Background
Rickford, John Russell was born on September 16, 1949.
Rickford, John Russell was born on September 16, 1949.
Bachelor in Linguistics with highest honors, University California, Santa Cruz, 1971. Master of Arts in Linguistics, University Pennsylvania, 1973. Doctor of Philosophy in Linguistics, University Pennsylvania, 1979.
Lecturer, reader University Guyana, 1974-1980. Assistant professor linguistics Stanford (California) University, 1974-1980, associate professor, 1987-1990, professor, since 1990, Martin Luther King Junior centennial professor linguistics, since 1998. Director African and Afro American studies Stanford University, since 1998.
Member Society for Pidgin Creole Linguistics (president since 1997).