Geoffrey Nunberg is a linguist and an adjunct full professor at the School of Information. His linguistics research includes work in semantics and pragmatics, text classification, and written-language structure. He also works and writes on the social and cultural implications of digital technologies.
Nunberg is well known for the regular feature on language he does on the NPR show “Fresh Air.” He has contributed “letters from America” to the BBC4 and has written numerous commentaries on language for the Sunday New York Times Week in Review, as well as articles and commentaries on language, politics and culture for The Atlantic, The American Prospect, Forbes, Fortune, the Washington Post, and other periodicals. He is the emeritus chair of the usage panel of the American Heritage Dictionary. Nunberg’s most recent books are Talking Right (2006) and The Years of Talking Dangerously (2009). His new book, about civility in American public life, will be published in July 2012 by PublicAffairs.