Susan G. Strauss

Susan G. Strauss is a Professor in the Department of Asian Studies at Pennsylvania State University, with affiliations spanning Applied Linguistics, Linguistics, and Education. She holds a joint appointment in the College of the Liberal Arts.

Her research focuses on discourse analysis, language-cognition relationships, and the subconscious motivations behind linguistic choices. She investigates these themes across multiple languages including Spanish, French, Japanese, Korean, and English, with particular attention to demonstratives, tense/aspect systems, and cultural discourse patterns. In education, her work emphasizes ESL writing pedagogy and developmental composition.

Dr. Strauss is fluent in English, Spanish, French, Japanese, and Korean, with working knowledge of Hebrew, German, and Quechua. She has co-edited volumes in Japanese/Korean Linguistics and published extensively in linguistic anthropology and applied linguistics.

Her interdisciplinary approach bridges language structure, cultural expression, and educational practices, with recent contributions to understanding school bullying through discourse analysis frameworks.