Drew Colcher, Ph.D.

Drew Colcher (PhD) is program manager for Alce su Voz at Wichita State University. He received his PhD in Hispanic Linguistics from the University of Texas at Austin in 2025, and his MA in English Literature from Wichita State University in 2019.

Dr. Colcher’s work focuses on the sociolinguistics of Spanish in the U.S. and on addressing material inequalities created by ethnolinguistic discrimination, especially in health care and education. He has published in scholarly journals, academic volumes, and a volume of Spanish creative writing, and he is co-author of the book Health Disparities and the Applied Linguist.

Drew has taught a variety of classes in composition, literature, linguistics, and the Spanish language. In his spare time, he enjoys listening to and creating music, an obsession that he has indulged his entire life.  

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