Karen Stollznow

(MENAFN- The Conversation)

• Research Fellow of linguistics, Griffith Centre for Social and Cultural Research, Griffith University
• Senior research fellow of linguistics, University of Colorado Boulder

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Dr Karen Stollznow is a linguist, researcher, and author. Her research interests lie at the intersection of language, meaning and culture. Karen has a particular focus on discrimination and prejudice in language. She is the author of the books On The Offensive (Cambridge University Press), Bitch: The Journey of a Word (Cambridge University Press); and Beyond Words: How we Learn, Use, and Lose Language (Cambridge University Press).

Experience

• 2019–present Research fellow, Griffith University
• 2025–present Visiting Scholar, University of Colorado, Boulder
• 2012–2019 Lecturer, University of New England
• 2008–2012 Lecturer, San Francisco State University
• 2008–2012 Research associate, University of California, Berkeley

Education

• 2008 University of New England, PhD, Linguistics

Publications

• 2025 Beyond Words: How we Learn, Use, and Lose Language, Cambridge University Press
• 2024 Bitch: The Journey of a Word, Cambridge University Press
• 2020 On The Offensive: Prejudice in Language Past and Present, Cambridge University Press
• 2017 The Language of Discrimination, Lincom
• 2014 Language Myths, Mysteries and Magic, Palgrave Macmillan
• 2013 God Bless America, Pitchstone Press

Professional Memberships

• Fellow, Griffith Centre for Social and Cultural Research

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