Courses Taught
- LING 390: Introduction to Linguistics
- LING 410/510: Special Topics: Conversation Analysis
- LING 414/514: Linguistic Pragmatics
- LING 513: Applied Phonetics and Phonology
- LING 416/516: Discourse Analysis
- LING 565: Research Methods
Research Interests
- Co-construction of language structure, especially features of sound production
- Mapping language use at Portland State and in Portland, Oregon
- Theories of Linguistics and Learning
Representative Publications
- Hellermann, J., Santelmann, L., Mittelstaedt, J., Cowal, J., & Thorne, S. L. (2025). Welcoming historically under-represented groups in higher education through awareness of standard English ideology. Education Sciences, 15(1), 29. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.3390/educsci15010029
- Hellermann, J. & Thorne, S. L. (2025). Why conversation analysis research and methods matter for studies of L2 teaching and learning. In K. Sands, M. J. Petray, G. D. Clements, & L. Santelmann (Eds.), Linguistic foundations for second language teaching and learning. Cambridge University Press.
- Hellermann, J. & Thorne, S. L. (2022). Collaborative mobilizations of interbodied communication for cooperative action. Modern Language Journal, 106(S1), 89-112.
- Hellermann, J. & Lee, Y. (2021). Changing practices for connected discourse: Starting and developing topics in conversation. Journal of Pragmatics, 172, 89-104
- Hellermann, J. & Thorne, S. L. (2020). 'Distributed' language for learning in the wild. In S. Conrad, A. Hartig, & L. Santelmann (Eds.)., Cambridge introduction to applied linguistics. (264-277). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press
- Sydorenko, T., Hellermann, J., Thorne, S. L., & Howe, V. (2019). Mobile augmented reality and language-related episodes. TESOL Quarterly, 53(3), 712-740. DOI: 10.1002/tesq.507
- Hellermann, J., Thorne, S. L., & Haley, J. (2019). Building socio-environmental infrastructures for learning in the wild. In J. Hellermann, S. Eskildsen, S. Pekarek-Doehler, & A. Piirainen-Marsh (Eds.), Conversation analytic research on learning-in-action: The complex ecology of second language interaction ‘in the wild’. Cham, Switzerland: Springer.
- Hellermann, J. & Lee, Y. (2014). Members and their competencies: Contributions of ethnomethodological conversation analysis to a multilingual turn in second language acquisition. System.
- Hellermann, J. (2008). Social actions for classroom language learning. Clevedon, U.K.: Multilingual Matters.
- Hellermann, J. (2006). Classroom interactive practices for literacy: A microethnographic study of two beginning adult learners of English. Applied Linguistics, 27(3), 377-404.
- Hellermann, J. (2003). The interactive work of prosody in the IRF exchange: Teacher repetition in feedback moves. Language in Society, 32(1), 79-104.