ANNANDALE-ON-HUDSON, N.Y.— On Thursday, November 4, the Distinguished Scientist Lecture Series and Women and Science Project at Bard College present Deborah Tannen, professor of linguistics at Georgetown University and author of many books and articles about how the language of everyday conversation affects relationships. She is best known as the author of You Just Don’t Understand: Women and Men in Conversation, which was on the New York Times best seller list for nearly four years, including eight months as No. 1, and has been translated into 30 languages. This is the book that brought gender differences in communication style to the forefront of public awareness. The lecture, which takes place at 7 p.m. in the F.W. Olin Auditorium, is free and open to the public and will be followed by a reception and book signing with Tannen.

Deborah Tannen is University Professor and Professor of Linguistics at Georgetown University. Her latest book, You Were Always Mom’s Favorite!: Sisters in Conversation Throughout Their Lives, was just released in paperback. A New York Times best seller, it received a Books for a Better Life Award and was featured on 20/20 and NPR’s Morning Edition.

Among her other books, You’re Wearing THAT?: Understanding Mothers and Daughters in Conversation, published in 2006, spent ten weeks on the New York Times best seller list; Talking from 9 to 5: Women and Men at Work was a New York Times Business best seller; The Argument Culture: Stopping America’s War of Words, received the Common Ground Book Award; and I Only Say This Because I Love You: Talking to Your Parents, Partner, Sibs, and Kids When You’re All Adults received a Books for a Better Life Award.

Tannen is a frequent guest on television and radio news and information shows, including The Colbert Report, 20/20, Good Morning America, the Today Show, the Rachael Ray Talk Show, The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer, Charlie Rose, Oprah, Hardball, Nightline, many shows on CNN and Morning Edition, All Things Considered, The Diane Rehm Show, Fresh Air, and many other NPR programs. She has been featured in and written for most major newspapers and magazines, including the New York Times, Newsweek, Time, USA Today, People, the Washington Post, and The Harvard Business Review. She is one of only five in Georgetown University’s College of Arts and Sciences who hold the distinguished rank of University Professor. She has been McGraw Distinguished Lecturer at Princeton University and was a fellow at the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences in Stanford, California, following a term in residence at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey. The recipient of five honorary doctorates, she is a member of the PEN/Faulkner Foundation Board of Directors.