I realized that there was a “deaf tax” in going to a predominantly hearing institution, and, as the only deaf...
ByAcademics' ProfilesAugust 28, 2024 Continue ReadingAs academics, our jobs require us to listen to others all the time—in our classes, in faculty meetings, in seminars, and when meeting...
ByMichele CookeFebruary 11, 2020Today, in spite of the presence and efforts of deaf academics and deaf advocacy organizations, hearing sign language linguists are most readily heeded,...
ByKristin SnoddonJuly 16, 2024-Ana Going on the job market was a fraught decision for me. As a postdoc considering tenure-track faculty positions, I relied on hearing...
ByAna CaicedoNovember 14, 2019By sharing various ways that we approach different challenges, we hope to build a community toolbox of solutions.
ByThe Mind Hears, Ana Caicedo, Michele CookeAugust 28, 2018The last year required a myriad of adjustments in our professional lives. For those of us in academia, much of it entailed moving our teaching and service to remote format....
ByThe Mind HearsDecember 2, 2021Instead of expecting me to strive to be a hearing professor, why not expect that each of us makes the classroom less disabling...
ByMichele CookeDecember 19, 2023As we know, the reality of "just switching to video chat classes" is NOT easy even for a hearing person teaching hearing people...
ByRyan SeslowApril 22, 2020This semester I am teaching a large lecture course with about 175 students. I have taught this course 6 times before, with enrollment...
ByAna CaicedoNovember 20, 2018This is a repost of The best laid plans from Dr. Rachel Obbard’s blog Pandemic Pedagogy. The post is the first in a series that chronicle...
ByThe Mind HearsMay 12, 2020