Hi, I'm Dr. Rachel Elizabeth Weissler.

I am an assistant professor of Linguistics at the University of Oregon. At Oregon, I am the Director of Undergraduate Studies in Linguistics and Interdisciplinary Cognitive Science, as well as a Black Studies affiliate faculty member, and previously the faculty director of the Umoja Black Scholars Program.

I am a sociolinguist and African American English scholar. My research centers how different intersecting identities, communities, and environments influence people’s linguistic perceptions of one another. I run the Raciolinguistic Emotion Perception Psycholinguistics and Sociolinguistics Lab (REPPS Lab). You can check out my Google Scholar page here and email me if you'd like to be in touch: rweissle [AT] uoregon [DOT] edu .

I earned my bachelors degree at the historically women's institution, Bryn Mawr College (ANASSA KATA), and my Masters and Ph.D. degrees at the University of Michigan (GO BLUE!). I am always happy to talk to alumni and people interested in these institutions, as they were highly impactful on my life. 

I am committed to equity, diversity, and inclusion as evidenced through my research, teaching, and service. Additionally, I contribute often to public venues such as The New York Times,  Vice, CNN, PBS, Today!, and Nerdist.

Lastly,  I acknowledge that I work on Kalapuya Iliʔi – the traditional Indigenous homeland of the Kalapuya people who were here first and who will always be here. It is a place where Indigenous languages and multilingualism once thrived. I acknowledge and honor the traditional stewards of this land.