This is  NOT a list of Jamaicans who are linguists. It is a list of persons who have worked, or are working on language varieties  spoken in Jamaica.

LECTURERS 

Mervyn C. Alleyne (Trinidadian), University of the West Indies 

Pauline Christie, University of the West Indies, Mona (Retired)

Hubert Devonish (Guyanese), University of the West Indies Mona

Shelome Gooden (Jamaican), University of Pittsburgh

Lars Hinrichs (German), University of Toronto/Stanford University 

Alison Irvine (Jamaican), 

Silvia Kouwenberg (Dutch), University of the West Indies, Mona

Darlene LaCharité, Universite Laval

Christian Mair (Austrian), University of Freiburg

Rocky Meade (Jamaican), University of the West Indies, Mona 

Peter L. Patrick (?Jamerican), University of Essex 

Velma Pollard (Jamaican), University of the West Indies, Mona 

John R. Rickford (Guyanese), Stanford University 

Andrea Sand (German), Leibniz Universität Trier

Kathryn Shields-Brodber (Jamaican), University of the West Indies, Mona 

Michele Stewart (Jamaican), University of the West Indies, Mona 

Alicia Beckford Wassink (?Jamerican),  University of Washington

POSTGRADUATE STUDENTS

Stephanie Durrleman (Jamaican), University of Geneva 

Joseph T. Farquharson, University of the West Indies, Mona/MPI EVA

Clive Forrester, University of the West Indies, Mona

Audene Henry,  University of the West Indies, Mona

Keren Niles (Trinidadian), University of the West Indies, St. Augustine 

Christene Phillips-Morris, University of the West Indies, Mona 

Dhanis Jaganauth (Guyanese), Universiy of the West Indies, Mona

 DECEASED LINGUISTS

Thomas Russell 

Beryl Loftman Bailey 

Frederic  Gomes Cassidy

Robert Brock Le Page

David DeCamp