Anne H. Charity Hudley

Anne Harper Charity Hudley is an American linguist who works on language variation in secondary schools. Since 2021, she has been a professor at the Stanford Graduate School of Education.^[1]

Anne H. Charity Hudley
Born	Richmond, Virginia
Education	Harvard University, BA and MA Linguistics University of Pennsylvania, PhD Linguistics
Notable works	Understanding English Language Variation in U.S. Schools We Do Language: English Language Variation in the Secondary English Classroom The Indispensable Guide to Undergraduate Research
Website
annecharityhudley.com

Early life and education

Charity Hudley received her PhD in linguistics from the University of Pennsylvania in 2005.^[2] She is from Richmond, Virginia, where she attended St. Catherine's School for 13 years.^[3] Her undergraduate degree is from Harvard University.^[4]

Career and research

From 2005 to 2017 Charity Hudley was associate professor of education, English, and linguistics and the William and Mary Professor of Community Studies at the College of William and Mary.^[5] She also co-directed the William and Mary Scholars Undergraduate Experience (WMSURE)^[6] and was affiliated with the Africana Studies and Women's Studies programs.^[7] Thereafter, she held the North Hall endowed chair at the University of California, Santa Barbara^[8][9] before moving to Stanford in 2021. Since 2021, Charity Hudley is Professor of Education at the Stanford University Graduate School of Education (GSE). She is additionally a Trustee^[10] at the Center for Applied Linguistics (CAL).

Charity Hudley's research focus is the language of the American classroom, its relevance for the study of race and ethnicity, and how language use in the classroom relates to (and affects) educational attainment.^[11] This work aims at bringing knowledge of the field of sociolinguistics to educators, and helps us understand the ways in which literacy, dialect, and individual variation interact.^[12]

Charity Hudley has been actively involved in leadership roles in the Linguistic Society of America. Charity Hudley was the undergraduate program representative and chair of the subcommittee on diversity on the Linguistic Society of America Committee on Linguistics in Higher Education from 2009 to 2016,^[13] and in 2018 she was part of a special session held at the Linguistic Society of America Annual Meeting in Salt Lake City addressing topics of bias, power dynamics, and harassment^[14] in linguistics. She served as a member of the Linguistic Society of America Executive Committee from 2017 to 2020.^[15]

Honors and distinctions

She is a member of the editorial board for Language, with a focus on the Teaching Linguistics section, for Language and Linguistics Compass (Sociolinguistics), and formerly for American Speech.^[16][17][18]

She delivered a forum lecture titled "Linguistics and Community Engagement: Keeping it Real," at the Linguistic Society of America Summer Institute at the University of Michigan in 2013.^[19]

She has discussed her book, We Do Language co-authored with Christine Mallinson, on several radio shows.^[20][21]

She has been interviewed by several major news organizations as an expert on language variation and racial justice.^[22][23]

In 2021, Charity Hudley was inducted as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science,^[24] and in 2022 as a Fellow of the Linguistic Society of America.^[25]

Select publications

Charity Hudley, Anne H., Christine Mallinson, and Mary Bucholtz. (2020). Toward Racial Justice in Linguistics: Interdisciplinary Insights into Theorizing Race in the Discipline and Diversifying the Profession. Language 96(4), e200-e235. doi:10.1353/lan.2020.0074.^[26]

Charity Hudley, Anne H. and Christine Mallinson. (2013.) We Do Language: English Language Variation in the Secondary English Classroom. Teachers College Press Multicultural Education Series.^[27]

Charity Hudley, Anne H. and Christine Mallinson. (2010.) Understanding English Language Variation in U.S. Schools. Teachers College Press Multicultural Education Series.^[28]

References

1. "Anne Harper Charity Hudley". Stanford Profiles. Retrieved January 21, 2022.
2. "Doctoral Alumni | Department of Linguistics". www.ling.upenn.edu. Retrieved 2021-03-08.
3. . College of William and Mary. Archived from the original on March 26, 2015. Retrieved March 28, 2015.
4. "CharityHudley.CV.pdf" (PDF). Retrieved July 19, 2017.
5. "Dr. Anne Harper Charity Hudley". William and Mary People. College of William and Mary. Retrieved March 28, 2015.
6. "W&M Scholars Undergraduate Research Experience (WMSURE)". Retrieved March 28, 2015.
7. "Dr. Anne Harper Charity Hudley". William and Mary People. College of William and Mary. Retrieved March 28, 2015.
8. "BSU and Chancellor Yang Collaborate to Establish Institutional Changes". The Daily Nexus. Retrieved 2017-01-08.
9. "Anne Charity Hudley's transition to the University of California, Santa Barbara". Valuable Voices. 2016-12-12. Retrieved 2017-01-08.
10. "Center for Applied Linguistics Board of Trustees: Anne Harper Charity Hudley". Retrieved March 11, 2022.
11. "The sound of inclusion: Why teachers' words matter". Salon. 2017-08-17. Retrieved 2019-04-12.
12. Hudley, Anne H. Charity (2014-10-14). "Which English You Speak Has Nothing to Do With How Smart You Are". Slate Magazine. Retrieved 2019-04-12.
13. "Anne Charity Hudley (CV)" (PDF). Retrieved March 28, 2015.
14. "LSA to Hold Special Session at 2018 Annual Meeting | Linguistic Society of America". www.linguisticsociety.org. Retrieved 2019-04-12.
15. "LSA Members Elect New Officers, Editor of Language | Linguistic Society of America". www.linguisticsociety.org. Retrieved 2017-01-08.
16. "Editorial Information | Linguistic Society of America". www.linguisticsociety.org. Retrieved 2015-08-20.
17. "Language and Linguistics Compass - Editorial Board". Wiley Online Library. doi:10.1111/(ISSN)1749-818X. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
18. "The American Dialect Society: American Speech Editorial Board" (PDF). Retrieved August 20, 2015.
19. "Linguistics and Community Engagement: Keeping it Real". Linguistic Society of America official YouTube channel. LSA Summer Institute at the University of Michigan. July 9, 2013. Retrieved March 28, 2015.
20. "Red River Radio: Anne Harper Charity Hudley". Retrieved March 28, 2015.
21. "Episode 184: We Do Language featuring Anne Charity Hudley". Talk the Talk. Retrieved March 28, 2015.
22. Harmon, Amy (November 2021). "BIPOC or POC? Equity or equality? The debate over language on the left". New York Times. Retrieved March 11, 2022.
23. "Why we can't stop fighting about cancel culture". Vox. 30 December 2019. Retrieved March 11, 2022.
24. "2021 AAAS Fellows | American Association for the Advancement of Science". www.aaas.org.
25. "Linguistic Society of America List of Fellows by Year". Retrieved 11 March 2022.
26. "Toward Racial Justice in Linguistics: Interdisciplinary Insights into Theorizing Race in the Discipline and Diversifying the Profession". Retrieved June 10, 2020.
27. "We Do Language". 30 April 2013. Retrieved March 28, 2015.
28. "Understanding English Language Variation in U.S. Schools". Valuable Voices. 22 May 2010. Retrieved March 28, 2015.

External links

• Anne H. Charity Hudley: academic homepage
• "Linguistics and Community Engagement: Keeping it Real," 2013 LSA Summer Institute forum lecture on YouTube
• Valuable Voices (Charity Hudley & Mallinson book website)