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Dr. Kira Hall, Distinguished Professor of Linguistics and Anthropology, has been awarded the prestigious by the Linguistic Society of America (LSA). Named in honor of Arnold Zwicky, the first openly LGBTQ+ president of the LSA, this award “is intended to recognize LGBTQ+ scholars and those whose work in linguistics benefits the LGBTQ+ community.” The shared, “[s]ince introducing queer linguistics as a field of study in the pioneering volume Queerly Phrased (Oxford, 1997), [Dr. Hall’s] ethnographic and theoretical work on queer discourse practices in India and the US has been at the forefront of language, gender, and sexuality studies.” Congratulations, Dr. Hall!