Anne H. Charity Hudley
Anne Harper Charity Hudley is an American linguist who works on language variation in secondary schools. Since 2021, she has been a professor at the Stanford Graduate School of Education. Early life and education Charity Hudley received her PhD in linguistics from the University of Pennsylvania in 2005. She is from Richmond, Virginia, where she attended St. Catherine's School for 13 years. Her undergraduate degree is from Harvard University. Career and research From 2005 to 2017 Charity Hudley was associate professor of education, English, and linguistics and the William and Mary Professor of Community Studies at the College of William and Mary. She also co-directed the William and Mary Scholars Undergraduate Experience (WMSURE) and was affiliated with the Africana Studies and Women's Studies programs. Thereafter, she held the North Hall endowed chair at the University of California, Santa Barbara before moving to Stanford in 2021. Since 2021, Charity Hudley is Professor of Education at the Stanford University Graduate School of Education (GSE). She is additionally a Trustee at the Center for Applied Linguistics (CAL). Charity Hudley's research focus is the language of the American classroom, its relevance for the study of race and ethnicity, and how language use in the