SCOPE Brown Bag Seminar: Race, Dialect Prejudice and Literacy in the Zimmerman Trial

Professor John Rickford is a leading expert on linguistics, with a focus on Ebonics, Creole, and Guyanese language studies. His studies often focus on linguistics as the field applies to urban education, social class, and ethnic identity. Well-known in his field, Rickford is the J.E. Wallace Sterling Professor of Humanities and Professor of Linguistics, as well as the President of the Society for Caribbean Linguistics.

Rickford has published numerous books, including "Spoken Soul: The Story of Black English," the winner of an American Book Award in 2000. He has published articles widely within his field, and has been interviewed by media sources including ABC, CBS, News Hour with Jim Lehrer, The New York Times, The Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times, the San Francisco Chronicle, and US News and World Report. His scholarly opinions and research in the areas of Ebonics and education can be found in publications across the globe over the last 25 years.