Professor Emerita of Linguistics, Women's and Gender Studies and Education
dkc@umich.edu
Office Information:
915 E. Washington, Suite 1200, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1070
phone: 734.764.0550
Women's and Gender Studies
Education/Degree:
Ph.D., SUNY Buffalo, 1974
About
Deborah Keller-Cohen has conducted research on a wide range of areas using ethnographic, experimental, archival and textual methodologies. As a discourse analyst, her work has explored how people tell their life stories with particular emphasis on individual and gender related differences. Her work on literacy has examined both contemporary and historical American contexts. Her current line of work is concerned with language and aging. One strand examines the relationships among social relations, cognition and language in older adults. In a second line of work with Chris Odato, they have examined factors affecting the evaluation of older and younger individuals’ speech. She is also undertaking a project to explore discourses of aging in American culture.
Affiliation(s)
- Linguistics
- Women's and Gender Studies
- School of Education
Field(s) of Study
- Language and Aging
- Narrative
- Discourse Analysis
- Literacy in modern and colonial America
