Recent Courses.
Kozi za Hivi Karibuni. ​
(Spring 2020 & Fall 2020)

​​Santa Monica College

• Introduction to Linguistics (LING1) - on-ground, & fully online/ asynchronous

Through this course, students learn about the mechanics of language, by engaging:

• their personal beliefs about language
• stories of people who use oral, written, tactile, signed languages, and other communicative modalities around the world
• original scholarly research 
• interdisciplinary connections to language and linguistics, including with public history, the arts, media, endangered languages, computer science, and action on climate change and racial equity 

Here's a link to my "liquid" online syllabus for the course!

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

Previous Courses. Kozi za Zamani.

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

Middlebury College
2013

• Multilingualism and Second Language Acquisition in Africa 

• Language Learning in Africana Studies: From Colonial to Global  

• Advanced Swahili 

Michigan State University
2008-2010

• Pedagogical English Grammar for English Teachers 

• Student Leadership Training: Global Perspectives 

• Beginning Swahili II 

 

Bess Cohen - Language in Theatre.

AfroLatinx Podcast
3-episode podcast & interactive bilingual website
​created with seminar students (Spring 2017)

#LanguageStory Student Video Projects
(Introduction to Sociolinguistics, Fall 2014)

Natalia Choi - Rhythm N' Motion N' Talk.

Mayank Agrawal - The Bilingual Experience.

Miranda Stewart - The Speech of Swing: (Non)Verbal Communication, Gender, and the Past Tense in a Community of Swing Dancers.

Chandrea Peng - "You're, Like, a Feminist": Group Identity at a Women's College.