Sonja Lanehart


Sonja L. Lanehart is a linguist, Brackenridge Endowed Chair in Literature and the Humanities at the University of Texas at San Antonio, and Professor of Linguistics at the University of Arizona.

Biography

Lanehart received her PhD in English language and linguistics from the University of Michigan in 1995. Between 1995 and 2006 she worked as Assistant Professor, later Associate Professor, at the University of Georgia, before taking up her current position at UTSA in 2006. She is a past co-editor of the journal Educational Researcher.

Research

Lanehart's research focuses on African American language, particularly as it relates to education and to identity. As well as sociolinguistics, her research draws on Black feminism and critical race theory.

Selected publications