Jennifer Linde has designed and taught performance studies courses relating to communication and creativity, oral interpretation of literature, performance of sexuality, performance theory, civil communication, and methods for adapting traditional scholarship to the stage. In her position as artistic director of the venue The Empty Space, Linde serves as advisor, script consultant and director to performances presented by faculty, undergraduate and graduate students. She has participated in the design and development of Civil Dialogue, a format designed to foster civil communication when discussing controversial topics. Linde uses Civil Dialogue as a teaching tool in performance studies classes and has facilitated Civil Dialogue events since 2004.

Linde is the director of online learning for the Hugh Downs School of Human Communication at Arizona State University.