Dr. Anne Curzan

Biography

Anne Curzan is a Professor at the University of Michigan's Marsal Family School of Education and is also a Professor in English Linguistics. Her primary research areas include the history of the English language, gender in language, historical sociolinguistics, lexicography, composition rhetoric, and pedagogy. Curzan has received several prestigious awards, including the university's Henry Russel Award in 2007 and the Arthur F. Thurnau Professorship for her undergraduate teaching. In 2009, she was honored with the Faculty Recognition Award. She regularly teaches courses on the history of English, an introduction to English linguistics, language and gender, and a graduate pedagogy course. Curzan has served as the director of the English Department Writing Program and was a co-editor of the Journal of English Linguistics from 2002 to 2011. Prior to her current position, she was on the faculty at the University of Washington from 1998 to 2002. Curzan has coauthored a book titled 'Day Final Grade: Graduate Student’s Guide to Teaching' and published 'Gender Shifts in the History of English: A Linguistic Introduction' with Michael Adams. She earned her PhD from the University of Michigan.

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