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Sharese King is an Assistant Family Professor in the Department of Linguistics at the University of Chicago, where she focuses on sociolinguistics, language variation and change, and African American Language. She obtained her Ph.D. from Stanford University in 2018. King's research employs phonetic, ethnographic, and experimental techniques to explore the speech of African Americans and the racialized implications of their speech within the judicial system in the United States. She is recognized as an expert in the study of African American Language, race, and linguistic bias. Her work has been published in several prestigious venues including American Speech, Journal of Sociolinguistics, and Language. Selected recent publications include articles examining raciolinguistics, the impact of dialects on judgments in legal settings, and the dynamics of race and language. King is involved in teaching courses that address the intersection of race, ethnicity, and language, with a focus on how linguistic variation reflects and constructs identity.
Department of Philosophy