Erica Brozovsky is a sociolinguist, a public scholar, and a lover of words. Her research and teaching interests include language variation and change, bicultural rhetoric, and Asian American studies. Outside of the classroom, Dr. Brozovsky hosts and writes for Otherwords, a PBS series on language and linguistics, and hosts Crash Course’s virtual course How to College. She is also currently writing a book on the sociocultural history and status of literacy. Before coming to WPI, Dr. Brozovsky served as Program Coordinator for Stories Within, a mini-documentary series highlighting Asian Texan voices, and sat on the national board of the Taiwanese American Citizens League (TACL) as Director of Programming.