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Dr. Carol Redler, PhD

Dr. Carol Redler (formerly Lombard) is the founder and owner of Redler Linguistics. Born and raised in Zimbabwe, she lived and worked in England and South Africa before immigrating to the United States and eventually settling in Montana.

 

Carol is an accomplished academic researcher and writer specializing in linguistic anthropology. She has earned several awards for her achievements and has been recognized for her ethnographic research in Native American (Blackfoot) personal names and American cattle brand names. Her work has been published in leading peer-reviewed journals and she has presented numerous conference papers in the United States, Canada, and South Africa. She has served as a member of the Executive Council of the American Name Society (ANS) and as the English Editor for the journal of the Canadian Society for the Study of Names (CSSN). She has taught university-level composition, business writing, and English literature courses, and she helped develop a pilot TESOL program for Montana State University in Billings, Montana. 

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Carol’s expertise extends beyond academics into the business world. She has over 40 years of administrative experience in the private and public sectors, including the arenas of small business ownership, the travel industry, and law enforcement. 

 

For inspiration and relaxation, Carol enjoys spending time in Montana’s mountains and wide open spaces where she loves to hike, horseback ride, and practice photography. An avid traveler, she also enjoys adventures in other parts of the world and is always ready to experience new places and cultural spaces.

Awards

  • Names: A Journal of Onomastics. Award for the best article in 2011. Article title: The sociocultural significance of Niitsitapi personal names: An ethnographic analysis, published in volume 59(1).

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  • American Name Society. Emerging Scholar Award (2010).

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  • American Philosophical Society. Lewis and Clark Fund for Exploration and Field Research Grant (2006).

 

  • University of South Africa. Senate Medal for best performance in Honors Bachelor of Arts Degree (2004).

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  • University of South Africa. Honors Exhibition Merit Bursary (2002).

Publications

 

  • Article: Beyond the branding iron: cattle brands as heritage place names in the State of Montana. Names: A Journal of Onomastics Names: A Journal of Onomastics, 64(1), 224-233.

 

  • Book review: Inuit kinship and naming customs. Names: A Journal of Onomastics, 64(1), 54-55.

 

  • Book review: Chimurenga war names. Names: A Journal of Onomastics 62(1), 80-83.

 

  • Article: Addressing and interpreting the issue of authenticity in place renaming: A South African perspective. Nomina Africana 26(1), 54-61.

 

  • Article: The sociocultural significance of Niitsitapi personal names: an ethnolinguistic analysis. Names: A Journal of Onomastics 59(1), 42-51.

 

  • Article: Conceptual metaphors in computer networking terminology. Southern African Linguistics and Applied Language Studies 23(2), 177-185.

Education

  • PhD with specialization in Linguistics (University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa). Thesis title: The socio-onomastic significance of American cattle brands: A Montana case study.

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  • MA with specialization in Sociolinguistics (University of South Africa). Dissertation title: An ethnolinguistic study of Niitsitapi personal names.

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  • Honors BA in General Linguistics (cum laude) (University of South Africa).

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  • BA in English and Linguistics (cum laude) (University of South Africa).

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