Our Members

We are a growing community that includes the following scholars and many more.

Headshot of Dr. Ethan Kutlu.

Dr. Ethan Kutlu

I'm a part of this collective because as a psycholinguist, I firmly stand by the fact that the unreliable categorization of language users as native or non-native is harmful.
Headshot of Dr. Savithry Namboodiripad.

Dr. Savithry Namboodiripad

The way "nativeness" is used in some areas of linguistics has shaped what kind of research I've been told I can do, and how my language community and research participants are seen; the more I learn about this concept, the more I'm convinced that our fields cannot move forward without letting it go.

Dr. Rachel Elizabeth Weissler

The standard is often based in hegemonic norms that frame it as "neutral," and I want to dispel this notion!

Kelly Kendro

I'm participating in the ROLE collective to address the consequences for our research when we use vague and nonstandardized group descriptions, and the harmful repercussions for members of the language communities we serve when their language knowledge is diminished or dismissed by these descriptions. 

Dr. Anna Babel

I'm ready to break down some of our field's racist and colonial history :)

Dr. Alicia Luque

As a bilingual researcher and educator, I feel I have a strong responsibility to do everything I can to promote a more comprehensive, ecologically valid, and equitable understanding (and appreciation for) language and human diversity while doing everything I can to fight against the extremely harmful and inaccurate ideas that have been perpetuated through centuries of native speaker biases and monolingual ideologies. 

Dr. Alayo Tripp

As a linguist, I oppose the institutionalization of harmful folk linguistic ideas, especially through faulty and under-theorized research.

Dr. Rachel Hayes-Harb

I am part of the ROLE Collective because I support linguistic justice for all people.

Dr. Kelly Elizabeth Wright

I am enlivened to work with this engaged & passionate group of researchers because as a word historian, acutely aware of how the word native has been used over time and in real time to marginalize individuals who do not meet a constructed ideal. 

Dr. Melissa Baese-Berk

As a psycholinguist, I recognize that our experimental choices, including categorization of individuals into groups, impact both the questions we are able to ask and the communities we work with and for.

Dr. Philip Combiths

I participate in this collective because I believe that the diversity of language experiences is our collective linguistic strength.

Dr. Matthew Carlson

I am here to help us work towards new understandings of human language that are both scientifically sound and promote social justice.