Suzanne Wertheim, PhD | Source | CEO at Worthwhile Research & Consulting

SUZANNE WERTHEIM, PhD is a national expert on inclusive language and an international keynote speaker with more than two decades of experience researching and speaking about inclusive language. She is also the author of the forthcoming book, The Inclusive Language Field Guide: 6 Simple Principles for Avoiding Painful Mistakes and Communicating Respectfully.

After getting her PhD in Linguistics from Berkeley, Dr. Wertheim held faculty positions at Northwestern, University of Maryland, and UCLA. She has done fieldwork with speakers as diverse as Tatar nationalists in the former Soviet Union, Native Americans in central California, comedians in Los Angeles, and female engineers of San Francisco and Silicon Valley. In 2011, Dr. Wertheim left the university system in order to apply her expertise to real-world problems.

Currently, Dr. Wertheim serves as the CEO of Worthwhile Research & Consulting, which specializes in analyzing and addressing bias at work. At Worthwhile, Dr. Wertheim offers customized training for clients based on her original research and leads both short-term and long-term consulting engagements. Her clients have included tech giants such as Google and Reddit, financial companies such as Charles Schwab, and national news organizations such as News Nation. She is also the creator of the LinkedIn Learning course “Strategies to Foster Inclusive Language at Work” that has been taken by tens of thousands of learners.