Kira Hall is Distinguished Professor of

Linguistics Linguistics is the scientific study of language. The areas of linguistic analysis are syntax (rules governing the structure of sentences), semantics (meaning), Morphology (linguistics), morphology (structure of words), phonetics (speech sounds ...

and

Anthropology Anthropology is the scientific study of humanity, concerned with human behavior, human biology, cultures, society, societies, and linguistics, in both the present and past, including archaic humans. Social anthropology studies patterns of behav ...

, as well as director for the Program in Culture, Language, and Social Practice (CLASP), at the

University of Colorado at Boulder The University of Colorado Boulder (CU Boulder, CU, or Colorado) is a Public university, public research university in Boulder, Colorado, United States. Founded in 1876, five months before Colorado became a Federated state, state, it is the fla ...

. The majority of Hall's work focuses on language in

India India, officially the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, seventh-largest country by area; the List of countries by population (United Nations), most populous country since ...

and the

United States The United States of America (USA), also known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It is a federal republic of 50 U.S. state, states and a federal capital district, Washington, D.C. The 48 ...

, with special attention to organizations of

gender Gender is the range of social, psychological, cultural, and behavioral aspects of being a man (or boy), woman (or girl), or third gender. Although gender often corresponds to sex, a transgender person may identify with a gender other tha ...

and

sexuality Human sexuality is the way people experience and express themselves sexually. This involves biological, psychological, physical, erotic, emotional, social, or spiritual feelings and behaviors. Because it is a broad term, which has varied ...

. A special focus of her work has been the linguistic and sociocultural practices of

Hindi Modern Standard Hindi (, ), commonly referred to as Hindi, is the Standard language, standardised variety of the Hindustani language written in the Devanagari script. It is an official language of India, official language of the Government ...

-speaking Hijras in northern India, a nonbinary group often discussed in the anthropological literature as a "

third sex Third gender or third sex is an identity recognizing individuals categorized, either by themselves or by society, as neither a man nor a woman. Many gender systems around the world include three or more genders, deriving the concept either from ...

." She is known for her contributions to research on language and identity within

sociocultural linguistics Sociocultural linguistics is a term used to encompass a broad range of theories and methods for the study of language in its sociocultural context. Its growing use is a response to the increasingly narrow association of the term sociolinguistics w ...

, and especially the tactics of intersubjectivity framework developed with

Mary Bucholtz Mary Bucholtz (born 29 October 1966) is a professor of linguistics at UC Santa Barbara. Bucholtz's work focuses largely on language use in the United States, and specifically on issues of language and youth; language, gender, and sexuality; Africa ...

Education

Hall received her Ph.D. in

linguistics Linguistics is the scientific study of language. The areas of linguistic analysis are syntax (rules governing the structure of sentences), semantics (meaning), Morphology (linguistics), morphology (structure of words), phonetics (speech sounds ...

in 1995 from the

University of California at Berkeley The University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley, Berkeley, Cal, or California), is a public land-grant research university in Berkeley, California, United States. Founded in 1868 and named after the Anglo-Irish philosopher George Berkele ...

, writing her dissertation under the supervision of

Robin Lakoff Robin Tolmach Lakoff (; born November 27, 1942) is a professor emerita of linguistics at the University of California, Berkeley. Her 1975 book ''Language and Woman's Place'' is often credited for making language and gender a major debate in ling ...

, and has held academic positions at

Stanford Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University, is a private research university in Stanford, California, United States. It was founded in 1885 by railroad magnate Leland Stanford (the eighth governor of and th ...

Yale Yale University is a private Ivy League research university in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Founded in 1701, Yale is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States, and one of the nine colonial colleges ch ...

, and

Rutgers Rutgers University ( ), officially Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, is a public land-grant research university consisting of three campuses in New Jersey. Chartered in 1766, Rutgers was originally called Queen's College and was aff ...

Universities.

Designations

Awards

* College Scholar Award in 2014 * Provost Faculty Achievement Award in 2010 * Boulder Faculty Assembly Teaching Excellence Award in 2009 * Outstanding Faculty Advisor Award in 2004.

Positions held

* President,

Society for Linguistic Anthropology The American Anthropological Association (AAA) is an American organization of scholars and practitioners in the field of anthropology. With 10,000 members, the association, based in Arlington, Virginia, includes archaeologists, cultural anthropol ...

(2019–Present, as of 2021) * Professor, CU Boulder Department of Linguistics * Professor, CU Boulder Department of Anthropology * CU Boulder Associate Chair Of Undergraduate Studies, department Of linguistics * Affiliated faculty, CU Boulder College of Media, Communication, and Information (CMCI) * Affiliated faculty, Cu Boulder Department Of Women And Gender Studies (WGST) * Director, CU Boulder Program In Culture, Language, And Social Practice * Director, CU Boulder Literacy Practicum

Selected publications

Books

* * Livia, Anna, and Kira Hall, eds. 1997. ''Queerly Phrased: Language, Gender, and Sexuality.'' New York: Oxford University Press. 80 pp.* Hall, Kira, ed. 2007. ''Essays in Indian Folk Traditions: Collected Writings of Ved Prakash Vatuk''. Meerut, India: Archana Publications. 72 pp.* Hall, Kira, ed. 2009. ''Studies in Inequality and Social Justice: Essays in Honor of Ved Prakash Vatuk''. Meerut, India: Archana Publications. 49 pp.* Hall, Kira; Barrett, Rusty, eds. 2018. ''Language and sexuality''. Oxford Handbooks Online. DOI:10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190212926.001.0001 * Hall, Kira, ed. 2023. ''Lifelong Search for Home: Collected English Poems of Ved Prakash Vatuk.'' New Delhi: New World Publication. 90 pp

Book chapters

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Journal articles

* Hall, Kira (1999). Performativity. ''Journal of Linguistic Anthropology'' 9(1-2): 184-187. doi:10.1525/jlin.1999.9.1-2.184. * Bucholtz, Mary, and Kira Hall (2004). Theorizing Identity in Language and Sexuality Research. ''Language in Society'' 33(4): 469-515. doi: 10.1017/S0047404504334020 * Hall, Kira (2005). Intertextual Sexuality: Parodies of Class, Identity, and Desire in Liminal Delhi. ''Journal of Linguistic Anthropology'' 15(1): 125-144. doi: 10.1525/jlin.2005.15.1.125. *
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Edited proceedings

* Hall, Kira, Michael Meacham, and Richard Shapiro, eds. 1989. ''General Session and Parasession on Theoretical Issues in Language Reconstruction: Proceedings of the Fifteenth Annual Meeting of the Berkeley Linguistics Society, 1988-1989.'' Berkeley: Berkeley Linguistics Society, Inc. 31 pp.* Hall, Kira, Jean Pierre Koenig, Michael Meacham, Sondra Reinman, and Laurel Sutton, eds. 1990. ''General Session and Parasession on the Legacy of Grice: Proceedings of the Sixteenth Annual Meeting of the Berkeley Linguistics Society, 1989-1990.'' Berkeley: Berkeley Linguistics Society, Inc. 59 pp.* Hall, Kira, Mary Bucholtz, and Birch Moonwomon, eds. 1992. ''Locating Power: Proceedings of the Second Berkeley Women and Language Conference, Vol. 2.'' Berkeley: Berkeley Women & Language Group. 09 pp.* Hall, Kira, Mary Bucholtz, and Birch Moonwomon, eds. 1992. ''Locating Power: Proceedings of the Second Berkeley Women and Language Conference, Vol. 1.'' Berkeley: Berkeley Women & Language Group. 99 pp.

References

External links

Kira Hall's home page (as of June 2021)
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