joint proposal with departments of French, Linguistics, and English as an International Language

for an international conference on Language Legislation and Linguistic Rights, funded at $10,000, March 21-23, 1996.

e. Joint proposal with Department of Speech Communication to establish the Center for Writing Studies—funded initially at $225,000, with $150,000 in recurring funds, including support for 5 faculty lines and graduate student support for 17 students, beginning FY 1990.

f. LAS Writing across the Curriculum Proposal, to develop writing-intensive general education courses. Planning Grant Funded FY 1990 @ $19,000 by the Council on Teacher Education to develop writing component for History 151.

g. Planning Grant, summer 1988, to develop proposal for new LAS undergraduate teacher education curriculum in English, funded @ $15,000 by the Council on Teacher Education.

h. Freshman English Test: proposal for administering and grading writing sample for entering first-year students. Recurring funds of $10,000.

i. Writing Outreach Workshop: a program of institutes and short courses to introduce Illinois high school English teachers to computer writing instruction. Funded @ $120,000 per annum, 1985-88.

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Consulting:

Legal consulting and expert witness reports and testimony for a variety of law firms.

Media consulting for television, radio, and newspapers, including ABC’s Nightline, Champaign-Urbana News-Gazette, The Chicago Tribune, Cincinnati Enquirer, Los Angeles Times, The McNeil-Lehrer Report, The New York Times, Newsweek, Orlando Sentinel, Prentice-Hall, Scripps-Howard Newspapers, Scott-Foresman, Inc., Springfield (IL) Register, USA Today, U.S. News and World Report, WICD-TV (Champaign, IL), William Safire.

Professional consulting for numerous academic and university presses.

Courses Taught at the University of Illinois:

English 584 Language and law English 582 Technology and words English 593 Proseminar in the Teaching of Writing English 591 Writing Outreach Workshop Seminar: The Nature of Standard English English 591 Writing Outreach Workshop Seminar: Writing Assessment and Standard English English 544 Seminar on the Poetics of Oral Literature: a course taught for the Linguistic Institute of

the Linguistic Society of America, held at the University of Illinois during the summer session of 1978.

English 512 Seminar on Chaucer English 504 Seminar on the English Language (topics vary, including literacy and discourse; language

and sex; linguistics for teachers; rise of Standard English; language and literacy) English 411 Chaucer English 404 Stylistics and Literary Criticism English 403 History of the English Language English 402 Descriptive English Grammar English 401 Introduction to the Study of the English Language English 380 Language and law English 300 Technologies of the Word English 273 Film as Literature English 104 Introduction to Film English 103 Introduction to Fiction Rhetoric 143 Intermediate Expository Prose

Courses taught at other universities:

Old English; Beowulf; Middle English Literature Survey; composition at all levels, remedial to advanced.

Committee Service, University of Illinois: University level—

Provost’s Committee on Asian American Studies Asian American Studies Council Task Force on Program Assessment and Evaluation Advanced Information Technologies, Hewlett Group Chair, University High School English Committee Chair, Communications Area Committee for the Preparation of Teachers, Council on Teacher

Education


University High School Advisory Board Committee to Evaluate the Director of University High School Search Committee for English Librarian

College level—

Chair, Search committee for Director of the School of Music in the College of Fine and Applied Arts Chair, Search committee for the Director of the School of Literatures, Cultures, and Linguistics College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Executive Committee (three terms) Co-chair, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Committee to prepare NEH Division of Education

planning grant for revised LAS teacher education curriculum in English and Foreign Languages LAS Committee on Planning and Development Committee to Plan the 75th Anniversary of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Supercommittee on Teacher Education in the Liberal Arts and Sciences College of Education Search Committee for Specialists in Writing and in Children’s Literature LAS Committee on Committees Humanities Core Curriculum Group Center for Writing Studies Graduate Committee

Department level—

Chair, Rhetoric Advisory Committee Chair, Committee to Evaluate the Writing and Rhetoric Programs Chair, Committee to Evaluate Curriculum in English Linguistics Chair, Undergraduate Teaching Awards Committee Chair, University-Community College Articulation Committee Chair, Computer Rhetoric Planning Committee Honors Committee Teaching Awards Committee Writing Studies Committee Graduate Admissions and Financial Aid Committee Committee to Evaluate Curriculum in Medieval English Language and Literature Committee to Evaluate Curriculum in English Education Undergraduate Advising Committee Masters Comprehensive Examination Committee Lecture Committee Grade Review Committee Graduate Studies Committee Chair, Search Committee for Rhetoric Specialist Search Committees for Medievalist (twice), Business Writer, Writing Center Director and Associate

Director, Technical Writer Committee to Review the Watts Report English Library Committee English Department Long-Range Planning Committee