Kendra V. Dickinson is a sociolinguist and an Assistant Professor in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese at Rutgers University. She received a BA in Spanish from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (2011), an MA in Applied Linguistics from Boston University (2016), an MA in Hispanic Linguistics from the Ohio State University (2018), and a PhD in Hispanic Linguistics from the Ohio State University (2022). Her research applies diverse methodologies to the study of how relationships between linguistic systems, cognitive mechanisms, and social contexts can elucidate mechanisms of language variation and change, with a focus on morphosyntax. Beyond her research, she offers courses in sociolinguistics and multilingualism at the undergraduate and graduate levels, and directs the Sociolinguistic Analysis Group (SlAnG).
Website: kvdickinson.com