John Baugh is a past president of the Linguistic Society of America and the American Dialect Society. He is a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the Linguistic Society of America, and the American Dialect Society. A former fellow of the Center for Advanced Studies in the Behavioral Sciences, he is also the Margaret Bush Wilson Distinguished University Professor Emeritus at Washington University in St. Louis, and Professor Emeritus of Education and Linguistics at Stanford University. He is a member of the Board of Directors of the Oracle Education Foundation and a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
Research Areas
Studies advancing linguistic research to improve the human condition. Legal applications of linguistics. Sociolinguistic studies in communities where linguistic discrimination exists. Experimental sociophonetic analyses. Survey analyses of linguistic circumstances in diverse social and professional settings. Educational applications of linguistics. Workplace linguistic climate analyses, especially pertaining to potential hostile environments resulting from abusive language usage. Analyses of linguistic profiling in multilingual and multidialectal communities.
Education
Ph.D. in Linguistics, University of Pennsylvania (1979)
M.A. in Linguistics, University of Pennsylvania (1976)
B.A. in Speech and Rhetoric, Temple University (1972)
Societies & Organizations
2022: President, Linguistic Society of America
2021: Member, American Academy of Arts and Sciences
2019: Edward Sapir Professor, Linguistic Society of America, Summer Institute, U.C. Davis.
2002-Present: Member, Board of Directors Oracle Education Foundation
1992: President, American Dialect Society
Honors & Awards
2020: Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science
2020: Fellow, American Dialect Society
2015: Fellow, Linguistic Society of America
1987: Fellow, Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences