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Jennifer Saul

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Chair in Social and Political Philosophy of Language, University of Waterloo

I'm a British and American philosopher of language, working at the University of Waterloo in Canada. I study deceptive and manipulative communication. I've just published Dogwhistles and Figleaves (2024) with Oxford University Press, which examines the role of language in the spread of racism and wildly implausible conspiracy theories. I also write about sexist language, as well as lying, misleading and bullshit.

Experience

  • 2019–present
    Waterloo Chair in Social and Political Philosophy of Language, University of Waterloo
  • 2004–2019
    Professor, University of Sheffield
  • 2002–2004
    Senior Lecturer, University of Sheffield
  • 1995–2002
    Lecturer, University of Sheffield

Education

  • 1996 
    Princeton University , PhD
  • 1995 
    Princeton University, MA
  • 1990 
    University of Rochester, BA

Honours

Distinguished Woman in Philosophy 2011