Kira Hall | |
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| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | UC Berkeley |
| Thesis | (1995) |
| Academic work | |
| Institutions | University of Colorado at Boulder, Department of Linguistics and Department of Anthropology |
| Main interests | Sociocultural linguistics |
| Notable works | Language and woman's place: text and commentaries |
| Notable ideas | Tactics of intersubjectivity |
| Website | University of Colorado at Boulder |
Kira Hall is Distinguished Professor of Linguistics and Anthropology, as well as director for the Program in Culture, Language, and Social Practice (CLASP), at the University of Colorado at Boulder.[1][2]
The majority of Hall's work focuses on language in India and the United States, with special attention to organizations of gender and sexuality. A special focus of her work has been the linguistic and sociocultural practices of Hindi-speaking Hijras in northern India, a nonbinary group often discussed in the anthropological literature as a "third sex."
She is known for her contributions to research on language and identity within sociocultural linguistics, and especially the tactics of intersubjectivity framework developed with Mary Bucholtz.[3]