Barrett earned a B.A. in Russian language and literature from Trinity University, in San Antonio, Texas, and he received both an M.A. and Ph.D. (1999) in Linguistics from the University of Texas at Austin. His Ph.D. dissertation is titled, A grammar of Sipakapense Maya.[3]
Barrett was senior editor of Oxford Research Review in Linguistics 2012–2015, served on the editorial board of Journal of English Linguistics 2007–2015, Gender and Language 2011–2020, and Western Journal of Communication 2014.[3]
Selected publications
Books
Barrett, Rusty, Jennifer Cramer, and Kevin B. McGowan. 2022. English with an accent: Language, ideology, and discrimination in the United States. Third Edition. Taylor & Francis. DOI: https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003332886 [6]
Barrett, Rusty. 2017. From drag queens to leathermen: Language, gender, and gay male subcultures. Oxford University Press. DOI:https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195390179.001.0001 [7]