About Me

I am Professor of Language, Literacy, and Culture and Affiliate Professor of Gender and Women’s Studies at UMBC. My CV provides a complete overview of my professional information, and click here for my Google Scholar profile. Please contact me at <mallinson AT umbc DOT edu> for more information.

In my research I study language in its social context, with a focus on English in the U.S. I examine the role of English language variation in the construction and negotiation of identities and cultures and as a central mechanism in the reproduction of inequality, particularly in education. My research, as well as my teaching and engagement, reflect my longstanding personal commitment to carry out and apply academic research within a social justice framework.

I have co-authored two books with Dr. Anne H. Charity Hudley: Understanding English Language Variation in U.S. Schools (2011, Teachers College Press Multicultural Education Series) and We Do Language: English Language Variation in the Secondary English Classroom (2014, Teachers College Press). I am also the co-editor of Data Collection in Sociolinguistics: Methods and Applications, a Routledge volume, with Becky Childs, and Gerard Van Herk; the volume is now in its second edition. Learn more about my research here.