During the January 2021 annual meeting of the American Dialect Society, a program to recognize longstanding members for their distinguished service to the field of linguistics, and to related fields, was initiated. These are the American Dialect Society Fellows.

2022 Fellows

• Ceil Lucas, Professor Emerita of Linguistics, Gallaudet University
• John R. Rickford, J. E. Wallace Sterling Professor in Linguistics and the Humanities, Emeritus, Stanford University
• Roger W. Shuy, Distinguished Research Professor of Linguistics, Emeritus, Georgetown University

2021 Fellows

• John Baugh
• Robert Bayley
• Ron Butters†
• Connie Eble
• Joan Houston Hall
• Bill Kretzschmar
• Allan Metcalf†
• Dennis Preston
• Luanne von Schneidermesser
• Walt Wolfram

New fellows may be nominated by a committee in any given year, at the committee’s discretion.

2020-22 Nominating Committee

• Sali Tagliamonte (chair)
• Michael Adams
• Sonja Lanehart