Good Enough for the Rough Draft

Using ASL as a Language of Development for Academic Publication

Doug Bowen-Bailey, Jolanta Galloway, & Jennifer Gibbons
MA in Interpreting Studies and Communication Equity, St. Catherine University

A Poster Presentation at CIT 2018

"Cripping the System" - white lettering on purple background

A poster of images with drawing of a brown skinned person in a wheel chair with words Disability Justice at the top

Image Credit:  http://www.cripqueer.com/p/events.html

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Positionality as Researchers - white letters on purple background

Three people dressed in black dance in front of backdrop of St. Catheirne University

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ASL and Academia - white letttering on purple background

Group of people staring up at camera in group photo - one person's face is obsurbed with black overal that says English

Najma Johnson sits with a toddler on her lap and points to her right

Image Credit: Intersectional Souls Project

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"Researching/Thinking in ASL" white lettering on purple background

Three cylinders placed in round holes and a red cube that is pushed into hole with cracks in the hole

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Outline of a map of Australia with a a circular compass in the middle with the numbers of the clock on it.

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Image Credit: Brandon Hill

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View "The Making of 'In Search of Liberating Discourse'"

This was the project from our course on “Language and Power” taught by Dr. Octavian Robinson that set us on this path.

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Returning to the Hearth: Finding the Lost Stories of Deaf Students, Faculty and Staff in Interpreter Training and Education

Jolanta Galloway and Jennifer Gibbons

Research Portfolio

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Interpreting Power and Privilege: In Search of Best Practices for RID’s Continuing Education Process

Doug Bowen-Bailey

Research Portfolio

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Bahan, B. (2016). The Whole Picture: Why Academic ASL Exposure Matters to Sign Language Interpreters. [Video] StreetLeverage. Retrieved from https://streetleverage.com/live_presentations/whole-picture-academic-asl-exposure-matters-sign-language-interpreters/

Bienvenu, M. J. . & Harris, R. L. (2015). Foreword: Parent of Academic ASL – Dr. MJ Bienvenu. In R. Harris & F. Williams (Eds.), Research and Evaluation in Education and Psychology, ASL Version (9:15 m.). Austin, TX: ASLChoice.

Boroditsky, L. & Gabey, A. (2010). “Remembrances of Times East: Absolute Spatial Representations of Time in an Australian Aboriginal Community,” Psychological Science.  Vol 21, Issue 11, pp. 1635 – 1639.

Danzinger, S. & Ward, R. (2010) Language Changes Implicit Associations Between Ethnic Groups and Evaluation in Bilinguals. Psychological Science Vol 21, No. 6. 799-800. https://doi-org.pearl.stkate.edu/10.1177/0956797610371344

Eckert, R., & Rowley, A. (2013). Audism: A theory and practice of audiocentric privilege. Humanity & Society, 37(2), 101-130. DOI: 10.1177/0160597613481731

Gallaudet University Regional Education Centers. (2011). Academic ASL Presentation Series.  Department of ASL Interpretation and Translation. Washington, DC: Gallaudet University. Retrieved from https://www.gallaudet.edu/department-of-interpretation-and-translation/gallaudet-university-regional-interpreter-education-center/presentation-archives/academic-asl-presentation-2011

Harris, R. L.  (2012). Academic language in the ASL community.  Deaf Studies Digital Journal, Issue 3. Retrieved from http://dsdj.gallaudet.edu/index.php?issue=4&section_id=2&entry_id=149

Harris, R.L. & Loeffler, S.C.  (2015). “Seizing academic power:  Creating Deaf counter narratives.”  Journal of ASL and Literature, 5. [Video publication].  Retrieved from https://youtu.be/C3Ae20lXJ1I.

Harris, R. & Williams, F. (2015). Research and evaluation in education and psychology, ASL version. Austin, TX: ASLChoice.

Hill, B. (2017). “Raising the bar: Setting the standard for Academic ASL.” ASLTA Conference.  Salt Lake City, Utah.

Intersectional Souls Project. (2015) What exactly is intersectionality? A conversation with Stephanie “Najma” Johnson. [Video] Retrieved from https://youtu.be/po8AvBSaD1A

Reagan, T. G. (2010). Language policy and planning for sign languages.  Washington, DC: Gallaudet University Press.

Simms, L. (2018). Climbing the avalanche. [Video documentary]. Retrieved from https://youtu.be/AvO-qEt5gxo