Rusty Barrett

American linguist

Rusty Barrett is an American linguist and Professor of Linguistics at the University of Kentucky. With Kira Hall, he is the editor of the Oxford Handbook on Language and Sexuality.^[1] With Jennifer Cramer and Kevin B. McGowan, he published the revised third edition of Rosina Lippi-Green's classic textbook English with an Accent.^[2] His work has primarily focused on Mayan Languages and Language, Gender and Sexuality.

Trinity University (B.A.)
University of Texas at Austin (M.A., Ph.D.)

Academic workInstitutionsUniversity of Kentucky

Education and research

Barrett earned a B.A. in Russian language and literature from Trinity University, in San Antonio, Texas, and he received both an M.A. and Ph.D. (1999) in Linguistics from the University of Texas at Austin. His Ph.D. dissertation is titled, A grammar of Sipakapense Maya.^[3]

He co-convened the Linguistic Society of America Summer Institute at the University of Kentucky in 2017.^[4]

Honors

Barrett received the Arnold Zwicky Award from the Linguistic Society of America in 2022.^[5]

Barrett was senior editor of Oxford Research Review in Linguistics 2012–2015, served on the editorial board of Journal of English Linguistics 2007–2015, Gender and Language 2011–2020, and Western Journal of Communication 2014.^[3]

Selected publications

Books

Barrett, Rusty, Jennifer Cramer, and Kevin B. McGowan. 2022. English with an accent: Language, ideology, and discrimination in the United States. Third Edition. Taylor & Francis. DOI: https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003332886 ^[6]

Barrett, Rusty. 2017. From drag queens to leathermen: Language, gender, and gay male subcultures. Oxford University Press. DOI:https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195390179.001.0001 ^[7]

Edited books

Hall, Kira; Barrett, Rusty, eds. 2018. Language and sexuality. Oxford Handbooks Online. doi:10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190212926.001.0001

References

^ "The Oxford Handbook of Language and Sexuality". academic.oup.com. Retrieved 2023-06-21.
^ Barrett, Rusty; Cramer, Jennifer; McGowan, Kevin B. (2022). English with an accent: Language, Idealology, and Discrimination in the United States. doi:10.4324/9781003332886. ISBN 978-1-003-33288-6. S2CID 252602723. Retrieved 2023-12-17.
^ ^a ^b "Rusty Barrett faculty page at University of Kentucky". linguistics.as.uky.edu. Retrieved 2023-06-21.
^ "August Member Spotlight: Rusty Barrett | Linguistic Society of America". www.linguisticsociety.org. Retrieved 2023-06-21.
^ "Rusty Barrett Named the LSA 2023 Arnold Zwicky Award Recipient | Linguistic Society of America". www.linguisticsociety.org. Retrieved 2023-06-21.
^ Barrett, Rusty; Cramer, Jennifer; McGowan, Kevin B. (2022). English with an accent: Language, Idealology, and Discrimination in the United States. doi:10.4324/9781003332886. ISBN 978-1-003-33288-6. S2CID 252602723. Retrieved 2023-12-17.
^ "From Drag Queens to Leathermen: Language, Gender, and Gay Male Subcultures". Retrieved 2023-06-21.