Patricia Friedrich

Patricia Friedrich is a Senior Associate Dean and Professor of Sociolinguistics at Arizona State University, having received a PhD from Purdue University in English linguistics. She is the author three novels: A Love Made to Measure (romance, as Eliza Emmett), The Art of Always (just launched), and All the Parts of Your Soul (forthcoming). She is also the author of two books by Bloomsbury ( Language, Negotiation and Peace: the use of English in conflict resolution and Teaching Academic Writing [ed.]), an edited book by the Center for Global Nonkilling, U. of Hawaii ( Nonkilling Linguistics: toward practical applications ), two books by Routledge ( The Sociolinguistics of Digital Englishes and Applied Linguistics in the Real World ), a book by Multilingual Matters ( English for Diplomatic Purposes [ed.]), another by Palgrave ( The Literary and Linguistic Construction of OCD ). She has also published some 40 articles and book chapters in such periodicals as Harvard Business Review and World Englishes . She is currently editing a book on anti-racism linguistics and writing a new book about Englishes online. She identifes as a Latinx author, and all of her works speak to elements of diversity and #ownvoices.