Background
Dumas, Bethany Kay Daughter of John Wesley Dumas and Doris Ella De Spain.
Dumas, Bethany Kay Daughter of John Wesley Dumas and Doris Ella De Spain.
Bachelor, Lamar University, Beaumont, Texas, 1959. Master of Arts, University Arkansas, Fayetteville, 1961. Doctor of Philosophy, University Arkansas, Fayetteville, 1971.
Juris Doctor, University Tennessee College Law, Knoxville, 1985.
Graduate assistant University Arkansas, 1959—1971. Instructor Southwest Missouri State University, Springfield, 1964—1966. Assistant professor Southern University, Baton Rouge, 1966—1973, Trinity University, San Antonio, 1973—1974.
Professor University Tennessee, since 1974. Consultant, expert witness Indipendent, Knoxville, since 1983.
Member of American Bar Association, Law & Society Association, American Dialect Society, American Association Applied Linguistics, New Ways Analyzing Variation, International Association Forensic Linguists, Linguistic Society of America, Southeastern Conference Linguistics.