Teaching

Community College Teaching. Ufundishaji wa Chuo Cha Jamii.

Santa Monica College (Community College)
2019-2022

Introduction to Linguistics - in-person (on-ground)
Introduction to Linguistics - fully online/ asynchronous
- 6-week intensive Winter course
- 12-week late-start course
- 16-week full semester course
- Here's a link to my "liquid" online syllabus for the course!

Recent Courses.
Kozi za Hivi Karibuni.
(Spring 2023)

California State University, Dominguez Hills
Spring 2023

Language and Social Justice
- Soon, our class will debut our web-based project on greenwashing and green consumerism. Check here for an update!
- Here's a link to my online "liquid syllabus" for this course!
Language, Culture, and Society
- Our class is currently completing a web-based project on urban linguistic landscapes and semiotic mapping. The project will also include a brief podcast series!
- Here's a link to my online "liquid syllabus" for this course!

Previous Courses. Kozi za Zamani.

Dear LingTwitter, may I suggest u bring ur □skeleton□to work?

Here’s a moment from my new video on basics of phonetics! Doing what I can while staying socially & physically distant.

Plz check it out □□ https://t.co/9ftMHWKakC #linguistics #onlineteaching #phonetics #introling pic.twitter.com/FkObPQaqCg
— Jamie A. Thomas □‍♀️ (@jamieisjames) April 1, 2020

Swarthmore College
2014-2017

Introduction to Sociolinguistics: Language, Culture, and Society
Introduction to Linguistics
Language and Identity in the African Experience: From Kenya to Mexico - Listen to student podcast, AFROLATINX PODCAST here.
Languages of Fear, Racism, and Zombies - See student online exhibit, [ZOMBIES REIMAGINED] here.
Advanced Sociolinguistics: Deviance, Dystopia, and Democracy
Language Learning: Science, Ethnography, Pedagogy
Swahili I (communicative approach to learning conversation in Swahili), with E. Ndeto
Linguistic Anthropology/ Anthropological Linguistics, with K. David Harrison
Structure of Swahili