Kenton de Kirby

Kenton de Kirby is a Research Analyst at the American Environics.

"Before coming to American Environics, Kenton worked as a Research Associate at the Rockridge Institute with Pamela Morgan and George Lakoff. Kenton received his B.A. in linguistics (honors) from UC Berkeley, where he studied and wrote his honors thesis under George Lakoff. His thesis demonstrates how cognitive mechanisms can influence a language’s grammar, contrary to the tenets of traditional linguistics. Kenton has a strong, ongoing interest in cognitive neuroscience, rhetoric and American constitutional law.“