Tory Sampson - Teaching

Teaching

Courses that I have taught

American Sign Language Linguistics Spring 2024

Developed and presented lectures of phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, sociolinguistics, and language acquisition, communicated with students, disseminated assignments via Canvas, graded assignments and essays, hosted office hours, assisted students with final projects.

Deaf Studies Capstone Spring 2025

Developed syllabus for self-led capstone projects culminating in a research paper and presentation, guided students through research methods, edited students’ work, introduced students to R and basic data analyses.

Courses that I have TA'ed

Introduction to Linguistics Winter 2023, Spring 2023
Sign Languages and Its Cultures Fall 2020, Spring 2021, Fall 2022
Psycholinguistics of Sign Language Winter 2021

Guest lectures

“Language Change (with a cognitive linguistics slant)” (March, May 2023) LIGN 101: Introduction to Linguistics, UCSD
“The Critical Period for Language Acquisition” (October 2021, 2022, May 2023) HDS 1: Introduction to Human Developmental Sciences, UCSD
“American Sign Language” (March 2021) LIGN 8: Languages and Cultures of America, UCSD
“ASL & (written) English in the mind” (March 2021) LIGN 148: Psycholinguistics of Sign Language, UCSD
“Classifiers & Use of Space” (November 2020) LIGN 7: Sign Language and Its Culture, UCSD
“American Sign Language” (September 2020) DST 312: Deaf Culture: Global, National, Local Issues, Miami University
“Sign Language Acquisition” (February 2020) LIGN 171: Child Language Acquisition, UCSD
“Through the History of SELF” (December 2018) LIGN 9GS: Sign Languages and Deaf Culture in the US and France, UCSD
“Language Acquisition” (June 2018) LIGN 101: Introduction to Linguistics, UCSD

Testimonials

"Your course was the best course I've ever taken in all of my undergraduate years"

of American Sign Language Linguistics (Instructor)

"It was one of the most fascinating talks I've ever been to and you're such a good teacher"

of "Signs of Change: The Evolution of American Sign Language" (Deaf World Series invited talk)

"The building blocks of language are incredibly interesting to me, and being able to see how ASL has evolved over the past 200 years was both eye-opening and riveting"

of "Signs of Change: The Evolution of American Sign Language" (Deaf World Series invited talk)

"Your lecture was one of the students' favorites"

of "The Critical Period for Language Acquisition" (Guest lecture)

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