Christine Mallinson, Ph.D., Assistant Vice President for Research and Scholarly Impact; Professor of Language, Literacy, and Culture; Affiliate Professor of Gender, Women’s, and Sexuality Studies; UMBC
Commencement Speaker
Dr. Christine Mallinson is Professor in the Language, Literacy, and Culture Program and Affiliate Professor of Gender, Women’s, and Sexuality Studies at UMBC, where she also serves as Assistant Vice President for Research and Scholarly Impact in the Division of Research and Creative Achievement. In her interdisciplinary research, Mallinson works to address linguistic bias and misinformation and advance linguistic access, equity, and inclusion in education, technology, communities, and society. A prior recipient of the Lipitz Distinguished Professorship in the Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences at UMBC, she is a Research Leader Fellow with the Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities Council on Research and a Fellow of the Linguistic Society of America. Mallinson received a BA in Sociology and German from the University of North Carolina in 2000, an MA in English sociolinguistics from North Carolina State University in 2002, and a Ph.D. in Sociology and Anthropology from North Carolina State University in 2006.