Category Archives: Ideas and Opinions

An Interview with Erika Bare and Tiffany Burns, authors of Connecting Through Conversation

Erika Bare and Tiffany Burns are the co-authors of Connecting Through Conversation: A Playbook for Talking with Students (ConnectEDD Publishing, 2023). Erika Bare currently serves as the Assistant Superintendent for the Ashland School District and has more than twenty years of experience … Continue reading

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What I’m Reading

The Babel Apocalypse by Vyvyan Evans (Nephilm, 2023) Part of a new series of by linguist Vyvyan Evans: what will happen if (when?!) most of the world’s people a “chipped” with tech that streams Unilanguage technology controlled by corporations. And … Continue reading

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What I’m reading: Wanderers, Kings, Merchants: The Story of India through its languages

Peggy Mohan’s Wanderers, Kings, Merchants: The Story of India through its languages is a fascinating history of the languages of India. There are two key, intersecting themes: one is the idea that existing local language form a forming a substratum, … Continue reading

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An Interview with Vyvyan Evans, author of The Babel Apocalypse

Vyvyan Evans is an expert on language and digital communication. He holds a PhD in linguistics from Georgetown University, and has taught linguistics in Asia, Europe, and North America. His popular science essays and articles have been featured in The … Continue reading

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