My research is situated at the intersection of language, gender, and technology. I ask, how is tech corporations’ development of digital tools in conversation with critical community discourses from and about those experiencing gendered oppression? My work is interdisciplinary and collaborative, drawing on tools and theories from Discourse Analysis, Linguistic Anthropology, Sociocultural Linguistics, Computational Linguistics, Communication, Science and Technology Studies, Queer and Trans Studies, and Global Studies. 

My research has three overlapping strands:

1. Potentials and co-options of online spaces for those with marginalized genders

2. Gender and inclusive language in education

3. Integrating qualitative and quantitative approaches to discourse

Recent publications

Brown, C. (2026). “From Community Care to Corporate Category: Platforms' Discourse on Digital Trans-affirming Practices.” Journal of Linguistic Anthropology, 36(2): e70062. https://doi.org/10.1111/jola.70062.

Brown, C., Zimman, L., & Todd, S. (2025). Dynamics of Language Change: A Mixed-Methods Analysis of Language in an Online Transgender Community. In Proceedings of the International AAAI Conference on Web and Social Media (Vol. 19, pp. 289-306).

Brown, C. (2025). Misgender or out yourself: Vulnerability in pronoun sharing practices. Gender and Language, 18(3), 240-261.

Brown, C., miles-hercules, d., & Zimman, L. (2025). Cultivating trans linguistics: Creativity and contestation. Gender and Language, 18(3), 207-215.