Scott F. Kiesling is Associate Professor ofLinguistics at the University of Pittsburgh. His work includesareas such as language and masculinities, sociolinguisticvariation, discourse analysis, ethnicity in Australian English, andPittsburgh English. His publications include LinguisticVariation and Change (2011) and InterculturalDiscourse and Communication: The EssentialReadings (Wiley-Blackwell 2005, co-edited with ChristinaBratt Paulston). He is probably best known for his article Dude (2004), which appeared in thejournal American Speech. Christina Bratt Paulston is Professor Emerita ofLinguistics at the University of Pittsburgh. She served aschair of the department from 1974 to 1989 and as director of theEnglish Language Institute from 1969 to 1998. Her numerouspublications include Intercultural Discourse andCommunication: The Essential Readings (Wiley-Blackwell2005, co-edited with Scott F.Kiesling), Sociolinguistics: The EssentialReadings (Blackwell 2003, co-edited with G. RichardTucker), and Sociolinguistic Perspectives on BilingualEducation (1992). Elizabeth S. Rangel is the Research Associate atLearning Research and Development Center (LRDC), a CognitiveScience Research Institute at the University of Pittsburgh. Herresearch on early elementary language learners has focused onnative language phonological interference in the readingacquisition process. Her most recent publications include chaptersin the third edition of the InternationalEncyclopedia of Education (2010), and InnovativeLearning Environments from the Organization for EconomicCo-Operation and Development (2010).