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Karen Stollznow

Scholar in Linguistics, University of Colorado, Boulder & Griffith University, Queensland, Australia

Karen Stollznow is a linguist, author, researcher, podcaster, and speaker whose work explores the intersections of language, culture, identity and belief. She is a visiting scholar at the University of Colorado, Boulder and a researcher at Griffith University in Queensland, Australia. Her books include On the Offensive: Prejudice in Language Past and Present (2020), Bitch: The Journey of a Word (2024) and Beyond Words: How We Learn, Use, and Lose Language (forthcoming, 2026).

Written by Karen Stollznow