Kirk Hazen is the author of Appalachian Englishes in the Twenty-First Century (WVU Press 2020) and An Introduction to Language (Wiley 2015). He is a Benedum Distinguished Scholar in the Humanities and has won numerous awards for teaching and undergraduate research mentoring.
Benedum Distinguished Scholar Award in Humanities; Faculty Award for Distinction in Undergraduate Research Mentoring; American Dialect Society Professorship; Three-time winner of the Sigma Tau Delta Outstanding Teacher Award