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profiles of D/deaf and hard of hearing academics
Profile: Dr. Stephanie W. Cawthon
Where did you go to school? After early childhood in a segregated setting for students with disabilities in Canada, I was in mainstream...
Profile: Dr. Hilde Haualand
Background? I am a deaf multilingual in several signed and written languages (and selectively and contextually, sometimes also spoken languages), who grew up...
Profile: Dr. Maartje De Meulder
Background? I was born in Flanders, Belgium to hearing (non-signing) parents. I am the oldest of four. I grew up hard-of-hearing and became...
Profile: Dr. Khadijat Rashid
. Background? I’m deaf, as in profoundly, deeply deaf. I can’t even use hearing aids because they are worthless for me, though I...
Profile: Dr. Jaipreet Virdi
I try to hold my own work at the accessibility standards I want to see for everyone.
Profile: Dr. Paige Glotzer
I finally realized: if I wanted to be a historian, I was going to have to do not just the work my peers...
Profile: Alex Lu
PhD Student, University of Toronto, Canada Field of expertise: Computational Biology Years of experience (since start of PhD): 5 years Describe your hearing: Profoundly deaf; I’m...
Profile: Dr. Stephanie Kerschbaum
Associate Professor of English, University of Delaware, Newark, DE, USA Field of expertise: Writing Studies Describe your hearing: I wear two behind-the-ear hearing...
Profile: Dr. Oliver Lamb
Advice to former self: Be more confident in our own abilities, but don’t be afraid to ask for help on even the most...
