Natalie Schilling

Natalie A. Schilling (also known as Natalie Schilling-Estes) is a Professor in the Department of Linguistics at Georgetown University.

Schilling received her PhD and BA from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and her MA from North Carolina State University. Her 1996 PhD dissertation is entitled, The Linguistic and Sociolinguistic Status of /ay/ in Outer Banks English.

She is an expert in sociolinguistics and forensic linguistics. In collaboration with Walt Wolfram, she played an important role in documenting the High Tider variety of North Carolina English. Fictionalized characters based on her have appeared in the TV shows Criminal Minds and Manhunt.

In 2022, she was elected a fellow of the Linguistic Society of America.

Selected publications

 * Wolfram, Walt & Natalie Schilling. 1997. Hoi Toide on the Outer Banks. University of North Carolina Press. ISBN 978-0-8078-4626-1