Troy E. Spier | Educator, Linguist, Ph.D. This is the professional website of Troy E. Spier (Educator, Linguist, Ph.D.). He is a linguist who conducts ethnographically informed, interdisciplinary fieldwork. His scholarship foregrounds linguistic landscapes, ethnolinguistic identity, and intersections of language, ideology, and power. However, he is first and foremost a dedicated, experienced educator.