Denise Coberley (2024) is a Ph.D. alumnus of the Applied Linguistics and Technology program. She has a master's in Journalism and Mass Communication and a minor in Applied Linguistics from Iowa State University. Her interests are in science communication and the language of science policy. Her work has included the use of corpus linguistic analysis to determine grammatical features of agricultural and conservation communication within University Extension. Denise was a high school science teacher for 23 years before coming back to continue her education in 2018.
Major Professor: Bethany Gray
Dissertation title: A corpus-based register approach to the analysis of stance and scientific uncertainty in congressional hearings