Podcasts about Deaf studies

In this special episode of Pagecast, we bring you an inspiring conversation recorded live at the 2025 Kingsmead Book Fair. Hloniphile Mzangwa is in conversation with four South African children's authors who are transforming childhood through stories that celebrate empathy, inclusion, cultural pride, and representation. Meet the incredible voices behind these powerful books: Lara Nathan, author of Jamie Shai and his Superpower, shares how her special-needs son inspired a story rooted in empathy and inclusion. Professor Claudine Storbeck, founder of the Centre for Deaf Studies, explores the importance of Deaf culture and sign language in children's literature and education. Salamina Mosese, acclaimed actress and author of Disaster at Gogo's Spaza, brings township family life vividly to the page through her storytelling. Refiloe Moahloli, award-winning author and founder of Twelve Animation Studios, celebrates multilingualism, joy, and self-confidence in her work. Together, they answer thought-provoking questions about the importance of representation in South African children's literature, how social themes like inclusion and identity are woven into their stories, and the core values they hope young readers will embrace. Whether you're a parent, educator, or book enthusiast, this episode offers a look at the stories shaping the future of childhood in South Africa. #KingsmeadBookFair #SouthAfricanAuthors #ChildrensBooks #InclusionInLiterature #RepresentationMatters #EmpathyThroughStories #AfricanChildrensBooks #LiteraryFestival #BookLoversSA #StorytellingForChange #BookPodcast

Dr. Daniel Blair, Director of Deaf Studies at California Baptist University, discusses their partnership with California School for the Deaf, Riverside.

This week on the LU Moment, we sit down with Dr. Diane Clark and Dr. Doug Williams to learn more about the Department of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education at Lamar University. For the full transcription of this episode, visit the link here: https://www.lamar.edu/news-and-events/lu-moment/index.htmlFor updates on the latest news and events at Lamar University, visit lamar.edu/news.

In this week's episode, Erin West speaks about her PhD research relating to phonology in Auslan, the sign language in Australia. Erin talks about her research and the steps we still need to take for language equity.   Resources:  Sign bank- https://auslan.org.au/ ASL users How Many People Use ASL in the United States? https://gallaudet.edu/wp-content/uploads/gcloud/gal-media/Documents/Research-Support-and-International-Affairs/ASL_Users.pdf BSL users Help & Resources - British Deaf Association https://bda.org.uk/help-resources/ Fieldsteel et al. (2020) (open access) Nouns and verbs in parent input in American Sign Language during interaction among deaf dyads - PubMed (nih.gov) https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33505227/ Stokoe (2005; reprint of 1960 work) (open access) Sign Language Structure: An Outline of the Visual Communication Systems of the American Deaf | The Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education | Oxford Academic https://academic.oup.com/jdsde/article/10/1/3/361306?login=false Gallaudet University- https://gallaudet.edu/ International Week of Deaf People- https://wfdeaf.org/iwdeaf2024/ Speech Pathology Australia acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of lands, seas and waters throughout Australia, and pay respect to Elders past and present. We recognise that the health and social and emotional wellbeing of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples are grounded in continued connection to culture, country, language and community and acknowledge that sovereignty was never ceded.  Free access to audio transcripts for all Speak Up Podcast episodes are available via the Association's Learning Hub, you will need to sign in or create an account. 1. Go to: www.speechpathologyaustralia.org.au/Public/…e616542. 2. Filter – Format – Podcast – Search 3. Select the podcast of your choice 4. Enroll (you will need to sign in or create an account) 5. Add to cart – Proceed to checkout – Submit 6. You will receive an email Order Confirmation with a link back to the Learning Hub 7. The Podcast and transcript will be available in your Learning Centre For further enquiries, please email learninghub@speechpathologyaustralia.org.au

Have you forgotten an anniversary?! We haven't.University of Wolverhampton, UK, is celebrating the 30th anniversary of their BA (hons) Interpreting BSL/English program. My guests are Prof Megan Lawton, Sen Lecturer Sarah Bown, and former Sen Lecturer Rebecca Fenton-Ree. We follow their stories, we learn a part of the history of our sign language interpreting profession.Live Conference: Deaf Studies and Interpreting Conference Tickets, Thu, May 23, 2024 at 9:30 AM | Eventbrite Here are short biographies of my guests.Megan Lawton, Professor of Learning and Teaching in Academic Practice became a National Teaching Fellow (NTF) and Principal Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (PFHEA) in 2017. In 1991 Megan Founded the Visual Language Centre (VLC) at the University of Wolverhampton, recognising British Sign Language as a language in its own right. The VLC supported Deaf students on degree courses and created the first BA (Hons) British Sign Language/English in Europe. Sarah Bown is a Senior Lecturer on the MA & BA (Hons) British Sign Language/English Interpreting programmes, at the University of Wolverhampton. She is a Registered Sign Language Interpreter, Senior Fellow & Academic Associate of the Higher Education Academy. For over three decades, she has worked extensively with external professional accreditation bodies, course design & standards setting. From 1999 across two decades, she led the programme as course leader.Her career profile: Sarah Bown - University of Wolverhampton (wlv.ac.uk) Rebecca Fenton-Ree was a Senior Lecturer at the University of Wolverhampton from 2000-2011. Becky has been involved in the Deaf community since 1990 and is a qualified and registered Sign Language Interpreter via the Post Graduate Route.  She currently works part time as a community interpreter in Lincolnshire, UK and as a Teacher of the Deaf at Oak lodge 2019- present in English, PSHE and Communication.Mentioned often by others:Kristiaan Dekesel has worked within the University of Wolverhampton since 1994. Arriving at the University initially as a Sign Linguist having come from studying at Durham University. Kristiaan has served in various University faculty positions including; Head of Undergraduate recruitment, Department head for Media, Film, Deaf Studies & Interpreting; Department Head for World & Sign Languages.Support the Show.Don't forget to tell a friend or colleague! Click below! Listen & follow on SPOTIFY. (https://interpretersworkshop.com/SPOTIFY) Listen & follow on APPLE PODCASTS. (https://interpretersworkshop.com/applepodcasts) Listen & follow on many other platforms. (https://interpretersworkshop.com/Share-FollowPodcast) Send me a voicemail! Share the PODCAST. Buy Me a Coffee. [TRANSCRIPTS ARE HERE] Thanks for listening. I'll see you next week.Take care now.

My guest today is Dr. Leala Holcomb, a researcher of deaf education at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, who accepted my invitation to teach us all about what true equity and inclusion looks like when supporting deaf children's language and literacy development. At Dr. Holcomb's request, I interviewed them in writing via a collaborative online document, and I have hired a voice actor, Ginna Hoben, to read Dr. Holcomb's words for this podcast interview. As with all episodes, a transcript of this episode is available at my website, JenniferSerravallo.com/podcast.***To read a transcript and see the instructional videos referenced in the episode: www.jenniferserravallo.com/podcast (and click on the thumbnail of this episode).For more about Dr. Holcomb: https://www.lealaholcomb.com/***Leala is a researcher of deaf education at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Lealawas a former educator of deaf children in an early childhood program, which inspired the creation of Hands Land. Hands Land is a non-profit organization that promotes language play through signed rhyme and rhythm. Leala has collaborated on initiatives in Viet Nam, Hong Kong, Morocco, and Rwanda as the deaf education expert. Leala providesprofessional development to teachers nationally and internationally on a wide range of topics pertaining to deaf education. Leala is currently a Co-Editor of the special issue, “Translanguaging in Deaf Communities” in the Languages journal and an Associate Editor for the Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education journal. Leala won several awards for their work as an early career researcher and got invited to be a keynote presenter at several conferences. Leala is specifically interested in exploring deaf-centered ways of teaching and learning.Thank you to Alex Rose for audio editing this episode.Support the show

In this episode, I am joined by Amy Prince and Amber Ladd. Amy and Amber are Speech-Language Pathologists with over 31 combined years of experience. They are extremely passionate about working with children, and integrating behavioral techniques in speech therapy. Amy and Amber are the co-owners of The TALK Team, a pediatric speech therapy clinic located in Fresno, CA. They each received their Masters of Arts in Communicative Disorders and Deaf Studies, with an emphasis in speech-language pathology from California State University, Fresno.  In addition, they are both Board Certified Behavior Analysts. They have been employed in the public school system as well as private practice. They have extensive experience working with autistic children, with sensory processing disorders, pragmatic language disorders, oral placement, feeding disorders and extensive language needs. Visit Speechie Side Up to learn more about this episode.

      Relebogile speaks to Professor Claudine Storbeck the Head of the Centre for Deaf Studies at Wits. The Centre has adopted a cradle to grave approach to bridge the gaps that Deaf babies confront as they transition through life. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this episode of College Sports Conversations, we spoke with Ashley Cozad, a recent graduate of the University of North Florida. She is a member of the swimming and diving team, the ASUN Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) representative on national DI SAAC, and she majored in English Language/Literature and Communication Studies with a minor in Deaf Studies. She talked about why she pursued Deaf Studies and her current role as a research assistant in the civil rights movement.

Hooswhere Podcast_Tia Nichols_Show NotesWhat does it take to pursue a career in art in today's highly left-brain excited world? Perseverance? Definitely. Passion? No doubt. Networking and community-building? That's not something we know a lot about.In today's conversation, you'll hear about how Tia Nichols, an art-lover since childhood, decided to pursue the path seriously in college and how she landed her first job through her connections. She shares how she sustains herself as an artist by building a brand for herself and working multiple jobs. She also talks about the grant opportunities available for artists and the importance of networking to get recognized in the industry. Tia is currently a gallery manager, chief curator, and multimedia artist. You'll also get insights into the real challenges faced by artists, especially by those from the minority communities. Being involved in the Black Student Alliance at her university showed Tia the challenges of being a minority in a predominantly white institution first-hand. If you're an artist, you'll love learning about the process of curating an art exhibition, starting with brainstorming a theme and then selecting relevant artwork to showcase from Tia. You'll also benefit from learning how to leverage your connections in the art world, valuing your community, and staying focussed and working hard in making a sustainable life out of a career in art. So, do not forget to plug this 30-minute conversation somewhere in your schedule today!Episode Highlights:Building a brand is crucial for artists to get recognized in the industry.Working multiple jobs is an effective way of sustaining oneself as an artist.Grant opportunities are available for artists to fund their art and supplies.Accessibility of art is essential, and everyone should have the ability to see, obtain, and create art.About Tia NicholsTia Nichols is an artist, gallery manager, and curator from Detroit. She completed American Sign Language and Deaf Studies from the University of Virginia. 

We are less than two days away from the launch of #DearYoungerSelf and I am sooooo excited to share these incredible stories with the world! On today's episode of The Be Ruthless Show, I have four more co authors for you to meet! Amber Whitt works closely with people in the spiritual world and in the physical world. She is a leader in her business endeavors and is motivated by helping others to grow and shift into their best selves. As a business developer, multi small business owner, and a quantum reiki practitioner, she gets the best of both worlds every day. She thrives off of new challenges and adventures and relishes in leading by example. Amber helps transform peoples lives energetically and spiritually and has helped numerous people to achieve a more fulfilling life by breaking through old patterns and old thought processes. Erin McCahill is an organizational leader, entrepreneur, and #1 international best-selling author who is passionate about helping others build personal and professional cultures. In an intimate discussion with her younger self, Erin questions where that 3-year-old confident, sassy girl went which reveals important lessons learned throughout her journey that all lead to one core attribute. Kristy Whilden is the Founder and CEO of Hands Up Silent Theatre and an ASL educator with degrees in Psychology, Deaf Studies, American Sign Language, History and currently is working on her Masters of Fine Arts in Creative Writing. Miss Whilden is a late deafened adult who shares her story of resiliency. Kristy will take you for a ride on her rollercoaster of life in her chapter, "From Shelter to CEO." From assault and deafness to turning dreams into reality, she will teach you how to turn your passions into motivation to create a life you can only dream of. Kristine (Kris) Gagnon McQuown is the founder and CEO of studionm. She is a best-selling children's book author, speaker, and coach. You can find her award-winning children's book on Amazon or at studiokm.com. Current projects include writing a book about Generation X with her husband and publishing her second children's book - both launching in 2023. Kristine resides in Indiana and enjoys travel, volunteering, photography and pizza. You can read all of our stories in #DearYoungerSelf available this Wednesday, 2-22, on Amazon!

In this podcast, Dai and Steve discuss the issues that deaf people and deaf communities face in capitalist society and the ways in which deaf people have traditionally framed their engagement and resistance to these issues. We discuss the issues that anarchists need to consider when reflecting on how anarchist spaces can be more accessible to deaf people. For a video of this talk in British Sign Language, see here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e9_Z6nkFUqw For a text version, see the Anarchist Studies blog: https://anarchiststudies.noblogs.org/post/2023/01/16/anarchism-and-deaf-people/ Dai O'Brien is an Associate Professor in BSL and Deaf Studies in York St John University. His most recent papers are M Chua, Maartje De Meulder, Leah Geer, Jonathan Henner, Lynn Hou, Okan Kubus, Dai O'Brien and Octavian Robinson (2022) ‘1001 Small Victories: Deaf Academics and Imposter Syndrome' in The Palgrave Handbook of Imposter Syndrome in Higher Education, and ‘Theorising the deaf body: using Lefebvre and Bourdieu to understand deaf spatial experience' in Cultural Geographies.  Steve is a Lecturer in BSL and Deaf Studies at York St John University. His most recent papers are: Emery, S. D., & Iyer, S. (2021) ‘Deaf migration through an intersectionality lens'. Disability & Society, 1-22; and Emery, S.D. (2016) 'Deaf Rights Activism, Global Protest', in G. Gertz & P. Boudreault (eds) The SAGE Deaf Studies Encyclopedia, SAGE: C.A., 266-271. He has written a joint chapter and contributed to the others in the forthcoming publication: Kusters, A., Moriarty Harrelson, E., Le-Marie, A., Iyer, S., Emery, S. D. (2023) International Deaf Mobilities. Gallaudet University Press: Washington D.C. This episode of ‘Anarchist Essays' was supported by a grant from The Lipman-Miliband Trust. Our music comes from Them'uns (featuring Yous'uns). Anarchist Essays is brought to you by Loughborough University's Anarchism Research Group. Follow us on Twitter @arglboro Artwork by Sam G.

To mark the upcoming National ISL Day on Wednesday, December 14 - Our guest this week is Dr John Bosco Conama.He discusses his perspective as a member of the Deaf Community and an academic in the field of Deaf Studies.Dr. John Bosco Conama is the Director of the Centre for Deaf Studies at Trinity College, Dublin and the Vice Chairperson of the Irish Deaf Society.It is stated at the end of the podcast that Dr. Conama graduated from DCU and we just want to correct it and let people know that he instead graduated from UCD.A huge thank you to Dr. Conama for joining us and sharing his story.This was made possible with the assistance of the Cork Deaf Association and both interpreters, Suzanne and Catherine.Check out Dr. Conama HERECheck out The Cork Deaf Association HEREHelp us help others by joining our Patreon...Why not become a Patron of the Two Norries to help us help you and others? We're always happy to receive donations which all go towards bills, production costs, maintenance and everything else it takes to keep the podcast alive.Donations can be as little as €1 or as much as you can afford. To sign up simply CLICK HERE, thank you. Two Norries Podcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dr Robert Adam is an assistant professor at Heriot-Watt University and a lecturer in Linguistics, British Sign Language and Deaf Studies. In the course of his essay, Robert asks, who are the arbiters of British Sign Language? How can its evolution be managed? Robert shares how fewer deaf children are learning British Sign Language at school, and more are now learning it later in life, as young adults. From an outsider's perspective this may seem relatively harmless, but this language deprivation and dispersal of deaf people from each other, means that deaf children do not get the chance to develop extensive peer groups, or learn to sign from a fluent or native signer. Robert goes on to explore the colonial history of British Sign Language and how there is no single country that ‘owns' the one language, and British Sign Language is certainly not owned solely by the British Deaf community. He talks wryly of the irony of deaf people in the UK continuing to struggle with equal access to information and participation in broader society and yet BSL is a colonising language. Robert talks frankly of how on various platforms we are now witnessing astonishing bastardisations of sign language, to the point that a BSL Watchdog has recently been established by a group of concerned deaf people. There are also concerns about sign language gradually being eroded as new generations of deaf children are denied access to it through what Robert sees as misguided attempts at so-called “inclusion” in education. Will so-called, ‘proper sign language' become a thing of the past? A Flashing Lights Media production for BBC Radio 3.

Dr Robert Adam is an assistant professor at Heriot-Watt University and a lecturer in Linguistics, British Sign Language and Deaf Studies. In his essay, 'Sign Language through the Ages', Robert explores the rich and layered history of British Sign Language. He recalls the first time he read a piece of deaf history - his father's school published ‘Utmost for the Highest' for its centenary in 1962, and was full of black and white photos of stern looking people and impressive edifices. The faces and names of long-dead deaf people leapt out at Robert and made him wonder what was life like for those deaf people then? They achieved so much but would have had to find their way in times where there were no anti-discrimination laws. Robert shares with us how Deaf people and sign languages have existed since antiquity. Quintus Pedius, a painter in the first century AD, is the first recorded deaf person in history. The first clear record of sign language being used was a wedding in Leicester in 1575. So why is sign language still viewed as a 'new' language by some? Robert shares the story of the fated Milan Congress held in September 1880 which was attended by mostly hearing educators from around the world who resolved to stop the use of sign language in the classroom. After Milan, sign language went 'underground' till the 20th century where it began to gain traction again - largely due to programmes such as 'Vision On' and 'See Hear' which graced our screens. Within the context of the historical discourse, Robert concludes that deaf people are pioneers in their field and their work has had an impact on our lives today. A Flashing Lights Media production for BBC Radio 3.

This episode is part two of my miniseries on the neuroscience of language production and processing and today we're touching on how the brain regions encoding those concepts change in deaf individuals. It turns out that the brain is the literal embodiment of that "its free real estate" meme and vision input takes over the auditory cortex!If you're curious to know more - come and take a listen!Also if you have the means/desire to financially support this podcast - please go to https://www.buymeacoffee.com/neuroscienceI really appreciate it!!!Citations and relevant papers are below! CDC. Genetics of Hearing Loss | CDC. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Published February 18, 2015. https://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/hearingloss/genetics.html#:~:text=50%25%20to%2060%25%20of%20hearingDeafness causes before birth | Deafness in childhood. www.ndcs.org.uk. https://www.ndcs.org.uk/information-and-support/childhood-deafness/causes-of-deafness/#:~:text=Deafness%20can%20also%20be%20causedSimon M, Campbell E, Genest F, MacLean MW, Champoux F, Lepore F. The Impact of Early Deafness on Brain Plasticity: A Systematic Review of the White and Gray Matter Changes. Frontiers in Neuroscience. 2020;14. doi:10.3389/fnins.2020.00206Sharma A, Dorman MF, Spahr AJ. A Sensitive Period for the Development of the Central Auditory System in Children with Cochlear Implants: Implications for Age of Implantation. Ear and Hearing. 2002;23(6):532-539. https://journals.lww.com/ear-hearing/Abstract/2002/12000/A_Sensitive_Period_for_the_Development_of_the.4.aspxVoss P, Thomas ME, Cisneros-Franco JM, de Villers-Sidani É. Dynamic Brains and the Changing Rules of Neuroplasticity: Implications for Learning and Recovery. Frontiers in Psychology. 2017;8. doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2017.01657Purves D, Augustine GJ, Fitzpatrick D, et al. The Auditory Cortex. Nih.gov. Published 2016. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK10900/Bola Ł, Zimmermann M, Mostowski P, et al. Task-specific reorganization of the auditory cortex in deaf humans. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 2017;114(4):E600-E609. doi:10.1073/pnas.1609000114‌Fougnie D, Cockhren J, Marois R. A common source of attention for auditory and visual tracking. Attention, Perception, & Psychophysics. 2018;80(6):1571-1583. doi:10.3758/s13414-018-1524-9Campbell R, MacSweeney M, Waters D. Sign Language and the Brain: A Review. The Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education. 2008;13(1):3-20. doi:10.1093/deafed/enm035Support the show

Professor in Deaf Studies and Associate Vice Provost for Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Lorraine Leeson fills us in on how Trinity and other institutions need to not only open the door, but need to genuinely create a space where everyone feels welcomed. You can see the Irish Sign Language translation of this podcast here: https://youtu.be/wpkr93t6dac For a transcript of the podcast see https://www.tcd.ie/equality/assets/docs/podcast-transcript-lleeson-tmolloy.pdf

#162: Curious about communicating with your baby… especially during meal time? Today's guest Mary Smith shares how sign language can be a fun and educational learning experience for both parent and baby!   Mary Smith @signngrow is a Licensed Educational American Sign Language Interpreter in Colorado with a degree in Deaf Studies. She is the founder and instructor at Sign ‘n Grow where she teaches parents how to communicate with their babies early.    If you're ready to raise an independent eater and prevent picky eating then let's get started learning about baby-led weaning together! Subscribe, rate and review the podcast here.   FREE BABY-LED WEANING FOR BEGINNERS ONLINE WORKSHOP: https://babyledweaning.co/workshop?utm_source=Shownotes&utm_medium=Podcast&utm_campaign=Episode%20Link  FOLLOW @BABYLEDWEANTEAM ON INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/babyledweanteam/   SHOWNOTES FOR THIS EPISODE: https://blwpodcast.com/162 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

#162: Curious about communicating with your baby… especially during meal time? Today's guest Mary Smith shares how sign language can be a fun and educational learning experience for both parent and baby!   Mary Smith @signngrow is a Licensed Educational American Sign Language Interpreter in Colorado with a degree in Deaf Studies. She is the founder and instructor at Sign ‘n Grow where she teaches parents how to communicate with their babies early.    If you're ready to raise an independent eater and prevent picky eating then let's get started learning about baby-led weaning together! Subscribe, rate and review the podcast here.   FREE BABY-LED WEANING FOR BEGINNERS ONLINE WORKSHOP: https://babyledweaning.co/workshop   FREE BABY-LED WEANING RECIPE IDEAS FACEBOOK GROUP: https://www.facebook.com/groups/babyledweaningrecipes/   FOLLOW @BABYLEDWEANTEAM ON INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/babyledweanteam/   SHOWNOTES FOR THIS EPISODE: https://blwpodcast.com/162

This talk introduces research on the sign languages of deaf communities: natural, complex human languages, both similar to and different from spoken languages. It includes discussion of sign language and the evolution of human language; sign language and the brain, and sign language acquisition by young children, as well as the history and future of British Sign Language (BSL).Speaker: Professor Bencie Woll FBA, Professor of Sign Language and Deaf Studies, University College London10-Minute Talks are a series of pre-recorded talks from Fellows of the British Academy screened each Wednesday on YouTube and also available on Apple Podcasts. https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast...Subscribe to our email newsletter:https://email.thebritishacademy.ac.uk...

Join Lori and Diana Gaitira in this conversation about helping people through the things that inspire us. Diana is the founder of Rough Love Jewelry, her business that started out of her jewelry-making hobby. Having come from a different line of career, how was she able to grow her business so quickly? What is the role of her philanthropic journey in her success? Stay tuned!   Here are the things to expect in this episode: How inspiring yourself can lead to inspiring other people. What difference does it make when your personal values align with your business? The value of having a cause that you identify with. Taking action doesn't always have to be a big event. Even the smallest act of kindness can have a big impact on people. And more!   ~   About Diana:   I'm a first-generation born American with immigrant parents from Haiti. I am a Gallaudet University Alumni (class of 2007),I was accepted into their exclusive program called H.U.G.s (Hearing Undergraduate Students), and I graduated with a B.A. degree in Deaf Studies. I am also a certified Sign Language Interpreter, SAG-AFTRA actor, IATSE 871 film crew member and more. What started out as a Covid-19 lockdown hobby of jewelry making turned into an amazing business venture and dream come true!  May you find pleasure, joy, inspiration, and strength through my products!     Connect with Diana! Website: https://roughlovejewelry.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/roughlove.jewels/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RoughLove.Jewels   Foundations mentioned: Pazapa: https://pazapa.org/ No Kids In Cages: https://nokidsincages.com/ National Black Deaf Advocates: https://www.nbda.org/ Deaf Queer: http://dqrc.org/

Today I welcome . . . DISABILITY JUSTICE AND COVID-19 Lakshmi Fjord, Elaine Gerber, Lenore Manderson. LAKSHMI FJORD, Ph.D. is an environmental justice anthropologist whose community participatory action research methods and evidence led to two historic legal precedents for environmental justice at the federal and Virginia state level. For the first time, a federal appeals court overturned the air permit to site the largest U.S. fracked gas compressor station in an 83% majority Freedmen descent community on the basis of environmental justice. This contributed to the cancellation of the $8 billion dollar Atlantic Coast Pipeline. With Devva Kasnitz and Pam Block, Lakshmi was a foremother of Disability Studies in Anthropology, and Deaf Studies in Disability Studies. She organized the first AAA panel on Disability and Disasters immediately after Katrina in 2005, recruiting Elaine Gerber and Karen Nakamura. She now works in 4 Freedmen-built communities in Virginia facing imminent threats of new toxic polluting infrastructure. Elaine Gerber is a medical anthropologist and disability studies scholar at Montclair State University, and a former president of the Society for Disability Studies.  Prior to joining the faculty at MSU, she served for five years as the Senior Research Associate for the American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) and taught in the graduate program in Disability Studies at the City University of New York. Her work examines the intersection between culture and the body, initially with a focus on women’s reproductive health, and more recently, on disability. Current projects revolve around food insecurity and disablement, audio description, and cultures of ableism. There are both theoretical contributions and practical applications to her work.   LENORE MANDERSON is Distinguished Professor of Public Health and Medical Anthropology in the School of Public Health, University of the Witwatersrand, and an NRF A-rated scholar. She holds appointments also with Brown University, US, and Monash University, Australia. Known internationally for her work on inequality, social exclusion and the impact of compromised health and embodied difference in Australia, Southeast and East Asia, and Africa, she has published some 750 books, articles, book chapters and reports in these and other areas. She chairs the External Review Group of the Social Innovations in Health Initiative of TDR (2015-) and is a member of the Board of Directors of the Society for Applied Anthropology (SfAA). She was awarded the Society of Medical Anthropology Career Achievement Award in 2016, and in January 2020 was admitted as a Member of the Order of Australia.

Today's youth are doing amazing things at such a young age.  As for the Kuilei Outreach Program that manages the College's Dual Credit Program, we LOVE IT when we see students move forward with PURPOSE.  Back in May of 2018, Kapi‘olani Community College had our first with one of our graduates, Maximillian Soares Miehlstein, walked with not only his Associate in Arts in Deaf Studies but with his high school diploma as well!  In May of 2021, we will have Jace Takeshi Kapomaikaʻipauole Ogata who will be graduating with his Associate in Arts in Psychology at Kapi‘olani Community College along with his high school diploma from Kalani HS.  Amazing!  In this episode, we talk story with both Jace and his mom, Dr. Vern Ogata, to learn more about his growth, resiliency, perseverance, and plans for the future.  Please listen to this extremely Courageous Conversation.  Enjoy!Original music by Joe Yoshida

Deaf Studies? - Sprache und Kultur der Gehörlosengemeinschaft! Aber was ist damit genau gemeint? und Kann man das nur studieren, wenn man gehörlos ist? Unser heutiger Gast Britta studiert Deaf Studies und klärt uns über diesen interessanten und außergewöhnlichen Studiengang auf!

''If deaf people have never heard words, what is their inner monologue like?'' This week it's the turn of Professor in Deaf Studies, Lorraine Leeson for Ask Me Anything on Dermot and Dave. Here is a video of the chat being interpreted by Lorraine:   You can listen to the full chat below:  [audio mp3="https://media.radiocms.net/uploads/2021/03/05143718/AMAIrishLanguage_0503.mp3"][/audio]

Raised in San Diego, CA, Victoria moved to Los Angeles to attend Cal State University, Northridge where she started out her academic career as a Deaf Studies major where she planned to become a American Sign Language interpreter. Shortly into her studies, Victoria changed her major and eventually earned both her BA and MA in Linguistics. While in her undergraduate program, she also completed a 200 hour yoga certification. Once Victoria graduated, she started teaching yoga and working within education. She started as a TA in special education department, worked at a private high school to help build their international student program and eventually led her where she is now: an adjunct professor in the humanities department and a cross country coach at a title I school. In her free time, she is an avid runner and a part of a few (virtual) run clubs. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/beyondthewaves/support

In this episode of In Lockdown With... Ciaran chats to deaf actor Steph Back about her career. Steph studied Theatre, Arts Education and Deaf Studies at the University of Reading. Since graduating, Steph has worked extensively with Taking Flight Theatre Company, where she has appeared in productions such as 'Romeo and Juliet and 'You've Got Dragons.' Steph is also the lead facilitator at Taking Flight's Youth Theatre for deaf and hearing impaired children. Here Steph chats to Ciaran about her career so far! Ciaran and Steph are joined by BSL interpreter Lianne Lusty

Matt Cady is an extremely creative, versatile, and dynamic choreographer and artistic instigator. Madonna said of his movement: “It’s pristine.. wonderful staging.” Adi Salant, Co-Artistic Director of Batsheva Dance Company, remarked: “His movement is very smart.” An young introverted Matt started expressing himself in Sign Language freshman year of high school, which blossomed his interest in theater and ultimately modern dance. In college, Matt double majored in Deaf Studies and Dance, dropping out after two years to pursue an apprenticeship at Millennium Dance Complex, needing to enrich himself in the ever changing culture of the commercial LA dance scene. After being offered his own class at Debbie Reynolds Dance Studio, Matt’s professional choreographic career took off with the success of his company Fanny Pak on MTV’s America’s Best Dance Crew. This is where he met supervising choreographers Tabitha and Napoleon Dumo, whom gave him his first taste at choreographing for a touring show with ABDC Live. Matt went on to contribute choreography under Chonique Sneed and Lisette Bustamante for Ricky Martin’s World Tour and Britney Spears’ Femme Fatal Tour, which is where he first met tour director Jamie King, whom he would work under years later on Madonna’s tours. Meanwhile, Fanny Pak’s success catapulted being the only dance company to ever win a MTV Video Music Award. They were enlisted for several music videos, Yelle’s “Que Vuex Tu/Safari Disco Club,” Lil Mama’s “Truly In Love,” Patrica Kazadi’s “Go Crazy,” and soulful icon Toni Braxton’s “You Make My Heart.” The movie Honey 2 was Fanny Pak’s cinematic debut, directed by Billy Woodruff. Off screen, Fanny Pak was commissioned for corporate events and collaborations with Canon Electronics, toy makers Hasbro, TeenVogue, MetroPark Clothing, and the hugely popular dairy company, WhiteWave. Continuing in the cinematic world, Pepsi sponsored a short film through USC which Matt choreographed called “Beth Hooper and the Super Awesome Dance Battle.” Matt’s most favorite of his collaborations are with colleague Megan Lawson, whose initial teamwork was scoped by Madonna herself off of a youtube video. Together, they choreographed multiple numbers for her most recent tours MDNA and Rebel Heart, including the tension filled blood bath Gangbang, and “..broadway worthy..” opening number Iconic. Most recently Matt and Meg were commissioned to create dance works for Ariana Grande’s Dangerous Woman Tour, Ricky Martin’s All In Vegas Residency, brotherly duo Mak + Val’s (from Dancing With the Stars) touring show Our Way, and Katy Perry’s “Bon Appetite” music video. Matt’s ability to materialize an intention and translate his movement across such a spectrum has made him a sought after collaborator and dance instructor, having worked on several American and international dance conventions as well as in studio workshops.

LU’s Deaf Education and Deaf Studies is the only one like it in the state. On this week’s LU Moment, Diane Clark, chair of the department, talks about this unique program and why expanding to a satellite teaching location is so important to Southeast Texas and the nation.

September is Deaf Awareness Month and we celebrate The International Day of Sign Languages on Wednesday 23rd September. Professor Claudine Storbeck, Director for Deaf Studies at WITS and Director of Hi Hopes, champions the cause of the Deaf Community by ensuring that all babies and children are given equal access to education and opportunities in order to reach their full potential. Our conversation provides insight into inclusion, the challenges that members of the Deaf Community face, and the fun that Deaf learners have at the expense of their teachers! The podcast will be available on You Tube in sign language – the link is available on our Facebook Page @SocietysSuperHeroes https://youtu.be/dSdX1O-AQXg

Learn about the "shower-curtain effect," the mystery of why your shower curtain will randomly cling to you; whether masks affect our emotional development; and why humans perk up their ears. No One Knows Why the Shower Curtain Will Randomly Cling to You by Joanie Faletto Why Does the Shower Curtain Move Toward the Water? (2001, July 11). Scientific American. https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/why-does-the-shower-curta/  Inglis-Arkell, E. (2014, June 3). The Enduring Mystery of Why Your Shower Curtain Attacks You. io9. https://io9.gizmodo.com/the-enduring-mystery-of-why-your-shower-curtain-attacks-1585050901  Do masks affect our emotional development? by Ashley Hamer (Listener question from Nate) Valente, D., Theurel, A., & Gentaz, E. (2017). The role of visual experience in the production of emotional facial expressions by blind people: a review. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 25(2), 483–497. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13423-017-1338-0  Martins, A. T., Faísca, L., Vieira, H., & Gonçalves, G. (2019). Emotional Recognition and Empathy both in Deaf and Blind Adults. The Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education, 24(2), 119–127. https://doi.org/10.1093/deafed/eny046 Wiseman, R. (1995). The megalab truth test. Nature, 373(6513), 391–391. https://doi.org/10.1038/373391a0  Kraus, M. W. (2017). Voice-only communication enhances empathic accuracy. American Psychologist, 72(7), 644–654. https://doi.org/10.1037/amp0000147  Kret, M. E., & de Gelder, B. (2012). Islamic Headdress Influences How Emotion is Recognized from the Eyes. Frontiers in Psychology, 3. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2012.00110  Mai, X., Ge, Y., Tao, L., Tang, H., Liu, C., & Luo, Y.-J. (2011). Eyes Are Windows to the Chinese Soul: Evidence from the Detection of Real and Fake Smiles. PLoS ONE, 6(5), e19903. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0019903  Humans perk up their ears, too by Kelsey Donk Our animal inheritance: Humans perk up their ears, too, when they hear interesting sounds. (2020). EurekAlert! https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-07/su-oai070720.php  Strauss, D. J., Corona-Strauss, F. I., Schroeer, A., Philipp Flotho, Hannemann, R., & Hackley, S. A. (2020, July 3). Vestigial auriculomotor activity indicates the direction of auditory attention in humans. ELife; eLife Sciences Publications, Ltd. https://elifesciences.org/articles/54536  Subscribe to Curiosity Daily to learn something new every day with Cody Gough and Ashley Hamer. You can also listen to our podcast as part of your Alexa Flash Briefing; Amazon smart speakers users, click/tap “enable” here: https://www.amazon.com/Curiosity-com-Curiosity-Daily-from/dp/B07CP17DJY  See omnystudio.com/policies/listener for privacy information.

After turning to faith in Jesus Christ at age 16 through Young Life in Washington, D.C., I eventually left my modeling career to study the Bible and fulfill God’s purpose in my life. Risking the approval of my beloved father, I set out on a journey in obedience to God’s call. I attend the Christian college that my father forbade and marry the spiritually-minded man my father reluctantly allowed. Even when we were at odds, we remained respectful and devoted to each other. My testimony is the true story of my passionate prayer for my father to find Christ so he would one day spend eternity with me. My father, Harry S. Dent, Sr., was a powerful, political strategist, who worked for President Nixon and narrowly escaped Watergate. He entered politics to save the world and protect the freedoms of his country. He served a Senator and three Presidents and helped to build the Republican Party in the South. In the early years, he attempted to manipulate me into his success syndrome. Deep inside my father feared his princess would one day become a missionary. In the end God used it all for His glory. He not only answered my simple prayer of salvation and God’s purpose for my dad’s life, but went far beyond what my mind could ever imagine. Through God’s grace, we team up in ministry together and my dad becomes what he so desperately feared: a missionary. His full time ministry takes him to Romania where he assists the underground churches and a country emerge to new found freedom following 40 years of communism. My path would take me to the darkest corners of the Middle East where there was no freedom. The poetic justice in my story proves God’s faithfulness and His marvelous sense of humor. My testimony will motivate anyone who has a loved one they want to see in heaven to pray without ceasing and realize they may be the only Jesus their loved one sees. Throughout our lives and times, my dad and I experienced different kinds of freedom. Ultimately, we find true freedom together-the freedom that lasts forever. Ginny Dent Brant graduated with a B.A. from Columbia International University, and holds two Masters Degrees from the University of South Carolina in Elementary Education and Elementary Counseling. With 28 years of experience in public education as a teacher, counselor, and adjunct professor, she currently serves as a counselor at Orchard Park Elementary School. Ginny served as a trustee of the International Mission Board of the Southern Baptist Convention and has held leadership roles in many Baptist churches. Ginny has done mission work in Gaza, Yemen, the Czech Republic, Romania, and China. She is a soloist, Bible teacher and Christian speaker. She is the President of Laity Alive and Serving which her father, Harry S. Dent, started in 1985. Her husband, Dr. Alton Brant, is an associate professor of American Sign Language and Deaf Studies at Clemson University. The Brants have one married son, Joshua (and wife Sydney) and twin sons, Jonathan and Harrison. She is the daughter of Harry and Betty Dent. Ginny was a contributing author for The Chosen Path: 365 Inspirational Messages, Love is a Flame, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Shaping the New You, and online with Christian Devotions. She also contributes articles to The Baptist Courier in South Carolina.

The crew continues to struggle with stay at home orders and balancing it with their therapy.   Michael has moved his private practice a teletherapy setting and he continues to identify ways to improve his therapy delivery.   Michelle is adjusting and facing the challenge of working from home while her husband works from home as well and having a young child at home.  Michelle's clinic remains closed but is making plans to open shortly.  Matt continues to change the way he is presenting therapy to his students from the school district and still is seeing elderly patients in the home setting.  On today's show we are talking the recent updates on the FDA and sterilization of masks, a study on paper versus cloth masks, looking at special education and kids falling through the cracks, and telepractice success stories.  Hours after recording this show, Battelle was approved to use the serialization process for masks.  On this week's Informed SLP update, they look at the research behind hearing aides and young children.  We also look at our SSPOD Shoutouts and Due Process.  The ASHA spotlight looks at what ASHA is doing for us during this time of pandemic.    The Discord is up and ready for people to interact with the crew 24/7.   SSPOD Shoutout: Do you know an SLP who deserves a digital fist bump or shout out?  We want to know your #SSPODSHOUTOUT, like front line workers and SLPs who are working with out Covid-19 positive patients.        SSPOD Due Process:  Do you have a complaint or need to vent, then you want to participate in the #SSPODDUEPROCESS.  This week's due process comes from the crew as they hate the way people use racial terms to name the current Covid-19.       Article #1: A recent study shows that the use of cloth masks have a higher infection rate than the surgical masks.  Also Ohio based Battelle has identified a way to sanitize N95 masks.  At the time of recording, they were awaiting FDA approval to disinfect up to 160,000 masks per day.  Hours after recording, the FDA gave them the approval needed.    Article #2: As we move education online, the role of the special education teacher and related staff becomes more difficult.  Recent articles look at the risk our students face of falling through the cracks of education.    Interview: Ayelet Marinovich is an SLP and the host of the Learn with Less Podcast.  On her show and in her books she addresses the challenges and realities of early parenthood, and the information you need to know about early childhood.   The Informed SLP: Keeping anything on a toddler that the toddler doesn't want there is one of life's great challenges. Hats, sunglasses, pants… the struggle is real. When you add hearing aids to that mix you'd better put on a hard hat because there may be things flying at your head. So if you work with toddlers who are Deaf/Hard-of-Hearing (DHH), you are 100% going to get parents coming in saying that they have the hearing aids, but the toddler just will not wear them.   ASHA Spotlight: COVID-19 has created many challenges to our daily lives. One of the ways ASHA can help you during this difficult time is to offer you free continuing education.  ----more---- Contact Email: speechsciencepodcast@gmail.com Voicemail: (614) 681-1798 Discord: https://discord.gg/3Tm5jrS   New Episode and Interact here: www.speechsciencepodcast.com podcast.speechsciencepodcast.com   Support Patreon – https://www.patreon.com/speechsciencepodcast   Rate and Review: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/speechscience-org-podcast/id1224862476?fbclid=IwAR3QRzd5K4J-eS2SUGBK1CyIUvoDrhu8Gr4SqskNkCDVUJyk5It3sa26k3Y&ign-mpt=uo%3D8&mt=2   Credits Intro Music: Please Listen Carefully by Jahzzar is licensed under a Attribution-ShareAlike License. Bump Music: County Fair Rock, copyright of John Deku, at soundcloud.com/dirtdogmusic The Informed SLP: At The Count by Broke For Free is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License Closing Music: Slow Burn by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License.   Show Links   The Informed SLP: Ambrose, S.E., Appenzeller, M., Al-Salim, S., Kaiser, A.P. (2019). Effects of an Intervention Designed to Increase Toddlers' Hearing Aid Use. The Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education. https://doi.org/10.1093/deafed/enz032 Join The Informed SLP! http://www.theinformedslpmembers.com/   Learn With Less https://learnwithless.com/   Mask Shortages: https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/5/4/e006577?fbclid=IwAR25s-ot8OkePA3V1eKNAfq6laB-L29g1Trd96QuhBxaqlegXlWG-QLyHj4 https://www.nbc4i.com/community/health/coronavirus/gov-dewine-fda-limits-battelles-ppe-mask-sterilizing-technology-to-only-10k-a-day/?fbclid=IwAR1UMffFurbtZRTFTmDVwSjqUFhh0pNXMi8EstsmkluSdS8Ud75_CgiST5E   Special Education could fall through the cracks: https://wbhm.org/npr_story_post/2020/with-schools-closed-kids-with-disabilities-are-more-vulnerable-than-ever/?fbclid=IwAR04bKa6j1ibxfcBmMQxbbZjs05k1b7ofyEThE93EOleTYo5DxdSrn0usLc https://www.nwherald.com/2020/03/29/could-special-needs-students-fall-through-cracks-while-schools-navigate-e-learning/a3cmv9y/?fbclid=IwAR0pFr2-v6Hs1sb6pmnmNStvoAth2OIGBtTWoA8c2quGly8DD_ax6F2_aH8 https://www.dailydemocrat.com/2020/03/28/coronavirus-educators-fear-liability-in-online-instruction-of-special-ed-students/?fbclid=IwAR0SxYpDyVNdhLyahftSEYv813fIopnQAI-D5ifeeUX4EXIpKcOtsiWWGqc   ASHA Spotlight https://learningcenter.asha.org/diweb/home;jsessionid=E3FC03AA2B6B28CEDF02F8C2DE5A7E63.web1   Speech Science Powered by: You!

SHOW NOTES:   Are you tired of being told that you don’t look like a Latina?   On this episode, we’re breaking the “Latina mold” and talking with plus size model Bianca Mitsuko, who is a reflection of the beautiful Latinx diversity.   Bianca shares about her upbringing as an Asian, African-American Latina and not feeling truly accepted by her communities. She also talks about her college basketball days and how an injury took her to be a model. Bianca speaks candidly about her identity, her past eating disorder, loving her body and being a plus size model.   We also talk about her growing success and working for Savage X Fenty, Sephora and CoverGirl.   *Trigger Warning* We advise to consider listening to this episode if you have an eating disorder or in early recovery. In this episode, we talk about…   1:55 - Learn about Bianca Mitsuko and her diverse heritage: Latina, African American, and Asian 2:53 - Bianca shares about not being fully accepted by her Mexican and African American community 5:50 - In America, you either survive by assimilating or face discrimination 7:19 - Bianca talks about being the first of her family to receive a Bachelor’s Degree 8:46 - “Imagine being the only pepper in a sea of salt.” 11:58 - How Bianca studied Deaf Studies and American Sign Language 13:53 - Bianca shares her experience as a Program Administrative Coordinator 15:43 - How Bianca chose to take a chance and be a full-time model 20:35 - Bianca opens up about bulimia and how plus size modeling made her love her body 23:49 - What’s the difference between straight, in-between and plus size models? 25:15 - Bianca shares helpful tips on being a plus size model in the fashion industry 27:58 - Bianca talks about her modeling experience for Fenty and being part of Rihanna’s vision for diversity and size inclusivity 30:57 - Are you African American, Asian or Latina and want to pursue modeling? Listen to Bianca’s advice! 35:54 - “You’re going to make people believe that it’s okay to be who you are one day”   Relevant Links:   Cesar Chavez   Montana State   California State University, Northridge   Deaf Studies   American Sign Language   Deaf Studies B.A. at Cal State, Northridge   Cole Vocational Services (C.V.S)   Natural Models   Katie Wilcox   Ford Models   Savage X Fenty   CoverGirl   Sephora   Rihanna   If you are currently suffering from an eating disorder, please visit the National Eating Disorders Association (NEDA) or call their toll-free, confidential helpline: 1-800-931-2237 for prevention, cures, and access to quality care. You’re not alone.   Want more?   Follow Ellas: @ellasthepodcast Follow Us: @bee.andi & @bren_jai Follow Bianca: @biancamitsuko Produced and Edited by: Devell Deshazer II Song by: Sro  

September is Deaf awareness month . The month long campaign seeks to educate the public on this important issue. Meanwhile, the Wits Centre for Deaf Studies will be celebrating its 20th anniversary. The centre has been raising awareness around deafness, hearing loss and educating families of deaf and hard of hearing babies on how to communicate with their children. Elvis Preslin to Profesor Claudine Storbeck, Director at the Wits Centre for Deaf Studies

In this episode... The crew at BCBC Podcast takes a look at the intersection disability sexuality, body positivity, and so much more... You can find a set of complete show notes on our website at https://www.bcbcpodcast.com/2018/07/17/summer-hiatus-podcast-s2ep24-1st-release-disability-and-accessibility-season-2-vodcast-audio-only/ including pictures, links, bios and summary notes. We are thrilled to have an amazing schedule of guests including: Evan Hibbard, Professor of Deaf Studies at Sacramento State on Deafness and Accessibilty Julie Christensen of Its Possible Therapy on Grief and Depression Pam Haney on Developmental Disabilities Christella Garcia, Paralympic Bronze Medalist for Judo discussing Blindness and Body Positivity

The Total Tutor Neil Haley and Peter Elvidge will interview Joe Dannis, President of DawnSignPress.  DawnSignPress will be featured in an upcoming episode of the highly acclaimed TV series, Innovations with Ed Begley, Jr., airing this summer via Discovery Channel. The program premieres on Fox Business Network, Saturday, May 27th at 5pm eastern/2pm pacific. Innovations viewers will be educated about the benefits of ASL on the developing brain. In addition to learning the fascinating history of ASL and ASL research, viewers will also learn about DawnSignPress materials, which include exciting new ASL products for children. Gallaudet University professors, Dr. Benjamin Bahan and Dr. Laura-Ann Petitto, are featured experts in the program. “Although we saw it for many decades in the Deaf community, Gallaudet research continues to show how beneficial it is to sign with babies whether they are Deaf or hearing,” explains Joe Dannis, President of DawnSignPress. “We're now focusing on providing materials that can help parents sign with their children. Everyone benefits from American Sign Language!” According to Dr. Benjamin Bahan, professor of ASL and Deaf Studies, “Gallaudet University is where American Sign Language was first recognized as an official language. Dr. William Stokoe, a professor in the 1960's, proved that ASL was indeed a real language through his research. He found that ASL has principles and patterns equivalent to any language. This was a groundbreaking, watershed moment for cultural recognition and linguistic recognition.”  

NCC student Tova Zaretsky, talks with Professor Stefanie Lewis, who teaches American Sign Language and Deaf Studies. She shares her expertise and experience working with the deaf.

NCC student Tova Zaretsky, talks with Professor Stefanie Lewis, who teaches American Sign Language and Deaf Studies. She shares her expertise and experience working with the deaf.

Adopted from Korea at 15 months and then diagnosed as profoundly deaf one month later, raised in Cooperstown, New York. Currently a graduate student at Gallaudet University in Wash DC, doing a MA thesis on "Identity Development of Deaf Female Korean Adoptees in the Framework of Intersectionality" in goals of connecting Adoption Studies and Deaf Studies, and raising awareness of identities of deaf and transracial and transnational adoptees in both Deaf and Adoptee communities. She is married to a deaf mixed asian female immigrant and is an active member in many marginalized communities.   No website but an active user of social media on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.    Follow me on Twitter @TheRamblerADHD, email me at TheRamblerADHD@gmail.com, and like/share me on Facebook at Facebook.com/TheRamblerADHD.  If you like the podcast, please be so kind as to leave a nice review on iTunes.  Thanks for listening!   Songs from A Collective Effort are available at SoundCloud (Http://soundcloud.com/acollectiveeffortmusic/sets/a-collective-effort-mix-bag) and other music of the podcast comes courtesy of Needle Drop Records by The Bell. 

Today's podcast - released on none other than International Podcast Day...yes, it's a thing...is a follow up interview with Evan Jordan of Oklahoma State University. If you are a new listener to the Laughter Research Podcast, you might like to check out the previous interview HERE. Evan has been the lead investigator on a study which has been examining various aspects of infant development. Needless to say, of particular interest to me is the laughter aspect of the research. Evan sought to uncover the extent of contagiousness of positive emotions in infants, with a particular focus upon laughter. You might be very surprised by the findings, but you'll have to listen in to find out more on that. We discuss the challenges and joys of working with infants in research and we discuss the future directions for research in the arena of contagious laughter. We also ponder the possibility of Evan earning an Oscar for her thank you 'Shout Out' at the end of the podcast. During the conversation I mention an excellent book by Robert Provine. Check it out on Amazon. It's well worth picking up.   We also mention the innate aspect of laughter and discuss how infants who are born deaf and blind will develop laughter around the same stage of development as typical children. A couple of interesting papers related to this topic: No. 1 relates to the acoustic profile of laughter in congenitally deaf people: In this paper the authors attribute some acoustic variation between the laughter of hearing people and deaf people as being "Due to a combination of the physiological and social factors that routinely affect profoundly deaf individuals, including low overall rates of vocal fold use and pressure from the hearing world to suppress spontaneous vocalizations." - In other words, invisible social rules influence how and when people laugh. "Deaf individuals report experiencing social pressure to suppress spontaneous vocalizations, as these can be uncomfortably loud for the hearing (Leder and Spitzer, 1993)." Makagon, M. M., Funayama, E. S., & Owren, M. J. (2008). An acoustic analysis of laughter produced by congenitally deaf and normally hearing college students. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 124(1), 472–483. http://doi.org/10.1121/1.2932088 No. 2 relates to the use of laughter as a form of punctuation in deaf people using sign language: Provine, R. R., & Emmorey, K. (2006). Laughter Among Deaf Signers. Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education, 11(4), 403–409. http://doi.org/10.1093/deafed/enl008 This paper is particularly relevant as it shows us how laughter is fluidly incorporated into more complex cognitive interactions and it indicates that the appropriate timing of 'conversational' laughter is a learned skill.

When I started talking with people about the idea for this podcast, one theme that came up consistently was the idea of supporting our children’s growth and development. A friend of mine summed it up most concisely and articulately by asking “how do I know when to lead and when I should step back and let my daughter lead?” This episode covers the concept of “scaffolding,” which is a method parents can use to observe and support their children’s development by providing just enough assistance to keep the child in their “Zone of Proximal Development.” This tool can help you to know you’re providing enough support…but not so much that your child will never learn to be self-sufficient. References Berk, L.E., & Winsler, A. (1995). Scaffolding children’s learning: Vygotsky and Early Childhood Education. Washington, D.C.: National Association for the Education of Young Children. Brown, J.S., Collins, A., & Duguid, P. (1989). Situated cognition and the culture of learning. Educational Researcher 18(4), 32-42. Courtin (2000). The impact of sign language on the cognitive development of deaf children: The case of theories of mind. Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education 5,3 266-276. Retrieved from: http://jdsde.oxfordjournals.org/content/5/3/266.full.pdf (http://jdsde.oxfordjournals.org/content/5/3/266.full.pdf) Greenough, W.T., Black, J.E., & Wallace, C.S. (1987). Experience and Brain Development. Child Development 58, 539-559. Full article available at: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/James_Black11/publication/20116762_Experience_and_Brain_Development/links/552b9d830cf21acb091e4d90.pdf (https://www.researchgate.net/profile/James_Black11/publication/20116762_Experience_and_Brain_Development/links/552b9d830cf21acb091e4d90.pdf) Hirsh-Pasek, K. & Golinkoff, R.M. (2003). Einstein never used flash cards. Emmaus, PA: Rodale. Johnson, J.S. & Newport, E.L. (1989). Critical period effects in second language learning: The influence of maturational stage on the acquisition of English as a second language. Cognitive Psychology 21, 60-99. Full article available at: http://www.psy.cmu.edu/~siegler/JohnsnNewprt89.pdf (http://www.psy.cmu.edu/~siegler/JohnsnNewprt89.pdf) Lancy, D.F. (2015). The Anthropology of Childhood: Cherubs, Chattel, Changelings. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press McCarthy, E.M. (1992). Anatomy of a teaching interaction: The components of teaching in the ZPD. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, April, San Francisco, CA. Pratt, M.W., Green, D., MacVicar, J., & Bountrogianni, M. (1992). The mathematical parent: Parental scaffolding, parent style, and learning outcomes in long-division mathematics homework. Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology 13, 17-34. Retrieved from: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/019339739290003Z Roberts, R.N. & Barnes, M.L. (1992). “Let momma show you how”: Maternal-child interactions and their effects on children’s cognitive performance. Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology 13, 363-376. Retrieved from: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/019339739290036H Thompson, R.A., & Nelson, C. (2001). Developmental science and the media: Early brain development. American Psychologist 55(1) 5-15. Full article available at: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/12089227_Developmental_Science_and_the_Media_Early_Brain_Development   (#) Transcript When I started talking with people about the idea for this podcast series, one theme that came up consistently was the idea of supporting our children’s growth and development.  A friend of mine summed it up most concisely and articulately by asking “how do I know when to lead and when I should step back and let my daughter lead?” I’ve taken quite a journey on my learning on this topic and wanted to share a bit of

This week, you get the chance to meet the lovely Alice on her welcome to terptree and podcast debut! Alice talks about her studies on the TAEDS (Theatre, Education and Deaf Studies) course at Reading, the feeling of learning sign language as being a 'calling', and about what she learnt from attending a super cool event that she had the privilege of attending yesterday.

Internationally adopted children most often do not speak any English when they are adopted. How do they acquire English once home and what can parents do to help. Host Dawn Davenport, Exec. Director of Creating a Family, the national adoption & infertility education and support organization, will interview Dr. Sharon Glennen, Professor and Chairperson in the Department of Audiology, Speech Language Pathology and Deaf Studies at Towson University in Maryland. Dr. Glennen researches how children adopted from abroad acquire English after adoption.   Blog summary of the show and highlights can be found here:   Highlights   More Creating a Family resources on international adoption can be found here. Support the show (https://creatingafamily.org/donation/)

Recent decades have seen the emergence of sign linguistics as a sub-discipline of linguistic research, accumulating a body of knowledge that has enlightened linguists about the complex grammatical properties of sign language. Researchers have also begun to show how sign language is acquired as a first language by deaf children who can then use this resource to develop spoken and written language for education and social communication in the hearing majority community. These findings have demonstrated that deaf children have the capacity to become bilingual in signed and spoken language, and that hearing children also benefit from early exposure to sign language. As a result of this change of linguistic orientation towards sign language researchers have begun to explore the concepts of Sign Bilingualism and Co-enrolment, involving deaf and hearing participants, teachers and learners in partnership with each other in an educational process that can promote children' linguistic, cognitive and social development. It is within this context that The Centre for Sign Linguistics and Deaf Studies (CSLDS) of the Chinese University of Hong Kong launched a 7-year research programme in 2006 to explore an alternative model of deaf education that sets out to resolve the long-standing problem of low literacy skills and educational attainment among deaf children in HK. This research programme seeks to merge theoretical language acquisition models and applied linguistic research, with a particular focus on creating a model of deaf education that mediates between two languages and two cultures, providing bilingual linguistic resources which are accessible to both deaf and hearing children. An important part of the research agenda is to investigate the impact of Sign Bilingualism and Co-enrolment on the language development of deaf and hearing children in pre-school and primary education. The research has been jointly designed by researchers from the Centre for Sign Linguistics and Deaf Studies of the Chinese University of Hong Kong and the Deafness, Cognition and Language Research Centre at UCL. It adopts a longitudinal approach to the evaluation process, profiling the grammatical development of signed and spoken language in the deaf and hearing children enrolled in this programme. At the end of the first year of implementation in 2006, children's sign language development was documented using a picture story retelling task, spoken language vocabulary development was assessed by means of a word-picture matching task, and speech production and perception were evaluated using assessment batteries originally designed for Cantonese speech perception and production in hearing children. In this presentation, we will present results of some of our preliminary investigation and discuss some projected outcomes.

Recent decades have seen the emergence of sign linguistics as a sub-discipline of linguistic research, accumulating a body of knowledge that has enlightened linguists about the complex grammatical properties of sign language. Researchers have also begun to show how sign language is acquired as a first language by deaf children who can then use this resource to develop spoken and written language for education and social communication in the hearing majority community. These findings have demonstrated that deaf children have the capacity to become bilingual in signed and spoken language, and that hearing children also benefit from early exposure to sign language. As a result of this change of linguistic orientation towards sign language researchers have begun to explore the concepts of Sign Bilingualism and Co-enrolment, involving deaf and hearing participants, teachers and learners in partnership with each other in an educational process that can promote children' linguistic, cognitive and social development. It is within this context that The Centre for Sign Linguistics and Deaf Studies (CSLDS) of the Chinese University of Hong Kong launched a 7-year research programme in 2006 to explore an alternative model of deaf education that sets out to resolve the long-standing problem of low literacy skills and educational attainment among deaf children in HK. This research programme seeks to merge theoretical language acquisition models and applied linguistic research, with a particular focus on creating a model of deaf education that mediates between two languages and two cultures, providing bilingual linguistic resources which are accessible to both deaf and hearing children. An important part of the research agenda is to investigate the impact of Sign Bilingualism and Co-enrolment on the language development of deaf and hearing children in pre-school and primary education. The research has been jointly designed by researchers from the Centre for Sign Linguistics and Deaf Studies of the Chinese University of Hong Kong and the Deafness, Cognition and Language Research Centre at UCL. It adopts a longitudinal approach to the evaluation process, profiling the grammatical development of signed and spoken language in the deaf and hearing children enrolled in this programme. At the end of the first year of implementation in 2006, children's sign language development was documented using a picture story retelling task, spoken language vocabulary development was assessed by means of a word-picture matching task, and speech production and perception were evaluated using assessment batteries originally designed for Cantonese speech perception and production in hearing children. In this presentation, we will present results of some of our preliminary investigation and discuss some projected outcomes.