Geoffrey Nunberg

Geoffrey Nunberg (PhD, CUNY 1977) is a Principal Scientist at the Xerox Palo Alto Research Center and a professor of linguistics at Stanford University. He has done research on a number of aspects of natural language and on the history and use of media; he is editor of the recent collection The Future of the Book (UC Press). He also does a regular language feature on the NPR program "Fresh Air," and is Usage Editor and Chair of the Usage Panel of the American Heritage Dictitionary.