Biography

Archie Crowley is an Assistant Professor in the English Department at Elon University in North Carolina. They completed their PhD in Linguistics at the University of South Carolina, where they have also completed a Certificate in Women’s and Gender Studies. Their research addresses language practices, ideologies, and linguistic activism within transgender communities, and their dissertation explored how regional identity, age, race, and audience shape circulating ideologies about language and gender within transgender communities in the Southern United States. They are a member of the Committee for LGBTQ+ Inclusion in Linguistics for the Linguistic Society of America, and you can follow them on twitter @ArchieCrowley.