Psychology Today blog postings

  • "The problem with emoji," 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>

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>

Popular articles

  • "What is that voice in your head when you read?" The Conversation, 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.'" The Conversation, April 2023  <link>
  • "What is 'algospeak'? Inside the newest version of linguistic subterfuge." The Conversation, April 2023   <link>
  • "How 'gate' became the syllable of scandal." The Conversation, May 2022   <link>
  • "English and Covid: A language meets a pandemic." The World Financial Review, January 2022   <link>
  • "​‘Let’s Go Brandon’ and the linguistic jiujitsu of American politics." The Conversation, November 2021   <link>​
  • "Roger Kreuz on irony and the OED." Oxford English Dictionary blog, January 2021   <link>
  • "How Trump’s language shifted in the weeks leading up to the Capitol riot – 2 linguists explain." The Conversation, January 2021   <link>
  • "The complicated origin of the expression 'peanut gallery.'" The Conversation, November 2020   <link>
  • "Is Trump's COVID-19 diagnosis ironic?" PopMatters, October 2020   <link>
  • "How COVID-19 is changing the English language." The Conversation, September 2020   <link>
  • "Charlie Hebdo shootings served as an extreme example of the history of attacks on satirists." The Conversation, September 2020   <link>
  • "Why ‘I was just being sarcastic’ can be such a convenient excuse." ​The Conversation, July 2020   <link>
  • "What makes something ironic?" The Conversation, February 2020   <link>
  • "One skill that doesn't deteriorate with age." The Conversation, September 2019   <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>

Interviews

  • What is social media 'algospeak' and how does it interact with AI? KCBS Radio, April 2023  <link>
  • ​​​Fifty years since the Watergate affair. BBC World Service Newshour, June 2022   <link>
  • 50 years after Watergate, the 'gate' suffix describes scandals big and small, CBC Day 6, June 2022   <link>
  • How to communicate, BBC News World Service Business Daily, June 2021   <link>
  • New Books Network interview with Malcolm Keating, January 2021   <link>
  • The David Feldman Show, Episode 1155, July 2020   <link>
  • Podcast with James Harrigan, Freedom Center Today, June 2020   <link>
  • "Coronavirus is reshaping personal space. But what does that really mean?" Maria Paula Rubiano, Scienceline, May 2020  <link>
  • Podcast with Bobbi and Mike Carducci. Rodger That, January 2020  <link>
  • Podcast with Paul Vogelzang, The Not Old - Better Show, December 2019   <link>
  • Tackling mental health myths. All in the Mind, BBC Radio 4, November 2019   <link>
  • Chinese Social Sciences Today, September 2019   <link>
  • Podcast with Kerstin Cable, The Fluent Show, April 2019   <link>
  • "Context matters: Roger Kreuz and Richard Roberts explore the pitfalls when we talk across cultural barriers." ​Chapter 16, January 2018    ​<link>
  • Getting Through, MIT Press blog, October 2017   <link>
  • Becoming Fluent, MIT Press blog, January 2016   <link>
  • Radio interview on 1013 Main Street, Broadcast on TBS eFM, Seoul, South Korea​, January 2014:

Videos

  • NEDTalks, University of Memphis, April 2017   <link>
  • Mind, Technology, and Society Talk Series, UC Merced, March 2017   <link>
  • Cognitive Science Seminar, University of Memphis, September 2015   <link>

Media coverage

  • "From COVID to curbside, 2020 changed our vocabulary too." Los Angeles Times, December 2020   <link>
  • The Foreign Service Journal, November 2020  <link>
  • "Our love-hate relationship with sarcasm." Medium, August 2020   <link>
  • "Can you learn a new language after 50?" AARP, February 2020   <link>
  • "Is it just me, or does Duolingo not work?" New York magazine, January 2019   <li​nk>
  • "So you want to date someone who's sarcastic? How original." The Washington Post, November 2018 (subscription required)   <link>

- reposted by The Toronto Star  (link)

  • "How nonverbal cues can break down language barrier, according to a travel psychologist," May 2018   <link>
  • "What's in a chunk? Enhancing vocabulary learning in the EFL classroom," April 2018   <link>
  • The Foreign Service Journal, November 2017   ​<link>
  • The Foreign Service Journal, November 2015   <link>
  • "People love your sarcasm, really." The Wall Street Journal, August 2015 (subscription required)   <link>
  • "All your questions about the Jinx finale answered." Slate.com, March 2015   <link>
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