Dr. Sarah Ogilvie

Biography

Sarah Ogilvie is a linguist, lexicographer, and computer scientist working at the intersection of technology and social sciences. Her research focuses on lexicography, the English language, endangered languages, language documentation, field methods, historical development of language, corpus linguistics, and digital humanities. She directs the Dictionary Lab, which is dedicated to digital research on dictionaries and language. With a DPhil in Linguistics from the University of Oxford, and having originally hailing from Australia, she also studied a BSc in Computer Science and Pure Mathematics at the University of Queensland and an MA in Linguistics at the Australian National University. Sarah has taught at Oxford and has held positions at Stanford and Cambridge Universities. She has substantial industry experience, including time at Amazon’s innovation lab in Silicon Valley. As an editor for the Oxford English Dictionary, Ogilvie has authored several notable publications, including 'Dictionary People' and 'Words and World'. She specializes in digital tools and methods for linguistic research and co-founded the MSc in Digital Scholarship at Oxford, serving as its inaugural director. Her work includes the co-editing of several volumes on language documentation and revitalization, particularly focusing on endangered languages in Australia and North America. Additionally, Ogilvie has played key roles on advisory boards at institutions such as Stanford University and participates actively in cultural organizations in the arts.

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