Dr. Cramer's research interests are in the field of sociolinguistics. Her dissertation dealt with the linguistic production and perception of regional identity in Louisville. She is interested in perceptual dialectology, discourse analysis, and language and identity. She has presented her work at many national and international conferences, such as the American Association for Applied Linguistics (AAAL), the American Dialect Society (ADS), the International Association for World Englishes (IAWE), the Linguistic Society of America (LSA), New Ways of Analyzing Variation (NWAV), and the Sociolinguistics Symposium. She has published research papers in American Speech, Discourse & Society, English World-Wide, Southern Journal of Linguistics, Journal of Appalachian Studies, and Studies in the Linguistic Sciences.

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