profiles of D/deaf and hard of hearing academics
Background? I am a deaf multilingual in several signed and written languages (and selectively and contextually, sometimes also spoken languages), who grew up...
March 31, 2021Background? 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...
January 25, 2021. Background? I’m deaf, as in profoundly, deeply deaf. I can’t even use hearing aids because they are worthless for me, though I...
October 30, 2020I try to hold my own work at the accessibility standards I want to see for everyone.
September 16, 2020I finally realized: if I wanted to be a historian, I was going to have to do not just the work my peers...
July 14, 2020PhD 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...
March 4, 2020Associate Professor of English, University of Delaware, Newark, DE, USA Field of expertise: Writing Studies Describe your hearing: I wear two behind-the-ear hearing...
January 22, 2020Advice to former self: Be more confident in our own abilities, but don’t be afraid to ask for help on even the most...
October 22, 2019