About Us
Who We Are:
We are George Elgin and Suzette Haden Elgin, owners
of a virtual business called The Ozark Center for Language Studies (OCLS),
founded in 1980. OCLS offers a complete line of verbal self-defense products
and services, almost all based on the the Gentle Art of Verbal Self-Defense
(GAVSD) system developed by Suzette in the late 1960s. Suzette (who has a
Ph.D. in linguistics from the University of California) does the writing,
speaking, and teaching; George does all the technical services and sales,
and is road manager.
What We Offer
Our products and services include: books (both
from commercial publishers and from our own small inhouse press, OCLS Press);
newsletters; audiotapes; videotapes; training manuals; seminars and workshops;
trainings; lectures and talks; consulting. (Seminars and other presentations
are held not at OCLS but at hotels and at client sites.)
Write or e-mail us:
PO Box 1137, Huntsville, AR 72740-1137
OCLS@madisoncounty.net