Marianne Mason

Dr. Marianne Mason is an Associate Professor of Translation/Interpreting Studies and Forensic Linguistics at James Madison University (JMU), where she also coordinates the SETI minor and contributes to Linguistics and Legal Studies programs. Holding a Ph.D. in Linguistics from the University of Georgia, along with a BBA in Statistics and an MA in Translation, her expertise spans interdisciplinary research areas including language and law, discourse analysis, and translation studies. She is a 2018–2019 ACLS Fellow for her project on linguistic analysis in the American justice system.

Her research focuses on police-layperson interactions, Miranda rights invocation, and interpreter-mediated legal discourse. Notable works include Police Interrogation, Language, and the Law (Cambridge UP, 2024) and co-editing The Discourse of Police Interviews (U Chicago Press, 2020). She has provided expert testimony in criminal cases and serves on editorial boards for journals like Translation and Interpreting Studies.

• Educations:
  • Ph.D. Linguistics, University of Georgia
  • MA Translation, [institution not specified]
  • BBA Production Management/Statistics, [institution not specified]
• Research Projects:
  • ACLS-funded study on language in the American justice system
  • Custodial interrogation reform analysis
• Affiliations:
  • International Association for Forensic and Legal Linguistics
  • National Association of Judiciary Interpreters & Translators (NAJIT)