William Leap

William (Bill) Leap
Known forLavender Languages and Linguistics
TitleProfessor Emeritus
AwardsRuth Benedict Prize (monograph 1996; edited volume 2004, 2009)[1] Association for Queer Anthropology Distinguished Achievement Award (2023)
Academic background
Alma materFlorida State University Southern Methodist University
Academic work
InstitutionsAmerican University, Florida Atlantic University

William Leap is an emeritus professor of anthropology at American University (Washington, DC) and an affiliate professor in the Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies Program at Florida Atlantic University (Boca Raton, FL). He works in the overlapping fields of language and sexuality studies and queer linguistics, and queer historical linguistics.

William Leap earned his bachelor's degree from Florida State University in 1967[2] and his Ph.D. from Southern Methodist University[3] in 1970. His dissertation advisor was George Trager.[4]

  1. ^ "The Ruth Benedict Prize – Association for Queer Anthropology (AQA)".
  2. ^ Leap, William L. (1996). "Studying Gay English". In Ellen Lewin, William Leap (ed.). Out in the field: reflections of lesbian and gay anthropologists. University of Illinois Press. p. 0252065182.
  3. ^ Kleiman, Carol (28 April 1991). "Anthropology Heads Into Business World". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 20 May 2011.
  4. ^ "OBITUARY George L. Trager (1906-1992)". Newsletter of the Society for the Study of the Indigenous Languages of the Americas. 12–17. 1993.