Category Archives: Language

An Interview with Ellen Jovin, author of Rebel with a Clause

Posted on July 5, 2022 by Ed Battistella

Ellen Jovin has a B.A. from Harvard College and an M.A. from UCLA and has studied twenty-five languages for fun. Jovin is a cofounder of Syntaxis, a communication consultancy, and the author of four books on English and writing, She … Continue reading →

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An Interview with Diana Coogle

Posted on March 22, 2022 by Ed Battistella

Diana Coogle grew up in Georgia and attended Vanderbilt University (graduating Phi Beta Kappa and fifth in her class) later earning an MA in English at Cambridge University and a Ph.D. in English from the University of Oregon. A former … Continue reading →

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An Interview with Arika Okrent, author of Highly Irregular

Posted on October 4, 2021 by Ed Battistella

Arika Okrent has an undergraduate degree from Carleton College, an M.A. in Linguistics from Gallaudet University, and a Ph.D. in Psycholinguistics from University of Chicago. A winner of the Linguistic Society of America’s Linguistic Journalism Award in 2016 and a … Continue reading →

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An Interview with Margaret Perrow, author of A Hidden History of Youth Development in South Africa

Posted on August 2, 2021 by Ed Battistella

Dr. Margaret Perrow is Professor of English and English Education at Southern Oregon University, where she has taught since 2006. She has a BA from Yale University and an MA and PhD in Language, Literacy, and Culture in Education from … Continue reading →

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