Sharese King

Sharese King


Areas of Study: Department of Linguistics On Leave AY2026-27
Teaching Since 2018
Website: https://www.drshareseking.com/ Curriculum Vitae Interests:

Sociolinguistics, Language Variation & Change, African American Language, Critical Race Theory

Associate Professor in the Department of Linguistics and the College; Associate Member in the Department of Comparative Human Development
Biography

Sharese King is the Neubauer Family Assistant Professor of Linguistics at the University of Chicago who received her PhD in 2018 from Stanford University. Her previous research has drawn on phonetic, ethnographic, and experimental techniques to explore how African Americans' speech is constructed and racialized and the implications for racialized voices within the judicial system in the United States. King is an expert on various topics in the study of African American Language including race and place, identity, and linguistic bias. King's work has been published in venues such as American Speech, the Journal of SociolinguisticsLanguage, and Nature.

Current and Recent Courses
LING 26002 Sociolinguistics
Recent Research / Recent Publications
" A Racial Reckoning: Locating and Litigating RJA claims (and then some) through the Lens of Sociolinguistics ." Winter 2026.
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" Linguistic Bias in the Courtroom and Beyond ." Winter 2026.
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" Speaking While Black: AAVE, Bias, and the Legal System ." Winter 2026.
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" To The White House and Beyond ." Winter 2026.
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" An intergenerational perspective on African American Language   ." Winter 2025.
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" Linguistics on Trial: Race, Language and The Law ." Winter 2025.
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" Mixed-Method approaches to Studying Language and Social Justice ." Autumn 2025.
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" Racialization as meaning-making: A multidisciplinary approach to race and language in the criminal legal system ." Spring 2025.
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" Raciosemiotic Order in the Court ." Autumn 2025.
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" Sociolinguistics & Criminal Legal Reform ." Spring 2025.
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