This course explores the role of language in articulating, maintaining, and subverting power relations in society. The course provides students with the tools to uncover, describe, and critically analyze the various (strategic) biases in language that create and reinforce power structures in society. We will consider the role of communication in impacting areas such as race/ethnicity, gender, and sexual orientation, as well as how it affects power relationships in the understanding of media, politics, and institutional structure.