In-person
Past Event: Adam Aleksic (@EtymologyNerd)

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Social Media Algorithms Are Changing Your Language
Location
Linsly-Chittenden Hall, Room 102
63 High Street
About the Speakers
Adam Aleksic is a 23-year-old linguist and content creator currently living in Manhattan. He is best known for creating educational linguistics videos to a following of over two million across TikTok, Instagram, and YouTube.
Adam holds a linguistics degree from Harvard University, where he served as president of the Harvard Undergraduate Linguistics Society. He's discussed online language on NPR, repeatedly contributed to the Washington Post, and his work has been mentioned in the New York Times, The Economist, and The Guardian. He's lectured on language and social media at Stanford, Yale, Georgetown, and other top universities, including a TEDx talk at the University of Pennsylvania.
Co-sponsored by the Yale Undergraduate Linguistics Society.