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Kira Hall is a tenured Professor in the Department of Linguistics and Department of Anthropology at the University of Colorado Boulder, with additional affiliations in the College of Media, Communication, and Information (CMCI) and Department of Women and Gender Studies (WGST). She earned her Ph.D. in Linguistics from the University of California, Berkeley in 1995.
Her research sits at the intersection of linguistic anthropology and sociolinguistics, focusing on language and social identity in India and the U.S. Key themes include hierarchies of gender, sexuality, and socioeconomic class, and how globalization reshapes these dynamics. She has held prestigious academic roles including Assistant Professor at Yale and Visiting Assistant Professor at Stanford, and currently serves as President-Elect of the Society for Linguistic Anthropology.
Her publications include foundational volumes like Gender Articulated and Queerly Phrased, as well as edited tributes to Hindi poet Ved Prakash Vatuk. Recent work spans topics from AI’s ethical implications to Trump’s political gestures, with a forthcoming Oxford Handbook in Language and Sexuality co-edited with Rusty Barrett.
- College Scholar Award (2014)
- Provost Faculty Achievement Award (2010)
- Boulder Faculty Assembly Teaching Excellence Award (2009)
- Outstanding Faculty Advisor Award (2004)
