Rachel George Illustrator & Editor

Alessandro Duranti is Distinguished Professor in the Anthropology Department at the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA). One of the most respected linguistic anthropologists in the world, Professor Duranti has authored and edited many of the defining volumes in the field. He is the co-founder of the journal Pragmatics, former editor of the Journal of Linguistic Anthropology, and past President of the Society of Linguistic Anthropology.

Rachel George is Assistant Professor of Anthropology at Whitman College, where she teaches courses in linguistic and cultural anthropology, the anthropology of digital media, and ethnographic methods. Her work on language usage among Serbian young adults has been published in Language in Society and Political and Legal Anthropology Review.

Robin Conley Riner is Professor of Anthropology at Marshall University. Her work in linguistic and legal anthropology investigates how people use language to navigate morally complex experiences surrounding institutional death and killing. She is the author of Confronting the Death Penalty and co-editor of Language and Social Justice in Practice.