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==Sexual harassment==
==Sexual harassment==
In August 2013, Stollznow published an article in the [[Scientific American Mind]] blog about her experience with sexual harassment.<ref>{{Cite web | title = "I'm Sick of Talking about Sexual Harassment!" MIND Guest Blog | publisher = [[Scientific American]] | archiveurl = http://web.archive.org/web/20130806183622/http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/mind-guest-blog/2013/08/06/im-sick-of-talking-about-sexual-harassment/ | archivedate = 12 August 2013 | url = http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/mind-guest-blog/2013/08/06/im-sick-of-talking-about-sexual-harassment/ | date = 6 August 2013 | last = Stollznow | first = Karen | accessdate = 2013-08-07 }}</ref> The CEO of the [[Center for Inquiry]] contacted ''[[Scientific American]]'' regarding secondary claims by Stollznow, which he argued were unsubstantiated such as the accused suspension coinciding with his vacation time and her claim that CFI "has a history of sexual harassment claims," which he claims are false.<ref>{{cite web |title=What I Wrote To Scientific American| url = http://www.centerforinquiry.net/blogs/entry/what_i_wrote_to_scientific_american/P50/ | last = Lindsay | first = Ron | publisher = [[Center for Inquiry]] | date = August 12, 2013 | accessdate = 2013-01-26}}</ref> Lindsay, who is the head of CFI, did not directly dispute Stollznow's harassment claims against the other person. ''Scientific American'' has since removed the article. [[PZ Myers]] and others involved with the [[Pharyngula (blog)|Pharyngula]] website have supported Stollznow over the harassment allegations.
In August 2013, Stollznow published an article in the [[Scientific American Mind]] blog about her experience with sexual harassment.<ref>{{Cite web | title = "I'm Sick of Talking about Sexual Harassment!" MIND Guest Blog | publisher = [[Scientific American]] | archiveurl = http://web.archive.org/web/20130806183622/http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/mind-guest-blog/2013/08/06/im-sick-of-talking-about-sexual-harassment/ | archivedate = 12 August 2013 | url = http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/mind-guest-blog/2013/08/06/im-sick-of-talking-about-sexual-harassment/ | date = 6 August 2013 | last = Stollznow | first = Karen | accessdate = 2013-08-07 }}</ref> The CEO of the [[Center for Inquiry]] contacted ''[[Scientific American]]'' regarding secondary claims by Stollznow, which he argued were unsubstantiated such as the accused suspension coinciding with his vacation time and her claim that CFI "has a history of sexual harassment claims," which he claims are false.<ref>{{cite web |title=What I Wrote To Scientific American| url = http://www.centerforinquiry.net/blogs/entry/what_i_wrote_to_scientific_american/P50/ | last = Lindsay | first = Ron | publisher = [[Center for Inquiry]] | date = August 12, 2013 | accessdate = 2013-01-26}}</ref> Lindsay, who is the head of CFI, did not directly dispute Stollznow's harassment claims against the other person. ''Scientific American'' has since removed the article.

[[PZ Myers]] and others involved with the [[Pharyngula (blog)|Pharyngula]] website have supported Stollznow over the harassment allegations. The other party started [[United States defamation law|Defamation]] procedings, later Myers and others connected with Pharyngula publicised a fund helping Karen Stollznow pay legal fees. This fund has raised over $57,000 as of the second week in April 2014. <ref>[https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/give-a-voice-to-harassment-victims Give a Voice to Harassment Victims, A legal fund for sexual harassment victim Karen Stollznow]</ref>


==Selected publications==
==Selected publications==

Revision as of 18:25, 9 April 2014

Karen Stollznow
February 2011
Born (1976-08-12) 12 August 1976 (age 48)
Australia
NationalityAustralian
Alma materUniversity of New England
(Bachelor of Arts Linguistics, Anthropology & History 2001)
University of New England (Bachelor of Arts with Honours - First Class in Linguistics 2002)[2] School of Behavioural and Cognitive Sciences, University of New England, Australia (Ph.D.) Linguistics 2007[3]
Known forPodcasting, Skepticism of the paranormal, Research Fellow for JREF[4] and CSI[5]
Scientific career
FieldsLinguistics, Scientific skepticism
InstitutionsSan Francisco State University
University of California, Berkeley[1]
University of New England
Cal Poly
Metropolitan State College of Denver
Websitehttp://www.karenstollznow.com

Karen Stollznow (born 12 August 1976) is an Australian-American writer, linguist, podcaster and skeptic. She is the Bad Language columnist for Skeptic magazine, and author of the books God Bless America: Strange and Unusual Religious Beliefs and Practices in the United States,[6][7] Haunting America,[8] and the forthcoming Language Myths, Mysteries and Magic.[9]

Biography

Karen Stollznow is an expatriate Australian living in Denver, Colorado, and formerly the San Francisco Bay Area, California. Born in the Sydney suburb of Manly, she grew up in Collaroy, on the Northern Beaches of Sydney.

A student of linguistics and history at the University of New England in Armidale, New South Wales, she received First Class Honors in Linguistics,[2] and went on to a PhD in the area of Lexical Semantics. She graduated with her doctorate in 2007.[3] In 2004 she relocated to California to become a Visiting Student Researcher with the Department of Linguistics at the University of California, Berkeley. In 2005 she became a Researcher for the Script Encoding Initiative, a joint project between the UC Berkeley Department of Linguistics, and Unicode.[1]

From 1997-2009 Stollznow was a prominent investigator and writer for the Australian Skeptics[10] and served as Editor of their magazine The Skeptic[11][12] for which she also wrote many articles.[13][14][15] She has also written for publications such as Australasian Science,[16][17][18] Neucleus,[19][20] Skeptical Inquirer[21][22][23] and others.[24]

Since 2009 she has written the Naked Skeptic column for the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry (CSI).[25] In 2010 she began as the Bad Language columnist for Skeptic (U.S. magazine).[26][27][28] She has been a host of the Skeptics Society's MonsterTalk podcast[29] since its beginning in 2009[30] and in 2010 she became a host of the Center for Inquiry's Point of Inquiry podcast as well.[31] In 2011 she presented a talk at the Colorado Springs SkeptiCamp on Making (Up) History,[32] and at the Denver/Boulder SkeptiCamp on Braco the Gazer.[33] In 2012 she was a speaker at The Amazing Meeting in Las Vegas, giving a talk titled "Prediction and Language",[34] and in 2013 giving a talk titled "What an Excellent Day for an Exorcism".[35]

Stollznow is also a Research Fellow for the James Randi Educational Foundation.[4][36] She is a Contributing Editor for Skeptical Inquirer magazine, a Fellow of the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry[5] and a member of their Executive Council.[37]

Stollznow is "a leading voice of a younger generation of scientific skeptics. She is an experienced paranormal investigator and science writer" according to JREF president D.J. Grothe.[36] As an expert in pseudoscience, fringe and paranormal topics, she is quoted on topics as diverse as handwriting analysis,[38] holy relics,[39] corporate psychics[40] and Friday the 13th superstitions.[12]

Karen Stollznow Presents at TAM 2012

Karen Stollznow is married to Matthew Baxter of Bryan & Baxter.

Sexual harassment

In August 2013, Stollznow published an article in the Scientific American Mind blog about her experience with sexual harassment.[41] The CEO of the Center for Inquiry contacted Scientific American regarding secondary claims by Stollznow, which he argued were unsubstantiated such as the accused suspension coinciding with his vacation time and her claim that CFI "has a history of sexual harassment claims," which he claims are false.[42] Lindsay, who is the head of CFI, did not directly dispute Stollznow's harassment claims against the other person. Scientific American has since removed the article.

PZ Myers and others involved with the Pharyngula website have supported Stollznow over the harassment allegations. The other party started Defamation procedings, later Myers and others connected with Pharyngula publicised a fund helping Karen Stollznow pay legal fees. This fund has raised over $57,000 as of the second week in April 2014. [43]

Selected publications

  • Stollznow, Karen (2013). God Bless America: Strange and Unusual Religious Beliefs and Practices in the United States. ISBN 978-1939578006
  • Stollznow, Karen (2013). Haunting Haunting America. James Randi Educational Foundation. ASIN B00DSQVBAQ.
  • Stollznow, Karen (2010). Skepticism and the Paranormal: A Rose By Any Other Name. In Bonett, W. (Ed.) The Australian Book of Atheism. Scribe Publications ISBN 1-921640-76-6 OCLC 653346301
  • Stollznow, Karen (June 2009), "The Writing's On the Wall for the World's Endangered Writing Systems", The Australian and New Zealand Journal of Technical Communication Southern Communicator (17): 12–13
  • Stollznow, Karen (2009), "Book Notes for Keith Allan & Kate Burridge, Forbidden words: Taboo and the censoring of language. Language in Society", Cambridge University Press, 38 (1): 135–136, OCLC 4668942846
  • Stollznow, Karen (2008), "Dehumanisation in language and thought", Journal of Language and Politics, 7 (2): 177–200, OCLC 535670348
  • Stollznow, Karen (2007), "Key Words in the Discourse of Discrimination: A Semantic Analysis", PhD dissertation University of New England, OCLC 277175055
  • Stollznow, Karen (2005), "When Opposites Attract: The Re-appropriation and Amelioration of Words in Australian English", Society of North America, Boston
  • Stollznow, Karen (2004), "Whinger! Wanker! Wowser! 'Aussie English insults: deprecatory language and the Australian Ethos'" (PDF), Proceedings of the 2003 Australian Linguistic Society, Australian Journal of Linguistics: 11
  • Collins, Anne ed. Stollznow, Karen (2004), "Who You Gonna Call?", English Express 2: 33–38, ISBN 0-12-360243-2{{citation}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  • Stollznow, Karen (2003), "The semantics and usage of abusive epithets in Australian English. Conference paper proceedings", New Zealand Linguist Society Wellington
  • Stollznow, Karen (2002), "Terms of Abuse in Australian English: An analysis of abusive and insulting epithets in Australian English", University of New England BA honors Thesis
  • Edwards, Harry and Stollznow, Karen (1999), Alternative Consultations Alternative, Complimentary, Holistic and Spiritual Healing: An Examination of non-traditional Healthcare Systems: 362–388 {{citation}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

References

  1. ^ a b "Script Encoding Initiative - About Who We Are". Department of Linguistics University of California, Berkeley. 24 September 2006. Retrieved 10 July 2011.
  2. ^ a b Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences (December 2006). "Honors in Linguistics" (PDF). University of New England. p. 10. Retrieved 10 July 2011.
  3. ^ a b "UNE Alumni Directory: Stollznow". University of New England. Retrieved 10 July 2011.
  4. ^ a b "Dr. Ray Hall Appointed as New JREF Research Fellow". JREF SWIFT blog. James Randi Educational Foundation. 1 July 2011. Retrieved 10 July 2011.
  5. ^ a b "CSI Announces New Fellows". Committee for Skeptical Inquiry. 7 February 2011. Retrieved 10 July 2011.
  6. ^ Stollznow, Karen (2013). God Bless America. Pitchstone Publishing. ISBN 978-1939578006.
  7. ^ Stedman, Chris (20 February 2014). "Santeria, Scientology, Satanism — oh my! Atheist author explores minority religions". Religion News Service. Retrieved 21 February 2014.
  8. ^ Stollznow, Karen (2013). Haunting America. JREF. ASIN: B00DSQVBAQ
  9. ^ Stollznow, Karen. "Language Myths, Mysteries and Magic". Retrieved 1 October 2013.
  10. ^ "20 Questions with Karen Stollznow". Haunted America Tours. 2007. Retrieved 10 July 2011.
  11. ^ "A Brief History of the Skeptic". Australian Skeptics. Retrieved 10 July 2011.
  12. ^ a b Jones, Zoie (13 March 2009). "Most people in the dark about Black Friday, say sceptics". The World Today. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 23 July 2011.
  13. ^ Edwards, Harry and Stollznow, Karen (1998), "Alternative Consultations", The Skeptic, 18 (2): 10–14 {{citation}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |journal= (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  14. ^ Stollznow, Karen (2003), "Medium Rare but not Well Done", The Skeptic, 24 (1): 36–41 {{citation}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |journal= (help)
  15. ^ Stollznow, Karen (2008), "Inside the JREF HQ", The Skeptic, 28 (4): 20–21
  16. ^ Stollznow, Karen (2004), "What's In A Name?", Australasian Science, 25 (07): 46
  17. ^ Stollznow, Karen (2006), "Preserving the World's Endangered Writing Systems", Australasian Science, 27 (7): 47–49
  18. ^ Stollznow, Karen (May 2009), "Fire and Brimstone", Australasian Science, 30 (4): 46
  19. ^ Stollznow, Karen (2002), "Weird Wide Websites", Neucleus (1) {{citation}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |journal= (help)
  20. ^ Stollznow, Karen (2004), "Hand Out and Foot in Mouth", Neucleus (1): 22–23
  21. ^ Stollznow, Karen (May/June 2008), "Anonymous versus Scientology", Skeptical Inquirer, 32 (3) {{citation}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  22. ^ Stollznow, Karen (May/June 2009), "A Modern Witch Craze in Papua New Guinea", Skeptical Inquirer, 33 (7) {{citation}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  23. ^ Stollznow, Karen (November/December 2009), "Skepticism and Blogging", Skeptical Inquirer, 33 (6): 41–42 {{citation}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  24. ^ Stollznow, Karen (June 2005), "Berkeley Riot: The Freak Accident and Nomeansno", Ricochet Magazine
  25. ^ "Special Articles — The Naked Skeptic, a column by Karen Stollznow". Committee for Skeptical Inquiry. Retrieved 10 July 2011.
  26. ^ Stollznow, Karen, "Bad Language: The Accidental Accent", Skeptic, vol. 16, no. 2, Skeptics Society, retrieved 10 July 2011
  27. ^ Stollznow, Karen, "Bad Language: Turn On, Tune Out, Drop Off", Skeptic, vol. 16, no. 1, Skeptics Society, retrieved 10 July 2011
  28. ^ Stollznow, Karen, "Bad Language: Not-so-Linguistic Programming", Skeptic, vol. 15, no. 4, Skeptics Society, retrieved 10 July 2011
  29. ^ "About the Hosts of MonsterTalk". Skeptics Society. Retrieved 10 July 2011.
  30. ^ Stollznow, Karen (18 July 2009). "Monster Talk". Skepchick.org. Retrieved 22 July 2011.
  31. ^ "About Point of Inquiry". Committee for Skeptical Inquiry. Retrieved 10 July 2011.
  32. ^ "SkeptiCamp Colorado Springs 2011". Retrieved 21 March 2012.
  33. ^ "SkeptiCamp Denver/Boulder 2011". Retrieved 21 March 2012.
  34. ^ "The Amazing Meeting (TAM) 2012". 11 July 2012. Retrieved 11 July 2012.
  35. ^ "The Amazing Meeting (TAM) 2013". 20 July 2013. Retrieved 20 July 2012.
  36. ^ a b "JREF Appoints Two Research Fellows". James Randi Educational Foundation News and Updates. JREF. October 2010. Retrieved 10 July 2011.
  37. ^ CSI (5 May 2011). "CSI Adds to Executive Council - Karen Stollznow and Elizabeth Loftus Join the Board". Committee for Skeptical Inquiry. Retrieved 6 May 2011.
  38. ^ Salleh, Anna (19 November 2007), "Handwriting a window to your heart?", ABC Science, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, retrieved 10 July 2011
  39. ^ "No Biz Like The Jesus Biz", Irish Independent, 3 March 2007, retrieved 10 July 2011
  40. ^ Liberman, Vadim (Spring 2010), "When the Outlook is Hazy: Some executives are seeking advice from corporate psychics. No joke.", The Conference Board Review, retrieved 23 July 2011
  41. ^ Stollznow, Karen (6 August 2013). ""I'm Sick of Talking about Sexual Harassment!" MIND Guest Blog". Scientific American. Archived from the original on 12 August 2013. Retrieved 7 August 2013. {{cite web}}: |archive-date= / |archive-url= timestamp mismatch; 6 August 2013 suggested (help); C1 control character in |title= at position 47 (help)
  42. ^ Lindsay, Ron (12 August 2013). "What I Wrote To Scientific American". Center for Inquiry. Retrieved 26 January 2013.
  43. ^ Give a Voice to Harassment Victims, A legal fund for sexual harassment victim Karen Stollznow
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