Anne Curzan

Anne Curzan
Anne Curzan - Anatol Rodgers Lecture
Awards	John Dewey Award, Faculty Recognition Award, Henry Russel Award
Academic background
Alma mater	University of Michigan, Ph.D & MA English Language and Literature; Yale University, BA Linguistics, summa cum laude
Academic work
Main interests	History of English, Language and gender, Corpus linguistics, Historical sociolinguistics, Pedagogy, Lexicography
Notable works	Fixing English: Prescriptivism and Language History, How English Works: A Linguistic Introduction

Anne Curzan is a professor at the University of Michigan, author of books on language, member of the American Heritage Dictionary Usage Panel, and co-host of That's What They Say on Michigan Public Radio.

Academics

Curzan earned a B.A. in linguistics from Yale University (summa cum laude) and an M.A. and a Ph.D. in English Language and Literature from the University of Michigan. She is the Arthur F. Thurnau Professor of English^[1] at the University of Michigan, where she also holds faculty appointments in the Department of Linguistics and the School of Education. She serves as Co-Director of the Joint Ph.D. Program in English and Education, and as the Faculty Athletics Representative for the university.

She has taught more than 15 courses at the University of Michigan and the University of Washington, including History of the English Language, French Influence in the History of English, Language and Gender, and Standard English and the Politics of Language Authority. Her research interests include the history of English, language and gender, corpus linguistics, historical sociolinguistics, pedagogy, and lexicography.

Curzan has received several awards for her work, including the Henry Russel Award,^[2] the Faculty Recognition Award,^[3] and the John Dewey Award.^[4]

Professional activities

Curzan is a member of the American Heritage Dictionary Usage Panel and the American Dialect Society, which votes on the Word of the Year. She writes regularly for The Chronicle of Higher Education's language blog, Lingua Franca, and is a co-host of the program That's What they Say on Michigan Radio.

Books

• ISBN 978-0205032280 How English works: A linguistic introduction
• ISBN 978-0472067329 First day to final grade: A graduate student's guide to teaching
• ISBN 978-0521820073 Gender shifts in the history of English
• ISBN 978-1598038934 The secret life of words: English words and their origins
• ISBN 978-1107020757 Fixing English: Prescriptivism and language history

Notes

External links

• Homepage at University of Michigan
• Anne Curzan, Lingua Franca blog, The Chronicle of Higher Education
• That's what they say on Michigan Public Radio
• Anne Curzan, What Makes a Word Real, on TED
• New Books in Language: Fixing English (interview)