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College of Humanities
Jeffrey Jack Green

Teaching

I have found that the most effective learning happens when students discover things for themselves. Because of this, I believe that the best teaching simply facilitates student discovery of important concepts and ideas. As a teacher of linguistics, of course I hope to instill in my students a love of language and an understanding of its complexities and of various theories and methodologies. More importantly, though, my main goal in teaching is to help students both at the graduate and undergraduate level become confident and independent thinkers and researchers that can engage with a wide-range of research and perspectives. I believe this goal can be best accomplished by promoting critical thinking, fostering interdisciplinarity, and creating a safe and supportive learning environment.

Current courses (Fall 2023)


  • Intro to English linguistics research methods, ELING 273
  • Psycholinguistics, LING 445/545

Previous courses


Brigham Young University

  • Intro to English linguistics research methods, ELANG 273
    • Fall 2021, Winter 2022, Fall 2022, Winter 2023
  • Syntax , LING 325
    • Winter 2022, Winter 2023
  • Neurolinguistics, LING 580R
    • Fall 2021 (Co-taught with Dan Dewey), Fall 2022 (Co-taught with Dan Dewey)
  • Readings in linguistics, LING 590R (Independent study)
    • Winter 2022
  • Foundations: Structure, LING 602
    • Winter 2022, Fall 2022

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

  • Intro to language science​, LING 100​
    • Spring 2019, Spring 2020, Spring 2021 (online)
  • Language, mind, and brain, LING 225​
    • Fall 2019, Fall 2020 (online)
  • Individual study, LING 290
    • Spring 2021 (1 student)
  • Elements of syntax, LING 301
    • Fall 2018, Spring 2019, Spring 2021 (dual presentation, online/face-to-face)
  • Intro to linguistic structure, LING 400​ (online)
    • Fall 2019, Spring 2020, Spring 2021
  • Intro to psycholinguistics​, LING 425
    • Spring 2019, Spring 2020
  • Neurolinguistics and ERP methods, LING 490
    • Fall 2018, Fall 2019, Fall 2020

University of Maryland

  • Introductory linguistics, LING 200 (TA)
    • Spring 2015
  • Language and mind, LING 240 (TA)
    • Fall 2014 (honors, as HONR 218L), Fall 2015, Spring 2017
  • Introduction to syntax, LING 311 (TA)
    • Spring 2016
  • Perspectives on the syntax of control, LING 419J
    • Fall 2016

University of Utah

  • Beginning Chinese II, CHIN 1020 (TA)
    • Spring 2013