Joan Hall
Expert on the American English language and its regional and social dialects
Chief Editor Emerita, Dictionary of American Regional English; Distinguished Scientist; English College of Letters and Science Work: 608-263-2744 — Home and cell phones available upon request jdhall@wisc.edu Home page
Topics
- American English from the colonial period to the present
- Regional variation in American English
- Social variation in American English
- Lexicography (dictionary-making)
Achievements
- President, American Dialect Society, 2005-06
- President, Dictionary Society of North America, 1999-2001, named fellow of the society in 2009
- Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Research, 2004
- Principal investigator on grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities, the National Science Foundation, the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, etc.