Victoria L. Bergvall

Contact

vbergval@mtu.edu

Associate Professor of Linguistics, Humanities

PhD, Harvard University

Biography

Dr. Victoria L. Bergvall's fields of scholarship range across language and gender theory and practice, discourse analysis (especially critical discourse analysis), sociolinguistics, computer-mediated communication, and the study of the dialects of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan.

Links of Interest

Faculty Webpage

Books

Bergvall, Victoria Lee, Janet Mueller Bing, and Alice F. Freed. Rethinking Language and Gender Research: Theory and Practice. Boston: Addison Wesley Publishing Company, 1996. Print.

Recent Publications

Bergvall, V. L., "Hormones, hard-wiring, and headlines: The discursive construction of gender ideology", Discourse and Society. (peer-reviewed/refereed) (Revising to Resubmit)

Presentations

Bergvall, Victoria L., ""O Brave New Minds: Engaging iBrains in Critical Media Literacy Practices"", Elon University: Togetherness in Difference Lecture Series: Teaching Development Workshop, Elon University, Colleges of Arts and Sciences Fund for Excellence Grant, Elon, NC, Oral. (April 8, 2011 - Present).
Bergvall, Victoria L., "“‘But Words Can Never Hurt Me?’: Critiquing media messages about sex, gender, & brain differences”", Elon University: Togetherness in Difference Lecture Series, Elon University, Colleges of Arts and Sciences Fund for Excellence Grant, Elon, NC, Oral. (April 7, 2011 - Present).