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Linguistics, 409 Lorch Hall-1220
Office Location(s): 409 Lorch Phone: 734.764.9537 Fax: 734.647.4943 dkc@umich.edu Homepage
Deborah Keller-Cohen is currently investigating the relation between social engagement and sensitivity to listen needs (audience design) in older adults. She and her research partners are exploring whether older adults (80+) who interact with more people and a greater diversity of individuals are more sensitive to listener needs when providing instructions. Her other major current project is a study of the interaction between social relations and language production in normal older adults and those with mild cognitive impairment. This is a feasibility study to assess the use of conversation logs to record social interactions with adults experiencing mild cognitive impairment and to compare those findings with normal older adults.
Professor Keller-Cohen is not teaching Linguistics courses currently because of major service assignments outside the Linguistics Department, primarily on the College's Executive Committee (2010-2013) and in the Institute for Research on Women and Gender, where she is Senior Associate Director (2010-2016). She is also a member of the College's Budget Priorities Committee (2011-2012) and the Steering Committee of the Frankel Center for Judaic Studies (2011-2016).
