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Archie Crowley

Assistant Professor of English

Department: English

Office and address: Alamance Building, Office 320A 2338 Campus Box Elon, NC 27244

Phone number: (336) 278-5617

Professional Expertise

sociolinguistics; trans, nonbinary, and queer linguistics; discourse analysis; language ideologies; linguistic anthropology

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Education

PhD in Linguistics, University of South Carolina, 2023

MA in Linguistics, University of South Carolina, 2021

Certificate in Women’s and Gender Studies, University of South Carolina, 2021

BA in Applied Linguistics with Minors in Anthropology and Spanish, University of California, Los Angeles, 2016

Courses Taught

ENG 3010: Introduction to Linguistics

ENG 2050: Grammar

ENG 2040: Language and Society 

ENG 1100: Writing, Argument, and Inquiry

COR 3722: Language, Gender, and Sexuality

WGS 1100: Sex and Gender

Publications

  • 2025. Crowley, Archie. “‘And it just becomes queer slang’: Race, linguistic innovation, and appropriation within trans communities in the U.S. South.” Journal of Linguistic Anthropology.
  • 2024. Crowley, Archie. "Language ideologies, life-making and vitality in trans communities in the US South." Gender and Language.
  • 2024. Konnelly, Lex and Archie Crowley. "The transgender couple: transnormativity and the discourse of t4t." In Critical Sexuality Studies, Lavender Languages, and Everyday Life. Bloomsbury.
  • 2024. Hernandez, E.M. and Archie Crowley. "How to Do Things with Gendered Words." In The Oxford Handbook of Applied Philosophy of Language.
  • 2023. King, Brian & Crowley, Archie. "The Future of Pronouns in the Online/Offline Nexus."  In The Routledge Handbook of Pronouns.
  • 2022. Crowley, Archie. "Language Ideologies and Legitimacy among Nonbinary YouTubers." Journal of Language and Sexuality. 
  • 2022. Melendez, Sofia & Crowley, Archie. "Pronouns in Higher Education." Journal of Language and Sexuality. 
  • 2021. Crowley, Archie & Chun, Elaine. “Online Research and New Media” In Sabina Perrino and Sonya E. Pritzker (Eds.) Research Methods in Linguistic Anthropology. Bloomsbury Academic.
  • 2021. Crowley, Archie. "The weight of the voice: Gender, privilege, and qualic apperception." Toronto Working Papers in Linguistics, 43(1). https://doi.org/10.33137/twpl.v43i1.35969.