Jamie Rankin, Ph.D.

Jamie Rankin, Ph.D., is a University Lecturer in Princeton’s German Department, specializing in second language acquisition, teacher training and curriculum development. In 2015, he was appointed as the inaugural director of  the Princeton Center for Language Study, supporting instructors and students across languages with workshops, research resources and professional development.

His research on teacher training, L2 reading and classroom-based action research has appeared in Die Unterrichtspraxis and the Modern Language Journal. A frequent presenter for the American Association of Teachers of German, he has led workshops on interactive tasks, assessment strategies and vocabulary acquisition.

Rankin co-authored Handbuch zur deutschen Grammatik, now in its 6th edition, and developed der|die|das, an online Beginning German textbook integrating SLA research with vocabulary acquisition. He also has created digital teaching resources, including an interactive website for language instructors using Zoom during the pandemic. In 1996, he received the President’s Award for Excellence in Teaching from Princeton University.