Mary Bucholtz

About

Mary Bucholtz is a Professor in the Department of Linguistics at the University of California, Santa Barbara. She is affiliated with the Latin American & Iberian Studies Program. Her academic focus is in sociocultural linguistics, and she is involved in research related to language and culture within Latin American and Iberian contexts. She serves as the Director of the Latin American & Iberian Studies Program and is actively engaged in the academic community through her administrative roles and contributions to graduate and undergraduate education. Her work emphasizes the intersection of language, identity, and social practices, contributing to the understanding of sociocultural dynamics in diverse linguistic communities.

Research topics

• Sociology
• Political Science
• Social Science
• Linguistics
• Pedagogy
• Gender studies
• Law
• Psychology
• Epistemology
• Political economy

Selected publications

• Toward Racial Justice in Linguistics: Interdisciplinary Insights into Theorizing Race in the Discipline and Diversifying the Profession

  Language · 2020 · 171 citations

  Senior authorCorresponding

  This article builds on the Linguistic Society of America's Statement on Race to argue that linguistics urgently needs an interdisciplinarily informed theoretical engagement with race and racism. To be adequate, a linguistic theory of race must incorporate the perspectives of linguistic researchers of different methodological approaches and racial backgrounds and must also draw on theories of race in neighboring fields, including anthropology, sociology, and psychology, as well as speech and hear…

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• Toward racial justice in linguistics:Interdisciplinary insights into theorizing race in the discipline and diversifying the profession

  Project Muse (Johns Hopkins University) · 2020-12-01 · 46 citations

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  This article builds on the Linguistic Society of America's Statement on Race to argue that linguistics urgently needs an interdisciplinarily informed theoretical engagement with race and racism. To be adequate, a linguistic theory of race must incorporate the perspectives of linguistic researchers of different methodological approaches and racial backgrounds and must also draw on theories of race in neighboring fields, including anthropology, sociology, and psychology, as well as speech and hear…

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• Attracting Black Students to Linguistics through a Black-Centered Introduction to Linguistics Course

  Language · 2021 · 34 citations

  In response to the lack of culturally sustaining pedagogies for Black students in linguistics, we created an online Introduction to Linguistics course designed as part of a specially funded research program that serves Black undergraduates from Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) as well as Predominantly White Institutions (PWIs). In recognition of the fact that conventional introductory linguistics courses often alienate Black students, the course was designed to center Black l…

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• Community-Centered Collaboration in Applied Linguistics

  Applied Linguistics · 2021-10-07 · 29 citations

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  ‘Why do you do the research that you do?’ It has important implications for major theoretical debates in the field and will help advance scholarly knowledge… ‘Why do you do the research that you do?’ I was trained by the world’s experts in these methodologies, which are the best suited for answering my research questions… ‘No, why do you do the research that you do?’ (I grew up in… My family… I have a friend who… I worked as… I never forgot that time…) ‘But why do you do the research that you do…

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• Researcher positionality in linguistics: Lessons from undergraduate experiences in community‐centered collaborative research

  Language and Linguistics Compass · 2023 · 20 citations

  1st authorCorresponding

  Abstract Researcher positionality has come into focus in a number of fields, as scholars increasingly acknowledge the impact of their lived experiences and identities on all aspects of the research process. In most areas of linguistics, however, researcher positionality remains underdiscussed, even as many linguists from dominant groups conduct research on the language of subordinated groups without community self‐determination regarding the research direction and goals. While the growing emphas…

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Frequent coauthors

• Anne H. Charity Hudley

  University of Nevada, Reno

  87 shared

• Christine Mallinson

  Stanford University

  85 shared

• Elaine W. Chun

  34 shared

• Jon Henner

  26 shared

• Arthur K. Spears

  25 shared

• Ignacio L. Montoya

  University of Nevada, Reno

  25 shared

• Nicole Holliday

  Pomona College

  25 shared

• Nelson Flores

  25 shared

Labs

• Latin American & Iberian Studies ProgramPI

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