Susan Catherine Herring (b. 1955) is an American linguist and communication scholar who researches gender differences in Internet use, and the characteristics, functions, and emergent norms associated with language, communication, and behavior in new online forms such as
social media
Social media are interactive media technologies that facilitate the creation and sharing of information, ideas, interests, and other forms of expression through virtual communities and networks. While challenges to the definition of ''social medi ...
. She is Professor of Information Science and Linguistics at
Indiana University Bloomington
Indiana University Bloomington (IU Bloomington, Indiana University, IU, or simply Indiana) is a public university, public research university in Bloomington, Indiana. It is the flagship university, flagship campus of Indiana University and, with ...
, where she founded and directs the Center for Computer-Mediated Communication. In 2013 she received the
Association for Information Science & Technology Research Award for her contributions to the field of
computer-mediated communication
Computer-mediated communication (CMC) is defined as any human communication that occurs through the use of two or more electronic devices. While the term has traditionally referred to those communications that occur via computer-mediated formats ...
. She has been a fellow at the
Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences
The Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (CASBS) is an interdisciplinary research lab at Stanford University that offers a residential postdoctoral fellowship program for scientists and scholars studying "the five core social a ...
at
Stanford University
Stanford University, officially Leland Stanford Junior University, is a private research university in Stanford, California. The campus occupies , among the largest in the United States, and enrolls over 17,000 students. Stanford is consider ...
. Herring also founded and directed the BROG project.
Education
Susan Herring has a
Bachelor of Arts
Bachelor of arts (BA or AB; from the Latin ', ', or ') is a bachelor's degree awarded for an undergraduate program in the arts, or, in some cases, other disciplines. A Bachelor of Arts degree course is generally completed in three or four years ...
in French from the
State University of New York at Potsdam
The State University of New York at Potsdam (SUNY Potsdam or, colloquially, Potsdam) is a public college in Potsdam, New York. It is the northernmost member of the State University of New York (SUNY) system. Founded in 1816, it is among the ...
, a
Master of Arts
A Master of Arts ( la, Magister Artium or ''Artium Magister''; abbreviated MA, M.A., AM, or A.M.) is the holder of a master's degree awarded by universities in many countries. The degree is usually contrasted with that of Master of Science. Tho ...
in
Linguistics
Linguistics is the scientific study of human language. It is called a scientific study because it entails a comprehensive, systematic, objective, and precise analysis of all aspects of language, particularly its nature and structure. Linguis ...
from the
University of California, Berkeley
The University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley, Berkeley, Cal, or California) is a public land-grant research university in Berkeley, California. Established in 1868 as the University of California, it is the state's first land-grant u ...
, and a
Ph.D.
A Doctor of Philosophy (PhD, Ph.D., or DPhil; Latin: or ') is the most common degree at the highest academic level awarded following a course of study. PhDs are awarded for programs across the whole breadth of academic fields. Because it is a ...
in Linguistics from the University of California, Berkeley, in 1991, with a dissertation entitled, "Functions of the verb in Tamil narration".
As part of her education, she studied several European languages at the Faculté des Lettres and the Institut de Touraine in
Tours
Tours ( , ) is one of the largest cities in the region of Centre-Val de Loire, France. It is the Prefectures in France, prefecture of the Departments of France, department of Indre-et-Loire. The Communes of France, commune of Tours had 136,463 ...
, France, and conducted doctoral-dissertation research in
Madurai
Madurai ( , also , ) is a major city in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is the cultural capital of Tamil Nadu and the administrative headquarters of Madurai District. As of the 2011 census, it was the third largest Urban agglomeration in ...
, India, as a
Fulbright–Hays scholar.
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]
Academic appointments
After serving as a graduate student Instructor in the French Department and the Linguistics Department at U.C. Berkeley in the 1980s, Susan Herring was appointed as an Instructor in the Special Languages Program at Stanford University
Stanford University, officially Leland Stanford Junior University, is a private research university in Stanford, California. The campus occupies , among the largest in the United States, and enrolls over 17,000 students. Stanford is consider ...
to teach Tamil
Tamil may refer to:
* Tamils, an ethnic group native to India and some other parts of Asia
** Sri Lankan Tamils, Tamil people native to Sri Lanka also called ilankai tamils
**Tamil Malaysians, Tamil people native to Malaysia
* Tamil language, nati ...
, the South Dravidian language she researched for her doctoral dissertation, in the spring of 1989. Following her appointment as an assistant professor in the English Department at California State University, San Bernardino
California State University, San Bernardino (Cal State San Bernardino or CSUSB) is a public research university in San Bernardino, California. Founded in 1965, it is one of the 23 general campuses of the California State University system. The m ...
, in 1989, Herring was promoted to associate professor in 1992. She then moved to the University of Texas at Arlington
The University of Texas at Arlington (UTA or UT Arlington) is a public research university in Arlington, Texas. The university was founded in 1895 and was in the Texas A&M University System for several decades until joining the University of Te ...
, where she was an associate professor in the Linguistics Program from 1992 to 2000. She has worked at Indiana University
Indiana University (IU) is a system of public universities in the U.S. state of Indiana.
Campuses
Indiana University has two core campuses, five regional campuses, and two regional centers under the administration of IUPUI.
*Indiana Universit ...
since 2000 in the Department of Information and Library Science (formerly the School of Library and Information Science), where she was promoted to professor in 2002. She also holds an Adjunct Professor appointment in the Indiana University Linguistics Department. She is a fellow in the Center for Research on Learning Technologies, a fellow in the Rob Kling Center for Social Informatics, and she directs the Center for Computer-Mediated Communication, which she founded in 2014, at Indiana University. In 2012–2013, she was a fellow at the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences
The Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (CASBS) is an interdisciplinary research lab at Stanford University that offers a residential postdoctoral fellowship program for scientists and scholars studying "the five core social a ...
at Stanford University.[
]
Editorial appointments
The International Communication Association
The International Communication Association (ICA) is an academic association for scholars interested in the study, teaching and application of all aspects of human and mediated communication.
ICA communicates within the association and with ot ...
elected Herring Editor-in-Chief of the ''Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication
The ''Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication'' JCMC is a quarterly open access peer-reviewed academic journal that covers the interdisciplinary field of computer-mediated communication. It was established in 1994 and is published by Oxford Un ...
'' in November 2004; she served in that capacity until December 2007. In January 2008, she was appointed Editor-in-Chief of ''Language@Internet''. She serves on 11 editorial and advisory boards, including ''Discourse & Communication
''Discourse & Communication'' is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal that covers the fields of discourse analysis and social communication by focusing on topics in communication analyzed with discourse analytical methods. The journal was est ...
''; ''Discourse, Context & Media''; the ''Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication
The ''Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication'' JCMC is a quarterly open access peer-reviewed academic journal that covers the interdisciplinary field of computer-mediated communication. It was established in 1994 and is published by Oxford Un ...
''; ''Linguistik Online''; ''PeerJ Computer Science''; ''Pragmatics & Beyond New Series''; ''Pragmatics and Society''; ''The Information Society
''The Information Society'' is a peer-reviewed academic journal on sociology, that was established in 1981. It is published five times per year by Routledge and covers topics related to information technologies and changes in society and culture. ...
''; the LINGUIST List
The LINGUIST List is a major online resource for the academic field of linguistics. It was founded by Anthony Aristar in early 1990 at the University of Western Australia, and is used as a reference by the National Science Foundation in the Unite ...
; and Writing Systems Research.[
]
Key publications
* Susan C. Herring and Jannis Androutsopoulos. 2015. “Computer-mediated discourse 2.0,” In ''The handbook of discourse,'' 2nd ed. Deborah Tannen, Heidi E. Hamilton, Deborah Schiffrin, eds. John Wiley & Sons.
* Courtenay Honeycutt and Susan C. Herring. 2009. “Beyond Microblogging: Conversation and Collaboration via Twitter," ''Proceedings of the 42nd Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences.''
* Susan C. Herring, Lois Ann Scheidt, Sabrina Bonus, Elijah Wright. 2004. "Bridging the Gap: A Genre Analysis of Weblogs."Proceedings of the 37th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences.
* Susan C. Herring. 1996. ''Computer-mediated communication: Linguistic, social, and cross-cultural perspectives.'' John Benjamins Publishing.
References
External links
Susan C Herring Profile from Indiana University Website
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Indiana University faculty
Living people
Women linguists
Linguists from the United States
University of California, Berkeley alumni
1955 births