Linguistic Discrimination in US Higher Education: Power, Prejudice, Impacts, and Remedies - Paperback

by Gaillynn Clements (Editor), Marnie Jo Petray (Editor)

This volume examines different forms of language and dialect discrimination on U.S. college campuses, where relevant protections in K-12 schools and the workplace are absent. Real-world case studies at intersections with class, race, gender, and ability explore pedagogical and social manifestations and long-term impacts of this prejudice between and among students, faculty, and administrators. With chapters by experts including Walt Wolfram and Christina Higgins, this book will be useful for students in courses in language & power and language variety, among others; researchers in sociolinguistics, education, identity studies, and justice & equity studies; and diversity officers looking to understand and combat this bias.

Author Biography

Gaillynn Clements is Visiting Assistant Professor in Linguistics at Duke University. Dr. Clements has published on Southern English, gendered speech, and the scholarship of teaching and learning in linguistics.

Marnie Jo Petray is Associate Professor in TESOL at Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania where she founded, coordinates, and directs the Graduate TESOL Program in the Department of Modern Languages and Cultures. Dr. Petray has presented and published research in applied linguistics, the scholarship of teaching and learning in linguistics, humor studies, and Krobo Dangme.