Research

What, exactly, do I do as a sociolinguist and why does it matter?  In this video, I talk about my research for UMBC In the Loop.

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Books

I am the co-author of Understanding English Language Variation in U.S. Schools (with Dr. Anne H. Charity Hudley, 2011, Teachers College Press) and the co-editor of Data Collection in Sociolinguistics: Methods and Applications (with Drs. Becky Childs and Gerard Van Herk, forthcoming, Routledge).  Please click on the titles to be directed to more information about these books.

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Grants

In September 2011, Dr. Anne H. Charity Hudley and I received a three-year research grant from the National Science Foundation to study the ways in which language plays a role in the educational challenges that often affect culturally and linguistically diverse students in STEM classrooms. Our goal is to work with teachers to figure out what challenges are being faced in terms of language for their math and science students and what resources teachers and students need to be able to face those challenges.  During the grant, “Assessing the Results of Sociolinguistic Engagement with K-12 STEM Education in Maryland and Virginia Public and Independent Schools,” we will work with K-12 STEM educators in the Baltimore and Richmond areas to collect data on how these educators learn from professional development workshops on language variation and integrate pedagogy and assessment techniques into their classroom. Our research also provides immediate practical application to educators’ pedagogy and practice in the form of educator workshops, teacher designed readings, and a website for educators that ensures that the research outcomes of our project are broadly disseminated. Click here to read the official UMBC press release about the grant.

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Book Chapters

Some of my recent articles have appeared in the book collections…

• The Sage Handbook of Sociolinguistics
• African American Women’s Language: Discourse, Education and Identity
• Sustaining Linguistic Diversity: Endangered and Minority Languages and Language Varieties
• American Voices: How Dialects Differ from Coast to Coast
• Linguistic Diversity in the South: Changing Codes, Practices, and Ideology

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Journal Publications

Some of my recent articles have appeared in the journals…

• American Speech
• Discourse & Society
• Gender & Language
• Language & Linguistics Compass
• Language in Society
• Sociolinguistic Studies
• Teaching Sociology
• And the entry “Sociolinguistics” for Oxford Bibliographies Online

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“Teaching American Speech”

I am the associate editor of the pedagogical section “Teaching American Speech,” published in each summer issue of the journal American Speech since Summer 2008.

“Teaching American Speech” includes full-length articles; briefer notes on course construction, assignments, evaluation, classroom technique, resources, etc.; and reviews of relevant texts that attend to teaching about American speech in any of a number of settings.

Manuscript submissions are considered on a rolling basis, and all articles are peer reviewed. Please email submissions to Christine Mallinson, Associate Editor (mallinson AT umbc DOT edu) and Charles Carson, Managing Editor (carson AT duke DOT edu).  Please clearly note that your manuscript is to be considered for “Teaching American Speech,” and please provide your current contact information, including email and mailing addresses.

“TeachLing”

I am also the founder and moderator of the Teaching Linguistics (TEACHLING) e-mail list, which provides a place to discuss and distribute news on pedagogy, curriculum development, public engagement and outreach, and other issues related to teaching linguistics.

Click here to join!

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My CV provides a complete list of my publications and other research-related activities. Please contact me <mallinson AT umbc DOT edu> for more information.