Public Outreach in Sociolinguistics (LINGUIST 251P)

1–4 credits · Undergraduate

Since the early days of the subfield, public education, outreach, and activism have been central to sociolinguistics. In this class we will survey historical and current day interactions between linguists and the public; talk with linguists who do public outreach, like academics with public-facing branches of their programs, internet personalities, and non-profit workers; and, design our own public outreach project(s).