deaf academics
Profile: Dr. John Dennehy
Background? I was born deaf. At the time, my family had recently moved to rural New Hampshire. Early on, my parents struggled because I did not hit age-appropriate...
Three reasons why I chose industry research over academia
-Alex Lu After a long five years, my stint as a PhD student was finally reaching its end – and that meant I...
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...
Eloquence is Overrated…and Exhausting
–Hi there. I’m Sara, and I’m almost deaf. As folks with hearing loss, we have been trained to speak clearly so that we...
Making your in-person and remote workplaces accessible for your deaf/HoH colleagues
The Mind Hears annual post on how to make your in-person and remote academic workplace accessible to deaf/HoH colleagues.
Conquering faculty meetings (or not…) when deaf/hard of hearing
-Ana Making it as a deaf/hard of hearing (HoH) academic can often feel like a game of whack-a-mole. Between research activities, teaching duties,...
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...
To Hear, or Not to Hear? The Mental Gymnastics of Hearing Device Use
-Sarah Sparks I had planned to write this post about listening fatigue, but as I began writing I realized that a related yet...
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...
