Professor206-685-2384stygall@uw.eduPersonal WebsitePDL A-311Office Hours: Tues 1-3 and by apptFields of Interest Discourse Analysis Environment Language Language Policy Law Linguistics Nonfiction Prose Rhetoric and Composition Sociolinguistics Writing Pedagogy Forensic LinguisticsLegal DiscourseBackground and ExperienceSummaryB.A., Indiana University, Indianapolis, 1981Ph.D., Indiana University, Bloomington, 1989Areas of Specialization English Language, Discourse Analysis, Legal Discourse, Forensic Linguistics, and Rhetoric and Composition Activities and Interests In recent years, my work has primarily concerned law and language. I have served as a consultant/expert witness in a variety of cases, from assessing the comprehensibility of jury instructions to examining the available definitions of the name of an American Indian tribe, from the likely common understanding of a sentence to a discourse analysis of a complex financial document. I have also been able to teach a Senior Seminar in Language and Law (Spring 2016) which I will teach again in Spring 2018. Having had the opportunity to host three visiting scholars from China, this spring I have traveled to China to teach a short course on Language and U.S. Law at China University of Political Science and Law. That followed a visit to Shanghai as a plenary speaker at the Center for Appliable Linguistics/Language and Law in December, 2016. Although my primary work remains in language and law, I still support work in rhetoric and composition and presented a graduate course in Writing Program Administration in Spring, 2017. In shared governance, I continue as a member of the University of Washington Faculty Senate and as an elected member of the College Council of the School of Arts and Sciences. Professional Affiliations: Adjunct Professor Gender Women and Sexuality Studies, Adjunct Professor Department of LinguisticsAffiliated Departments: Arts & Sciences Research Publications, Books Gail Stygall. Discourse Studies and Composition. Editor, with Ellen Barton. Hampton Press. 2002. Publications, Essays and Articles Gail Stygall. “A Different Class Of Witnesses: Experts In The Courtroom.” Discourse Studies 3.1, (2001). pp. 327-49. Gail Stygall. “At Century’s End: The Job Market in Rhetoric and Composition.” Rhetoric Review 18.2 (Spring 2000): 375-89. Research Advised: Graduate Dissertations Little, Mary. The Discourses of Sex Crimes. 2017. University of Washington, PhD dissertation. Courses Taught Winter 2020 ENGL 381 B: Advanced Expository Writing Autumn 2019 ENGL 370 A: English Language Study Summer 2019 B-term ENGL 370 A: English Language Study ENGL 471 A: Theory and Practice of Teaching Writing Spring 2019 ENGL 381 A: Advanced Expository Writing Winter 2019 ENGL 370 A: English Language Study Autumn 2018 ENGL 562 A: Discourse Analysis Summer 2018 B-term ENGL 370 A: English Language Study ENGL 471 A: Theory and Practice of Teaching Writing Autumn 2017 ENGL 370 A: English Language Study Summer 2017 B-term ENGL 370 A: English Language Study ENGL 471 A: Theory And Practice Of Teaching Writing Spring 2017 ENGL 569 A: Topics In Language And Rhetoric: Writing (and Language) Program Administration Winter 2017 ENGL 479 A: Language Variation And Language Policy In North America Autumn 2016 ENGL 370 A: English Language Study Summer 2016 A-term ENGL 370 A: English Language Study ENGL 471 A: Theory And Practice Of Teaching Writing Spring 2016 ENGL 473 A: Current Developments In English Studies: Conference: Legal Language Winter 2016 ENGL 479 A: Language Variation And Language Policy In North America: Language Variation in North America Autumn 2015 ENGL 569 A: Topics In Language And Rhetoric: Language & Policy Summer 2015 A-term ENGL 370 A: English Language Study ENGL 471 A: Theory And Practice Of Teaching Writing Winter 2015 ENGL 478 A: Language And Social Policy ENGL 562 A: Discourse Analysis: Discourse Analysis Autumn 2014 ENGL 370 A: English Language Study Summer 2014 A-term ENGL 370 A: English Language Study ENGL 471 A: Theory And Practice Of Teaching Writing Spring 2014 ENGL 370 A: English Language Study Winter 2014 ENGL 473 A: Current Developments In English Studies: Conference: Legal Language ENGL 562 A: Discourse Analysis: Discourse Analysis Autumn 2013 ENGL 568 A: Topics In Composition Studies: Topics in Composition Studies: Basic Writing Additional CoursesENGL 381 Writing about the Environment Share: Print PDF