Who We Are

We are a multi-university transdisciplinary collective of faculty, students, and educators whose scholarship, teaching, and activism center the lives of Black students and faculty. We are also a center for the study of liberatory linguistics.

Co-Principal Investigators

Anne Harper Charity Hudley
Professor of Education
Christine Mallinson
Professor of Language, Literacy, and Culture

Visiting Scholars

Anne Curzan
Professor of English Language and Literature, Linguistics, and Education
Lionell "Badu" Smith
Assistant Professor of Critical Communication Pedagogy

Faculty

Mary Bucholtz
Professor of Linguistics
Kendra Calhoun
Assistant Professor of Linguistic Anthropology
Aris Moreno Clemons
Assistant Professor of Spanish Linguistics
Michelle Grue
Teaching Assistant Professor
Kahdeidra Monét Martin
Assistant Professor of Education
Dozandri C. Mendoza
Assistant Professor of Sociolinguistics and Applied Linguistics
Jamaal Muwwakkil
Assistant Professor of Anthropology
Joy P. G. Peltier
Assistant Professor of English and Linguistics
Quentin Sedlacek
Assistant Professor of STEM Education
Dr. Ramon Stephens
Professor of Education