Returning to the Hearth

Lifting the often ignored stories of deaf students, faculty and staff in interpreter training and education

Master’s Thesis St. Catherine University

Jolanta Galloway & Jennifer Gibbons © 2019

 

 

Abstract

Introduction

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Methodology

References

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Aina, Ghenga. (2015) Andrew foster touches eternity: from Nigeria to Fiji In M. Friedner & A. Kusters (Eds.), It’s a small world: international deaf spaces and encounters (pp.127-139). Washington, D.C.: Gallaudet University Press

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Ruiz-Williams, E., Burke, M., Chong, V.Y., Chainarong, N. (2015) My deaf is not your deaf: realizing intersectional realites at Gallaudet University. In M. Friedner & A. Kusters (Eds.), It’s a small world: international deaf spaces and encounters (pp.262-274). Washington, D.C.: Gallaudet University Press

Data and Findings

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Bottoms A. & Malzkuhn M, (2017, May 03). Hearing knows best. [Video file]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MoxVdw6T0LA

Humphries, T. (1975). Audism: The making of a word. Unpublished
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Discussion and Conclusions


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Robinson, O., & Henner, J. (2018, 12). Authentic Voices, Authentic Encounters: Cripping the University Through American Sign Language. Disability Studies Quarterly, 38(4). doi:10.18061/dsq.v38i4.6111

Ruiz-Williams, E., Burke, M., Chong, V.Y., Chainarong, N. (2015) My deaf is not your deaf: realizing intersectional realities at Gallaudet University. In M. Friedner & A. Kusters (Eds.), It’s a small world: international deaf spaces and encounters (pp.262-274). Washington, D.C.: Gallaudet University Press

Saad, L. (2018). Me and white supremacy workbook. (p. 10). Retrieved from https://www.meandwhitesupremacybook.com/

 

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