Kraig Brady, Dining Services Bayley Robert Bayley, professor of linguistics, was recently named to the inaugural class of fellows of the American Dialect Society for his scholarly achievements and service to the society. The sociolinguist, a member of the UC Davis faculty since 2006, studies language variation and language socialization, especially in bilingual and second-language populations. He is a co-author of The Hidden Treasure of Black ASL, the first empirical study of Black American Sign Language. Research findings of The Hidden Treasure of Black ASL are featured in the documentary Signing Black in America that began screening on public television stations and college campuses in 2020.