Naomi Baron

As a linguist, Baron in interested in computer-mediated communication, writing and technology, language in social context, language acquisition, and the history of English. A former Guggenheim Fellow, Fulbright Fellow, and president of the Semiotic Society of America, she has published seven books. Always On: Language in an Online and Mobile World won the English-Speaking Union’s Duke of Edinburgh English Language Book Award for 2008.
Baron taught at Brown University, the Rhode Island School of Design, Emory University, and Southwestern University before coming to American University in 1987. At AU, she has served as associate dean for undergraduate affairs, associate dean for curriculum and faculty development, and chair of the Department of Language and Foreign Studies in CAS. She was named University Honors Program Professor of the Year and received an AU Presidential Research Fellowship. Baron also teaches in the AU TESOL program and is currently doing cross-cultural research on mobile phones.


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