I study how early exposure to sign language can benefit later language and cognitive development.
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If you want to see more Deaf scholars at the forefront of scholarship on sign languages, donating to this fund is a great way to invest in making that happen. (Happy belated, @MarieCoppola68!)
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#Psycholinguistics peeps: what are your favorite writing assignment prompts for undergrad essays? (Especially if your course is writing-intensive!)
Temple U. is looking for an adjunct to teach 2 sections of ASL 1 this fall, potentially continuing in spring. (Remotely, I presume!) Details here: drive.google.com/file/d/1PZu…
Beautiful work! I hope this helps service provides understand that language is about so much more than "just" communication!
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So, so happy for you, @ryanlepic!
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Coming up today!
My presentation on "Sign Language Research and Engagement in Deaf Communities: Opportunities and Challenges” will start at 9pm (Berlin time) and 3pm (EDT) today. mailchi.mp/a8bf853c974f/wow-…
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My first solo published paper from the 2019 PAH! Writing Retreat with the support of the mentors. The article is titled Dinner table syndrome: A phenomenological study of deaf individuals' experiences with inaccessible communication. nsuworks.nova.edu/tqr/vol25/…
Hot off the press: summary in the thread!
New open-access article: Hall (2020, Frontiers in Psychology) "The Input Matters: Assessing Cumulative Language Input in DHH Individuals and Populations"
Manuscript: frontiersin.org/articles/10.…
ASL Summary (w/ English voiceover & captions): youtube.com/watch?v=HWlDoS0_…
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What an honor to be in @acadeafic's top 3 articles of the past year, and in the company of such great scholars! Congrats to to all!
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Police can’t see I’m Deafblind. Frankly, many wouldn’t care. 30 to 50% of the lives extinguished by police were disabled black & brown people. If you believe #BlackDisabledLivesMatter, add your name to create a bold new solution #DefundThePolice action.aclu.org/petition/div…
ALT A head and shoulders photo of Haben Girma, a black woman, standing outside with a fence in the background.
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Join us @11am CST to learn about @behearddc, one of the only organizations in the world working on deaf wrongful conviction cases. MIP Director, @tcita will be interviewing Cofounder & Volunteer Director of HEARD, @talilalewis for our Fireside Chat series. buff.ly/372eR51
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"What's that you say? Comm'n breakdowns and their repairs in children who are DHH" article published in @JDSDE1! doi.org/10.1093/deafed/enaa0… Compared breakdowns & repairs with non-signing children who are hard-of-hearing & typically hearing (ages 7 to 11 yrs), w adult examiner.
Anyone who wants to talk about the latest findings in gene-editing to prevent deafness (Yeh et al., 2020) must do so in light of C. Padden & J. Humphries (2020): "Who Goes First?"
Yeh: stm.sciencemag.org/content/1…
Padden & Humphries: muse.jhu.edu/article/748050/…
Hamilton & Clark (2020, Psychology): Qualitative study of how hearing families benefit from Deaf mentors. scirp.org/journal/paperinfor…
Very curious to see the work presented here, and also how the online conference format works. Note also: no registration fee!
8th “Formal and Experimental Advances in Sign language Theory” (FEAST) on June 23-25, 2020 (online). See for more information on program and registration at sites.google.com/site/feastc…
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