Sally McConnell-Ginet

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Sally McConnell-Ginet (born 1938) is an American linguist and Professor Emerita of Linguistics at Cornell University. She is known for researching how language relates to gender and sexuality. She studied philosophy and mathematics at college, earning an AB from Oberlin College and an MSc from Ohio State University, before turning to linguistics. She earned her PhD in linguistics from the University of Rochester in 1973.

She joined Cornell University in 1973 with a joint appointment in women's studies and philosophy. She later directed Women's Studies, co-founded Cognitive Studies, and led the Modern Languages and Linguistics department (which later became the Department of Linguistics). She has served as president of the International Gender and Language Association and of the Linguistic Society of America. In 2008 she was named a fellow of the LSA and of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

Outside teaching, she enjoys swimming and theatre. She swam across Lake Cayuga for charity the day before her 75th birthday in 2013. She also teaches math at a maximum-security prison as part of the Cornell Prison Education Program. She is married to Carl Ginet, also a professor emeritus at Cornell.