Steven M. Castro Jr.

Steven M. Castro Jr.

Ph.D. in Linguistics

Humanities Teaching Fellow

Office Location: Rosenwald Hall 205G

Sociolinguistics, Linguistic Anthropology, Raciolinguistics, Langauge Contact, Phonetics & Phonology smcastro@uchicago.edu & stevenmcastro2mc@gmail.com

University of Chicago

I am a linguist whose research specialization lies in raciolinguistics, sociolinguistics, contact linguistics, and linguistic anthropology. My work focuses on contact environments both racial and linguistic where I examine the intersections of language and the conceptualization of racial mixedness. I received my Ph.D. in Linguistics from the University of Chicago in August of 2025 and currently hold the position of Humanities Teaching Fellow at the University of Chicago.

My current work focuses on the how mixed-race individuals in post-colonial contact environments like the Fiji islands use denotational terms, language patterns, phonology, and linguistic ideologies to reflect how racial mixedness is conceptualized. My dissertation explores ... More on current research... CONTINUE

A link to my dissertation: Kailomas, Fruit Salads, Halves, and Parts: Linguistic Constructions of Mixedness in the Fiji Islands

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