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- 2025’s words of the year reflect a year of digital disillusionment. December 2025 <link>
- Too many em dashes? Weird words like 'delves'? Spotting text written by ChatGPT is still more art than science. July 2025 <link>
- Polarization, brain rot and brat – the 2024 words of the year point to the power, perils and ephemeral nature of digital life. December 2024 <link>
- An 83-year-old short story by Borges portends a bleak future for the internet. November 2024 <link>
- Does Democratic VP candidate Walz swear too damn much? August 2024 <link>
- Trump’s raised fist is a go-togesture with a long history of different meanings. July 2024 <link>
- 'The former guy' versus 'Sleepy Joe' -- why Biden and Trump are loath to utter each other's name. April 2024 <link>
- 'Thirst trap' and 'edgelord' were recently added to the dictionary – so why hasn’t 'nibling' made the cut? January 2024 <link>
- Plagiarism is not always easy to define or detect. January 2024 <link>
- Merriam-Webster’s word of the year – authentic – reflects growing concerns over AI’s ability to deceive and dehumanize. November 2023 <link>
- How the Unabomber's unique linguistic fingerprints led to his capture. June 2023 <link>
- What is that voice in your head when you read? May 2023 <link>
- A tweak to the University of Nebraska's logo shows how the once benign 'OK' sign has entered a 'purgatory of meaning.' April 2023 <link>
- What is 'algospeak'? Inside the newest version of linguistic subterfuge. April 2023 <link>
-summarized in The New York Times, May 2023 <link>
- How 'gate' became the syllable of scandal. May 2022 <link>
- 'Let’s Go Brandon' and the linguistic jiujitsu of American politics. November 2021 <link>
- How Trump’s language shifted in the weeks leading up to the Capitol riot – 2 linguists explain. January 2021 <link>
- The complicated origin of the expression 'peanut gallery.' November 2020 <link>
- How COVID-19 is changing the English language. September 2020 <link>
- Charlie Hebdo shootings served as an extreme example of the history of attacks on satirists. September 2020 <link>
- Why 'I was just being sarcastic' can be such a convenient excuse. July 2020 <link>
- What makes something ironic? February 2020 <link>
- One skill that doesn't deteriorate with age. September 2019 <link>
-also featured in "Grammar Girl" podcast #939, August 2023 <link>
- Are there linguistic conspiracy theories? February 2026 <link>
- The gamification of English, January 2026 <link>
- The rise of the vibe, December 2025 <link>
- The fan fiction dilemma, November 2025 <link>
- The strange second life of the Greek alphabet, October 2025 <link>
- How the online world Is driving language change, September 2025 <link>
- The colorful terms we use to describe behavioral cues, July 2025 <link>
- Dos and don'ts for college students seeking research experience, July 2025 <link>
- Where do new words come from? June 2025 <link>
- What does it mean to know a language? May 2025 <link>
- A link between language and longevity? April 2025 <link>
- The truth about writer’s block, March 2025 <link>
- 3 books that can make you a better writer, February 2025 <link>
- Good news for second language learners, January 2025 <link>
- Can't think of a word or name? Help may be a tap away, December 2024 <link>
- Who decides when to capitalize? November 2024 <link>
- The colorful language of subterfuge, October 2024 <link>
- What bridezillas can tell us about English, September 2024 <link>
- The hardest part of learning another language, July 2024 <link>
- The logic of drug names, July 2024 <link>
- Are weasel words affecting your relationships? June 2024 <link>
- Who decides what words mean? May 2024 <link>
- What's the good word? April 2024 <link>
- The rise of 'girl' words, March 2024 <link>
- Getting the hang of some internet slang, February 2024 <link>
- The language of intimidation, January 2024 <link>
- How anyone can get more rizz, December 2023 <link>
- Allow me to interject, November 2023 <link>
- When good words go bad, October 2023 <link>
- What your idiolect says about you, September 2023 <link>
- Is speed listening right for you?, July 2023 <link>
- Why we mishear each other so often, July 2023 <link>
- These books will change how you think about language, June 2023 <link>
- Biases in how we communicate can't be fixed with emojis, May 2023 <link>
- The problem with emojis, May 2023 <link>
- In praise of mixed metaphors, April 2023 <link>
- How we talk when we talk about January 6, March 2023 <link>
- How the words candidates use affect their campaigns, February 2023 <link>
Other online articles
- Blurred lines: Universities need to define academic plagiarism — many don’t. The Boston Globe, January 2024 <link>
- Language and Identity. The Academic Minute, October 2023 <link>
- English and Covid: A language meets a pandemic. The World Financial Review, January 2022 <link>
- Irony and the OED (academic case studies). Oxford English Dictionary, January 2021 <link>
- Is Trump's COVID-19 diagnosis ironic? PopMatters, October 2020 <link>
- Pragmatics in the classroom: Don’t take it literally. TESL Ontario Contact, November 2017 <link>
- Another language at any age. Healthy Aging, Spring/Summer 2017 <link>
Book excerpts
- 'I've lost my identity': On the mysteries of foreign accent syndrome (excerpted from Changing Minds, chapter three). The MIT Press Reader, March 2021 <link>
- What the tip-of-the-tongue phenomenon says about cognitive aging (excerpted from Changing Minds, chapter three). The MIT Press Reader, December 2020 <link>
- What irony is not (Irony and Sarcasm, chapter five). The MIT Press Reader, August 2020 <link>
- The irony of how we use the word 'irony' (excerpted from Irony and Sarcasm, chapter two). Salon, February 2020 <link>
- Proxemics 101: Understanding personal space across cultures (excerpted from Getting Through, chapter five). The MIT Press Reader, December 2019 <link>
- Telling stories: why your elderly relatives are the best storytellers (excerpted from Changing Minds, chapter four). BBC Science Focus, September 2019 <link>
- Can learning a foreign language prevent dementia? (excerpted from Becoming Fluent, chapter five). The MIT Press Reader, July 2019 <link>
Interviews, appearances and media coverage
- College of Arts and Sciences associate dean publishes book on the psychology and history of plagiarism. University of Memphis Newsroom, January 27, 2026 <link>
- What you need to know about plagiarism in the age of AI. Channel 3 WREG News Live at 9, January 22, 2026 <link>
- Roger Kreuz explains the meanings of plagiarism, ‘from Chaucer to Chatbots.’ The Commercial Appeal, January 18, 2026 <link>
- Word burglars. Chapter 16, January 18, 2026 <link>
- University of Memphis professor explores the psychology of plagiarism. WMC Action News 5 Digital Desk, January 15, 2026 <link>
- Why it’s good to feel guilty & how plagiarism really works, Something You Should Know, January 15, 2026 <link>
- The year AI exhaustion set in. Politico: Digital Future Daily, December 23, 2025 <link>
- 2024's words of the year. KCBS Radio, San Fancisco, CA, December 10, 2024 <link>
- “Tip-of-the-tongue” phenomenon increases with age, but might not indicate cognitive decline. Nice News, August 25, 2024 <link>
- 5 ways to master a second language. AARP, August 9, 2024 <link>
- Originality & plagiarism: The “grey zone” of A.I. creativity. Metamind with Eben Pagan, May 15, 2024 <link>
- Defining plagiarism, how to avoid it. VOA Learning English, January 23, 2024 <link>
- Merriam-Webster's word of the year: authentic. The Shaye Ganam Show, November 29, 2023 <link>
- Why we often misunderstand each other. Something You Should Know, July 6, 2023 <link>
- What is social media 'algospeak' and how does it interact with AI? KCBS Radio, April 14, 2023 <link>
- Fifty years since the Watergate affair. BBC World Service Newshour, June 17 2022 <link>
- Fifty years after Watergate, the 'gate' suffix describes scandals big and small, CBC Day 6, June 3, 2022 <link>
- How to communicate. BBC News World Service Business Daily, June 23, 2021 <link>
- "Changing Minds" interview. New Books Network, January 6, 2021 <link>
- From COVID to curbside, 2020 changed our vocabulary too. Los Angeles Times, December 28, 2020 <link>
- "Changing Minds." In Their Own Write, The Foreign Service Journal, November 2020 <link>
- Our love-hate relationship with sarcasm. Medium, August 19, 2020 <link>
- Uncancel the cancel culture. The David Feldman Show, Episode 1155, July 10, 2020 <link>
- The Varieties of Ironic Experience. Freedom Center Today, June 23, 2020 <link>
- Coronavirus is reshaping personal space. But what does that really mean? Scienceline, May 27, 2020 <link>
- Can you learn a new language after 50? AARP, February 19, 2020 <link>
- How to manage the effects of dementia on speech. Rodger That, January 28, 2020 <link>
- Language and aging. The Not Old - Better Show, December 16, 2019 <link>
- Tackling mental health myths. All in the Mind, BBC Radio 4, November 19, 2019 <link>
- Human language acquisition is “resilient.” Chinese Social Sciences Today, September 20, 2019 <link>
- The tyranny of the shoulds. The Fluent Show, April 8, 2019 <link>
- Is it just me, or does Duolingo not work? The Cut, New York magazine, January 25, 2019 <link>
- So you want to date someone who’s sarcastic? How original. The Washington Post, November 8, 2018 <link>
- How nonverbal cues can break down language barriers, according to a travel psychologist. The Points Guy, May 16, 2018 <link>
- What's in a chunk? Enhancing vocabulary learning in the EFL classroom. Cambridge World of Better Living, April 19, 2018 <link>
- Working to avoid having something lost in the translation of cross-culture communication. The Commercial Appeal, January 15, 2018 <link>
- Context matters. Chapter 16, January 5, 2018 <link>
- "Getting Through." In Their Own Write, The Foreign Service Journal, November 2017 <link>
- NEDTalks 2017. University of Memphis, April 20, 2017 <link>
- Pragmiatic variation and its implications. Mind, Technology, and Society Talk Series, UC Merced, March 6, 2017 <link>
- Foreign language learning. WMC Action News 5 Today, October 3, 2015
- People love your sarcasm, really. The Wall Street Journal, August 25, 2015 <link>
- All your questions about the Jinx finale answered. Slate, March 16, 2015 <link>
- Five Minutes with Roger Kreuz and Richard Roberts. MIT Press blog, October 30, 2017 <link>
- Five Minutes with Richard Roberts and Roger Kreuz, MIT Press blog, January 4, 2016 <link>
- Conversing, fast and slow. Cognitive Science Seminar, University of Memphis, September 16, 2015 <link>
- "Becoming Fluent." In Their Own Write, The Foreign Service Journal, November 2015 <link>
- Fluent at Fifty, 1013 Main Street, TBS eFM, Seoul, South Korea, January 6, 2014: