Jenny Lederer

Jenny Lederer is an Associate Professor and Linguistics Program Coordinator at San Francisco State University's Department of English Language and Literature. Her research bridges cognitive linguistics and social discourse, examining how metaphors and schemas structure abstract concepts like gender, immigration, and politics. She teaches phonetics, semantics, and metaphor theory.

Recent work (2024) analyzes gender-expansive language and digital communication patterns on platforms like TikTok. Her studies on transgender metaphorical models (2021) and co-speech gesture integration (2019) highlight interdisciplinary approaches.

Lederer's graduate course on computer-mediated discourse reflects her commitment to evolving linguistic landscapes.