Presenters

Deaf Studies Today! 2008 will feature FIFTY presentations!

Papers

Dr. Edith Edna Sayers
“What’s up with Helen Keller?”
Dr. Genie Gertz, Dr. Patrick Boudreault and Dr. Lawrence Fleischer
“Struggles & Challenges of the Deaf Studies Program: 1983 to Present”
Heather D. Clark
“A Silent History: Giving Voice to African American Deaf Experience”
Mr. Keith Gamache, Jr.
“Kendall Green: An Enduring Legacy”
Mr. Arkady Belozovsky
“Deaf Intellectual Purge during the Stalin Era”
Dr. Brian R. Kilpatrick
“The History of Deaf Children’s Theatre in the U.S.”
Dr. Christopher Kurz
“Natural Selection, or the Survival of the Fittest: Number Signs”
Patti Durr
“Visual Histories: Recording, Preserving, Disseminating and Analyzing Deaf Stories”
Dr. Charles Katz
“Stages of Deafhood: A Journey into the Sacred”
E. Mara Green
“Anthropological Notes on International Sign: Theory and Politics”
Mr. Wisdom K. Mprah
“Phonocentrism and Audism: Conceptualizing Notions of d/Deaf Identity and Oppression in Ghana”
Dr. Donald A. Grushkin
“The One-dB Rule: Audism, the Deaf Community and the Hard of Hearing”
Dr. Patrick Boudreault & Dr. Christina Palmer
“Deaf Studies and the medical field of genetic research: a collaboration model for linguistic and cultural minority populations”
Dr. Bryan K. Eldredge
“Deaf-World Personal Identity Negotiation”
Dr. Cynthia Plue and Ms. Kati Morton
“Deaf Jews and Deaf Muslims: Their Experiences with their Religion and the Deaf World”
Dale H. Boam, J.D.
“The Law, Deafness and Personhood: Where Hobson’s Choice Meet Social Eugenics”
Dr. Jennifer Rayman
“The politics and practice of voice: representing Deaf people in recent television dramas”
David Risotto
"Dummy Hoy"
Patricia Conley, Patti Durr & Stephen Jacobs
“PAH- Visual Rhetoric and Deaf Vlogs”
Ms. Patricia Lessard
“Education of the Deaf: Mediated by Interpreters. Theory and Application”
Ms. Kendra Keller
“Practical Application of the Demand Control Schema* with Educational Interpreters”
Dr. Patrick Boudreault & Jimmy Beldon
“Deaf Interpreter as a Career Choice within the Realm of the Deaf Studies Curriculum”
Ms. Terra Edwards
“Iconicity, Social Types and Referent Projections in ASL”
Clifton Langdon
“A Survey of Depiction in ASL Poetry”
Ms. Karen Alkoby
“Toward true ASL dictionaries: New developments in handshape similarity”
Mr. Benjamin Jarashow
“Overlooking the ABC Stories Rules”
Dr. Karen Christie and Patti Durr
“The HEART of Deaf Culture: Visual and Literary Expressions of Deafhood”
Brenda Schertz
“How has Deaf Art changed in the past 15 years?”
Aaron W. Kelstone
“The play’s the thing” American Deaf Theatre’s Contribution to Deaf Studies
Dr. Kim Brown Kurz and Dr. Christopher Kurz
“Deaf Faculty’s Perspective: Doctoral Studies and Career Choice”
Dr. Debbie Golos
“Deaf Preschoolers Learning Language and Literacy through an Educational Video in ASL”
Dr. Brian Kilpatrick and Ms. Kathy Weldon
“Incorporate Deaf Role Models into Teacher-Preparation Curriculum”
Dr. Arlene Blumenthal Kelly, Ms. Janis Cole, Mr. Brian Malzkuhn, Mr. Benjamin Jarashow and Ms. Sheri Youens-Un
“Academic ASL-q”
Dr. Roberta Thoryk,
“Revamping, Revising, and Redefining: Moving ASL from Special Education into a Modern Languages Department”
Dr. J. Freeman King
“The Chaos Theory and Implications for the Development of a Deaf-friendly University Campus”
Ms. Michele Friedner
“Bio-Power, Biosociality, and Community Formation: How Bio-Power is Constitutive of the Deaf Community”
Anna Pauling, Ingrid Butron and Cynthia Plue
“Montage: Multicultural Deaf Community”
Dr. Jordan Eickman and Mr. Gergin Simeonov
“DeafWiki Project”
Ms. Hilary Melander
“An Exploratory Case Study of a Nongovernmental Organization Working with the Deaf in Ghana, West Africa”
Mr. Travis Sutton
“To the Point of Exclusion: Balancing Lorenza Mazzetti’s Together (1956) between Deaf and Hearing Communities”

Workshops

Dr. Christopher Krentz and Sandra K. Wood
“How to Teach GOOD-ATTITUDE”
Kim Pudans-Smith
“Grading Criteria in ASL Syllabus INCLUDES WHAT?”
Franky Ramont
“ASL Lyrics: Poetry and Songs”
Kris Huggins
“How to Interpret the Needs of the Diverse” – Getting the Message Across; Hints, Shortcuts, and Tools to “Thinking Outside the Box”
Cara Barnett
“What’s Up With Deaf Studies at Metro Deaf School”
Dr. Paul Dudis
“Transcribing ASL Depictions of Events, Settings, and Entities”
Dr. Melanie C. Nakaji
“Learn How to Translate English Instruments into ASL”
Dr. Christopher Kurz
“Math Literacy for All Students: Writing-to-Learn Activities”

*Scheduled to present.



	Presenters
Home 2008 Home Contact Us Deaf Art Exhibit Registration Info 2008 Keynote Speakers Presenters Entertainment International Deaf Film Festival Travel & Hotels Exhibitors & Vendors Sponsors & Advertising Schedule Plenary Sessions Interpreting Policy Buy '04 & '06 Proceedings UVU ASL & Deaf Studies Program	*Deaf Studies Today! 2008 will feature FIFTY presentations!* Papers Dr. Edith Edna Sayers “What’s up with Helen Keller?” Dr. Genie Gertz, Dr. Patrick Boudreault and Dr. Lawrence Fleischer “Struggles & Challenges of the Deaf Studies Program: 1983 to Present” Heather D. Clark “A Silent History: Giving Voice to African American Deaf Experience” Mr. Keith Gamache, Jr. “Kendall Green: An Enduring Legacy” Mr. Arkady Belozovsky “Deaf Intellectual Purge during the Stalin Era” Dr. Brian R. Kilpatrick “The History of Deaf Children’s Theatre in the U.S.” Dr. Christopher Kurz “Natural Selection, or the Survival of the Fittest: Number Signs” Patti Durr “Visual Histories: Recording, Preserving, Disseminating and Analyzing Deaf Stories” Dr. Charles Katz “Stages of Deafhood: A Journey into the Sacred” E. Mara Green “Anthropological Notes on International Sign: Theory and Politics” Mr. Wisdom K. Mprah “Phonocentrism and Audism: Conceptualizing Notions of d/Deaf Identity and Oppression in Ghana” Dr. Donald A. Grushkin “The One-dB Rule: Audism, the Deaf Community and the Hard of Hearing” Dr. Patrick Boudreault & Dr. Christina Palmer “Deaf Studies and the medical field of genetic research: a collaboration model for linguistic and cultural minority populations” Dr. Bryan K. Eldredge “Deaf-World Personal Identity Negotiation” Dr. Cynthia Plue and Ms. Kati Morton “Deaf Jews and Deaf Muslims: Their Experiences with their Religion and the Deaf World” Dale H. Boam, J.D. “The Law, Deafness and Personhood: Where Hobson’s Choice Meet Social Eugenics” Dr. Jennifer Rayman “The politics and practice of voice: representing Deaf people in recent television dramas” David Risotto "Dummy Hoy" Patricia Conley, Patti Durr & Stephen Jacobs “PAH- Visual Rhetoric and Deaf Vlogs” Ms. Patricia Lessard “Education of the Deaf: Mediated by Interpreters. Theory and Application” Ms. Kendra Keller “Practical Application of the Demand Control Schema* with Educational Interpreters” Dr. Patrick Boudreault & Jimmy Beldon “Deaf Interpreter as a Career Choice within the Realm of the Deaf Studies Curriculum” Ms. Terra Edwards “Iconicity, Social Types and Referent Projections in ASL” Clifton Langdon “A Survey of Depiction in ASL Poetry” Ms. Karen Alkoby “Toward true ASL dictionaries: New developments in handshape similarity” Mr. Benjamin Jarashow “Overlooking the ABC Stories Rules” Dr. Karen Christie and Patti Durr “The HEART of Deaf Culture: Visual and Literary Expressions of Deafhood” Brenda Schertz “How has Deaf Art changed in the past 15 years?” Aaron W. Kelstone “The play’s the thing” American Deaf Theatre’s Contribution to Deaf Studies Dr. Kim Brown Kurz and Dr. Christopher Kurz “Deaf Faculty’s Perspective: Doctoral Studies and Career Choice” Dr. Debbie Golos “Deaf Preschoolers Learning Language and Literacy through an Educational Video in ASL” Dr. Brian Kilpatrick and Ms. Kathy Weldon “Incorporate Deaf Role Models into Teacher-Preparation Curriculum” Dr. Arlene Blumenthal Kelly, Ms. Janis Cole, Mr. Brian Malzkuhn, Mr. Benjamin Jarashow and Ms. Sheri Youens-Un “Academic ASL-q” Dr. Roberta Thoryk, “Revamping, Revising, and Redefining: Moving ASL from Special Education into a Modern Languages Department” Dr. J. Freeman King “The Chaos Theory and Implications for the Development of a Deaf-friendly University Campus” Ms. Michele Friedner “Bio-Power, Biosociality, and Community Formation: How Bio-Power is Constitutive of the Deaf Community” Anna Pauling, Ingrid Butron and Cynthia Plue “Montage: Multicultural Deaf Community” Dr. Jordan Eickman and Mr. Gergin Simeonov “DeafWiki Project” Ms. Hilary Melander “An Exploratory Case Study of a Nongovernmental Organization Working with the Deaf in Ghana, West Africa” Mr. Travis Sutton “To the Point of Exclusion: Balancing Lorenza Mazzetti’s Together (1956) between Deaf and Hearing Communities” Workshops Dr. Christopher Krentz and Sandra K. Wood “How to Teach GOOD-ATTITUDE” Kim Pudans-Smith “Grading Criteria in ASL Syllabus INCLUDES WHAT?” Franky Ramont “ASL Lyrics: Poetry and Songs” Kris Huggins “How to Interpret the Needs of the Diverse” – Getting the Message Across; Hints, Shortcuts, and Tools to “Thinking Outside the Box” Cara Barnett “What’s Up With Deaf Studies at Metro Deaf School” Dr. Paul Dudis “Transcribing ASL Depictions of Events, Settings, and Entities” Dr. Melanie C. Nakaji “Learn How to Translate English Instruments into ASL” Dr. Christopher Kurz “Math Literacy for All Students: Writing-to-Learn Activities” *Scheduled to present.