Anne H. Charity Hudley, Ph.D., is the Bonnie Katz Tenenbaum Professor of Education at Stanford University and Professor of African and African American Studies and Linguistics, by courtesy. Her research and publications address the relationship between language variation and educational practices and policies from preschool through graduate school. She has a particular emphasis on creating high-impact practices for underrepresented students in higher education. Charity Hudley is the co-author of four books: The Indispensable Guide to Undergraduate Research; We Do Language: English Language Variation in the Secondary English Classroom, Understanding English Language Variation in U.S. Schools, and Talking College: Making Space for Black Linguistic Practices in Higher Education.

Her other publications have appeared in Language, The Journal of English Linguistics, Child Development, Language Variation, and Change, American Speech, Language and Linguistics Compass, Perspectives on Communication Disorders and Sciences in Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Populations, and many book collections, including The Handbook of African-American Psychology, Ethnolinguistic Diversity and Literacy Education, Oxford Handbook of Sociolinguistics, and Oxford Handbook of Language in Society. She has been an invited speaker for numerous keynotes and academic meetings and provides lectures and workshops for K-12 teachers, and generously contributes to community initiatives and public intellectual work.

Her significant contributions have been recognized with a Public Engagement Award from the Society for Linguistic Anthropology, two awards, and fellow status from the Linguistic Society of America, funding from NIH, NSF, the Mellon Foundation, and the Ford Foundation, among others. Professor Charity Hudley has served on the Executive Committee of the Linguistic Society of America; the Standing Committee on Research of the National Council of Teachers of English; as a consultant to the National Research Council Committee on Language and Education; and to the NSF’s Committee on Broadening Participation in the Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Sciences. In addition, she has served as an Associate Editor for Language, Language and Linguistics Compass and the Journal of Linguistic Anthropology.

Dr. Charity Hudley was previously the North Hall Endowed Chair in the Linguistics of African America at U.C. Santa Barbara. At U.C. Santa Barbara, she also served as the Director of Undergraduate Research, Vice-Chair of the Council of Planning and Budget, and a Faculty Fellow for the Center for Innovative Teaching, Research, and Learning (CITRAL).

Christine Mallinson is Professor in the Language, Literacy, and Culture Program and Affiliate Professor in the Gender and Women's Studies Program at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) in Baltimore, Maryland, where she also directs the Center for Social Science Scholarship. A North Carolina native, Dr. Mallinson earned a Ph.D. in Sociology and Anthropology, with concentrations in sociolinguistics and social inequality, from North Carolina State University.

Dr. Mallinson's research and publications investigate the social contexts of English language variation, particularly with regard to region, ethnicity, social class, and gender. She has conducted extensive research in Appalachia and throughout North Carolina, in Washington, DC, and in Baltimore, Maryland. She has also worked with K-12 educators from public and independent schools throughout the U.S. in lectures, workshops, and partnerships that focus on the dynamics of language and culture in classroom contexts. For more information, visit her website, http://christinemallinson.com.