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