William Leap, Date of Birth

William Leap

American anthropologist and linguist

Date of Birth: 28-Nov-1946

Profession: anthropologist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

William Leap is an emeritus professor of anthropology at American University (Washington DC) and an affiliate professor in the Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies Program at Florida Atlantic University (Boca Raton FL).
He works in the overlapping fields of language and sexuality studies and queer linguistics, especially so, queer historical linguistics.
William Leap earned his bachelor's degree from Florida State University in 1967 and his Ph.D.
from Southern Methodist University in 1970.
His dissertation advisor was George Trager.