Christopher Strelluf is an associate professor of linguistics at the University of Warwick (UK). His work explores English language variation and change, and has spanned subfields of English linguistics including sociophonetics, dialectology, historical linguistics, and micro-syntax. He is author of two monographs—Speaking from the Heartland : The Midland vowel system of Kansas City (2018) and The origins of Missouri English : A historical sociophonetic analysis (with Matthew J. Gordon ; 2024)—and editor of the Routledge handbook of sociophonetics (2024). Strelluf is an advocate for public engagement in linguistics, making frequent contributions in national and international media and supporting a range of community-led participatory research activities to advocate for linguistic social justice. He is currently Director of Undergraduate Studies in Applied Linguistics at Warwick, and teaches modules in phonetics and phonology, dialectology, sociolinguistics, and academic research. He was appointed as a Senior Fellow of the United Kingdom Higher Education Academy in 2024. Strelluf received a PhD in English from the University of Missouri (USA) in 2014.
