Annual Report - May 2014 David Peikoff Chair of Deaf Studies Western Canadian Centre for Deaf Studies

“Working together to bridge research and community development.”

Preamble On July 1, 2013, Dr. Kristin Snoddon assumed the position of the David Peikoff Chair of Deaf Studies. Dr. Debra Russell continued in her position as the Director of the Western Canadian Centre for Deaf Studies on a part-time basis. Table of Contents As a result of this division of duties, this Preamble annual report will focus first, on the David Peikoff Chair of Deaf Studies Peikoff Chair of Deaf Studies activities Publications from July 1, 2013 – April 28, 2014 and Research second, on the Western Canadian Centre Presentations for Deaf Studies activities from July 1, Professional Community Service 2013 – April 30, 2014. Teaching & Graduate Supervision Western Canadian Centre for Deaf Studies Publications David Peikoff Chair of Presentations Research Deaf Studies Other WCCDS Activities Media Publications Teaching & Academic Committee Activities Upcoming Focus Dr. Shelley Taylor, Western University, and I are continuing to make plans to co- Transitional Issues edit a book with the working title of Alignment with the University of Alberta’s Four Adapting Learning Environments in One Cornerstones World with Many Languages. Among other contributions, this book will feature Acknowledgements papers from the International Applied Linguistics Association Conference taking

place in Australia in July 2014. We are currently preparing a book proposal for one of two different publishers who have been in touch with us about the book.

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Snoddon, K. (2014). Ways of taking from Allen, K.E., Langford, R., Nolan, K., books in ASL book sharing. McLeod, B., & Snoddon, K. (forthcoming Studies, 14(3), 338-359. 2014). Sensory impairments: Hearing and vision. In Inclusion in early childhood Snoddon, K. & Underwood, K. (2013). programs: Children with exceptionalities Toward a social relational model of Deaf (6th ed.) Toronto: Nelson Education. childhood. Disability & Society. DOI:10.1080/09687599.2013.823081 Snoddon, K. (forthcoming summer 2014). [Review of The Deaf House.] Sign Taylor, S.K. & Snoddon, K. (Eds.) (2013). Language Studies, 14(4). Plurilingualism in TESOL. Special issue of TESOL Quarterly. 47(3). Research

Snoddon, K. (2013). [Review of Growing A SSHRC Insight Grant application was Up with Languages: Reflections on submitted in February 2014. In February- Multilingual Childhoods.] TESOL Quarterly, March 2014, I worked with a Ph.D. 47(3), 660-662. student, Brent Novodvorski, who had a two-month research assistantship funded Snoddon, K. (forthcoming fall 2014). Baby by a Killam Research Operating Grant. sign as Deaf-gain. In H-D.L. Bauman & J.J. This RAship was for completing a Murray (Eds.), Deaf-gain and the future of literature review for my proposed SSHRC- human diversity. Minneapolis, MN: funded project for developing a parent University of Minnesota Press. ASL curriculum based in the Common European Framework of Reference for Snoddon, K. (2014). Hearing parents as Languages. plurilingual learners of ASL. In D. McKee, R. Rosen, & R.McKee (Eds.), Teaching and Brent and I are also team members in a learning of signed languages: International SSHRC Partnership Grant application for perspectives and practices (pp. 175-196). “Building a Canadian Engaged Inquiry Basingstoke, Hampshire: Palgrave Network” that was submitted by Dr. Rob Macmillan. Wilson, Professor of Philosophy and Educational Policy Studies at the Snoddon, K. (Ed.) (forthcoming fall 2014). University of Alberta. In addition, Brent Telling Deaf lives: Agents of change. and I have collaborated with Dr. Rob Washington, DC: Wilson on involving the Deaf community Press. in the University of Alberta’s Living Archives on Eugenics in Western Canada Czubek, T.A. & Snoddon, K. (forthcoming project. Currently, discussions are 2014). Deaf education philosophy and underway regarding next steps for models: Bilingualism (e.g., signed videotaping the stories of Deaf senior languages and written languages). In P. citizens following ethics review board Boudreault, G. Gertz, & J.G. Golson (Eds.), approval. The Deaf Studies Encyclopedia. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications. On 4 December 2013, I was notified by a colleague, Dr. Fatima Pirbhai-Illich, that our application for an internal University

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Conference Fund grant from the University of Regina was successful. We Snoddon, K. (2013, September 27 & 28). received $3,000 for the “First Western Toward a social relational model of Deaf Canada Conference on ASL-English childhood. Keynote presentation at the Deaf Bilingual Education.” It was decided that Alberta Expo, Calgary, AB. this event, originally planned for April 2014, will be rescheduled for October 17, Snoddon, K. (2013, August 16). Hearing 2014. Joanne Weber, who worked on this parents as plurilingual learners of ASL. grant application with Dr. Pirbhai-Illich Paper presented at Interdisciplinary and myself, has been successful at raising Approaches to Multilingualism 2013 additional funds, and the David Peikoff Conference, University of Calgary, AB. Chair of Deaf Studies and Western Canada Centre on Deaf Studies have committed Professional Community Service $5,000 to sponsor 2 ASL-English interpreters for this conference. 2004-present: Member of Deaf Children’s Sign Language Rights Task Internally Funded Research: Killam Force Research Fund, University of Alberta. Evaluating a curriculum framework for Reviewer of Journals, Book Proposals, teaching sign language to parents of deaf and Conference Proposals: children: $5,886. 2014: Critical Inquiry in Language Studies SIGN7 Academic Committee (International Conference of Sign Presentations Language Users) Abstracts for joint presentations have been submitted to the International 2013: Critical Inquiry in Language Studies Congress on the Education of the Deaf Disability and Rehabilitation (Athens, Greece, July 2015) and to the World Congress of Modern Languages For the remainder of my first year (April- (Niagara Falls, ON, March 2015). June 2014), in addition to work related to the above listed activities, I attended the My other presentations from this year are Canadian Association of Second Language as follows: Teachers’ Common European Framework of Reference for Languages Research Snoddon, K. (2014, July 18). Toward a Forum on May 25, 2014 in St. Catharines, social relational model of Deaf childhood. Ontario. Presentation at the Canadian Deaf Women’s Conference, Montreal, QC. Teaching & Graduate Supervision

Snoddon, K. (2014, March 1). Ryerson University School of Disability Incorporating plurilingual approaches in Studies Courses: sign language early intervention. Presentation for Building the Capacity of Spring (2014): DST 604 Introduction to Deaf Communities through Applied Sign Deaf Studies Linguistics, University of Central Lancashire, Preston, UK.

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University of Alberta Department of Western Canadian Centre Educational Psychology Courses: for Deaf Studies Winter (2014): EDPY 472 Introduction to Language Development Publications

Fall (2013): EDPY 470 Deaf Studies: An Russell, D. (2014). Book forward for Deaf Introduction and Survey and Hard of Hearing Children in General Education: The Millennial Generation and Fall (2013): EDPY 699 ASL-English their Allies Speak Out by Gina Oliva and Bilingual Pedagogical Approaches Linda Lytle. Washington, DC: Gallaudet University Press. Graduate Supervision (In Progress): Brent Novodvorski (Ph.D. student). Using Stone C. & Russell, D. (2014). Interpreting ASL to support Deaf students’ learning of in : Decisions of Deaf English grammar. Co-supervisor with and non-Deaf interpreters. In B. Costello, Leila Ranta, University of Alberta. M. Thumann & R. Shaw (Eds.) WASLI 2011 Conference Proceedings of the 4th Graduate Committee Membership (In Conference of the World Association of Progress): Sign Language Interpreters Durban, South Rouzbeh Ghahreman (Ph.D. candidate). Africa, July 14-16, 2011 (pp. 100-119). Deaf postsecondary students: Satisfaction with e-learning environments. Supervised Roberson, L., Russell, D., & Shaw, R. by Dr. Lynn McQuarrie, University of (2014). Legal interpreting: A North Alberta. American Survey. In B. Costello, M. Thumann & R. Shaw (Eds.) WASLI 2011 External Examiner for Doctoral Conference Proceedings of the 4th Dissertations and Master’s Theses: Conference of the World Association of Doré, Christina. (2014) Exploring teacher Sign Language Interpreters Durban, South perceptions of a textbook-free ASL Africa, July 14-16, 2011 (pp. 65-100). program at a Canadian university: A qualitative mixed-methods study. Malcolm, K. & Russell, D. (2013). Co- Carleton University, May 2014. mentoring: Accountability in Action. In B. Winston & R. Lee (Eds). Mentoring and Sign Language Interpreting. (pp.97-103) Washington, DC. : Gallaudet University Press.

Russell, D. (2013). Book Review: Conference interpreting: a student’s practice guide. AIIC. http://aiic.net/page/6626/book-review- conference-interpreting-a-student-s- practice-book-by-andrew-gillies/lang/1

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Russell, D. (2013). Convergence and a Call Russell, D. (April 17, to Action. In E. Winston and C. 2014). Ethics and Monikowski (Eds.) Evolving Paradigms in interpreters: Interpreter Education. (pp. 188-191) Building Washington, DC: Gallaudet University Collaborative Press. Communities through ethical Russell, D. & Arthur, B. (2013). practices. StreetLeverage.com: A social web for Presentation given interpreter educators. International at the Hear our Journal of Interpreter Educators, 5(1), 72- Voice: Empowering the Deaf Conference. 76. Kalamati Centre: Dubai, UAE. Ehrlich, S, Russell, D. & Vance, K. (March Russell, D. and Allen, C. (2013). Book 29, 2014) Community, connection and forward for Napier, J., & McKee, R., & collaboration: Use of IPads to bridge Goswell, D. (Sign language interpreting: access. Presentation given at the Theory & practice – Serbian version). International Symposium on Signed Translated and adapted by Desanka Zizic Language Interpretation and Translation & Vera Jovanovic. Serbia Research. Gallaudet University: Washington, D.C. Forestal, E. & Russell, D. (2013) Book Review: Service Learning in Interpreter Russell, D. & Winston, B. (March 29, Education: strategies for extending 2014). Tapping into the interpreting student involvement in the Deaf process: An analysis of Think Aloud Community. International Journal of Protocols. Presentation given at the Interpreter Educators, 5(2), 11-114. International Symposium on Signed Language Interpretation and Translation Russell, D. (accepted for publication) Research. Gallaudet Interpreting and access. Deaf University: Washington, D.C. Encyclopedia. Patrick Boudroult and Genie Gertz (Eds). Sage Publications. Russell, D. & Shaw, R. (March 28, 2014). Interpreting decisions and power: Legal Russell, D. (accepted for publication) discourse or legal discord. Presentation for Interpreting categories. Deaf the International Symposium on Signed Encyclopedia. Patrick Boudroult and Language Interpretation and Translation Genie Gertz (Eds). Sage Publications Research. Gallaudet University: Washington, D.C. Presentations Russell, D. (March 17, 2014). Controversy Abstracts for a presentation has been in the Classroom. Panelist in a 2 hour submitted to the International Congress webinar for National Consortium of on the Education of the Deaf (Athens, Interpreter Education Centres, Boston, Greece, July 2015). Mass.

My other presentations from this year are Russell, D. (March 2014). So you want to as follows: be an interpreter: Approaches to

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Professional Practice. Four-day project. symposium given at the Prince Salman Disability Research Centre, Riyad, Saudi Ukrainian Sign Language Interpreter Arabia. Training Project – Dr. Roman Petryshen, MacEwan University and I worked on a Russell, D. (October 2013). Reflections on SSHRC proposal during August to Current Interpreter Practices: A Global October, 2013, however in November the Perspective. Panel presentation for the Ukrainian partners indicated that they Australian Sign Language Interpreters were not in a position to offer the Association Annual Conference. Sydney, research project that would mentor Australia. teachers in the use of Ukrainian Sign Language as the language of instruction. Russell, D. & Allen, C. (October 2013). We continue to dialogue with them WFD and WASLI: Collaboration in Action. however given the political context in Presentation for the Ordinary Members over the past months, we have Workshop, World Federation of the Deaf not been able to move forward on any Second International Conference. Sydney, shared international projects. Australia. Deaf Seniors and Social Isolation – this Russell, D. & Shaw. R. (October 2013). research project is coming into the final Interpreting Decisions and Power: Legal months. We have completed the final Discourse or Legal Discord? Presentation interviews with the deaf participants in for the Interpreting and Translation Edmonton and Calgary and will conduct Seminar Series. University of New South two Remote Video Tests using the IPADS. Wales, Dept. of Interpretation and Funding for this project was from the Translation. Sydney, Australia. Government of Canada, New Horizons program and per the conditions of the Russell, D. (2013, July). Research grant, the Ipads and tablets will be Implications on Interpreters: International donated to the Alberta Association of the Perspectives. Presentation for Second Deaf and used in the Deaf community. Latin American Conference of Sign The final report was due March 31, 2014. Language Interpreters, Rio de Janerio, I presented some of the findings during a Brazil conference at Gallaudet University in Washington, DC on March 27, 2014. Research Power and Legal Discourse – Dr. Risa Interpreting in Teams at International Shaw, Gallaudet University and I Conferences – Dr. Christopher Stone and concluded data analysis and have had one I have a chapter accepted for publication publication accepted and a second in an edited volume on Deaf interpreting. manuscript is in progress. We have one We have published one article from the PhD student from Gallaudet University study based on our presentation in working with us on this project. I Durban South Africa in July 2011. We presented with Dr. Shaw on March 26, have two PhD student from Gallaudet 2014 at an International Interpreting University working with us on this Research Symposium at Galluadet

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University, Washington, DC. North America, interpreter selection, risk management and so on. She has now Deaf Jury Study – Dr. Sandra Hale, begun her residency and we are thrilled University of New South Wales. We have for her and our University. received funding for this Australian study and work began on this study in July 2013. I have consulted on the methodology issues, which will include the use of mock trials and participant preparation for experiments. Dr. Jemina Napier, Heriot-Watt University and myself viewed 5 days of a Deaf jury selection process in Rochester NY from March 31-April 04, 2014, and refined our assessment tools to be used in the study.

Other WCCDS Activities Community Lecture: Expert Witness Consultation: Over the On November, 7, 2013, Brent past year we have participated in three Novodvorski shared with the community major trials involving Deaf people. I have his experiences of attending the written expert witness reports that relate Theoretical Issues in Sign Language to interpretation matters, and have Research summer school conference in testified in two of the cases. We have also London, England. He delivered a supported the Canadian Hearing Society presentation at the Edmonton in Toronto in preparing a Deaf expert Association of Deaf Community Centre. witness for a trial. During August 2013, I was an expert witness in a trial in Jones Memorial Lecture: Dr. Ruth Yellowknife, NWT. Warick gave the Jones Memorial Lecture on April 10, 2014. Dr. Snoddon and I Gallaudet University: I continue to collaborated on all planning aspects. mentor two PhD students from Gallaudet There were some 43 participants joining University who are working with me on us via the live streaming option and two research projects. another 55 who attended in person. Dr. Warick’s addressed several key issues impacting hard of hearing people and the Deaf Medical Resident and U of A types of activities that are occurring at Hospital: Dr. Jessica Dunkley was to the international level. Her presentation begin a five-year residency at the can be found at: University Hospital in July 2013. http://new.livestream.com/aict/jmrl Unfortunately, Alberta Heath Services would not approve all aspects of the Guest Editor: I edited a special volume residency program. I attended a high of the International Journal of level meeting with University of Alberta Translation and Interpretation, with representatives and Alberta Health selected papers from researchers Services in Oct 2013 in order to provide focused on signed language information about Deaf physicians in

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Media Transitional Issues Website: The WCCDS website has been Given Dr. Snoddon will be leaving us, I organized per the University of Alberta will continue to work with Dean Snart templates and is now hosted by the and the Peikoff Trustees to deal with the university server. recruitment processes and transition

issues. Newsletter: Produced and distributed a

Fall 2013 newsletter. I have been available to Dr. Kristin Snoddon during the past few months to Teaching & Academic Committee provide orientation and support. Our Activities current focus is to create an Advisory Educational Psychology 456 (Sept. – Dec., Committee Terms of Reference in keeping with the University of Alberta’s direction 2013). Taught one section of EDPY 456 to Centres and Institutes and to update on-line and provided support to Tatum the WCCDS strategic plan, prior to Dr. Doris who taught the Face-to-Face section Snoddon leaving. of EDPY 456 for the first time. Attended two workshops provided by the Alignment with the Provost’s office for Centre Directors on financial management and creating University of Alberta’s advisory committees. Four Cornerstones

Upcoming Focus We remain relevant and responsive as the Dr. Snoddon has accepted a tenure-track only Centre in Canada focused on Deaf position with Carleton University, starting Studies initiatives and Deaf community July 01, 2014. We wish her the very best partnerships, and the only endowed chair – we are sad to see her leave after being of Deaf studies in the world, by observing with us for this year, however we are also the University of Alberta’s four thrilled for the opportunities she has at Carleton. cornerstones:

Continue to serve as the Open Forum 1. Talented People Editor on the Editorial Board of the International Journal of Interpreter 2. Learning, Discovery, and Education and reviewer. Citizenship

Continue to serve as a reviewer for the 3. Connecting Communities Journal of Interpretation. 4. Transformative Organization and Support

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Talented People and Connecting Communities Our research lectures invite intellectual Our activities continue to support the openness and opportunities for ongoing University of Alberta as we have included dialogue and discussion about areas of a focus on partnerships with importance to the deaf and hard of organizations and institutions that serve hearing community. We continue to non-traditional students. By virtue of make the lectures accessible to all language and culture, deaf and hard of Canadians who have access to the hearing students are seen as non- Internet, through video-streaming traditional, and as a multi-cultural technology. community of learners, they often face multiple barriers. We are building We were able to successfully recruit a bridges between the University David Peikoff Chair of Deaf Studies. Dr. community and the larger community, Kristin Snoddon began July 01, 2013 and ensuring that prospective deaf and hard completed one year before being offered a of hearing students consider the tenure track position. We have had University of Alberta as a welcoming interest in the position without learning environment that can advertising for the next chair, which accommodate their learning needs. Our indicated the visibility of the position and Centre celebrates and draws upon opportunity at the University of Alberta. diversity by hiring deaf employees who use and all of Learning, Discovery and our research affiliates possess American Citizenship Sign Language fluency. In addition, our We continue to support national and research lectures focus on evidence-based international research collaborations, as research in their field of Deaf Studies, and evidenced through the research projects features scholars from Canada and from described in this report. As well, our other countries. Centre has offered mentorship and learning opportunities to undergraduate Our partnerships with school boards in and graduate students both at the Edmonton and Calgary, our collaboration University of Alberta and Gallaudet with many community organizations such University in Washington DC, which as the Canadian Cultural Society of the offers the only PhD program in Deaf, the Alberta Cultural Society of the interpretation, and our Centre was Deaf and the Canadian Hard of Hearing invited to work and mentor three of their Association allow us to identify research PhD students. By serving on the challenges and to provide life-long international board of directors for the learning opportunities for teachers and World Association of Sign Language community members. Interpreters, we are also building

9 Annual Report - May 2014 international relationships that create The Peikoff Trustees: Martin Coutts, Dr. initiatives to foster mutual Christina Renaldi and Dr. Jill McClay. understanding, advance human rights agendas, and to further enhance the Dr. Jacqueline Leighton, Chair of the quality of life for all deaf and hard of Department of Educational Psychology. hearing citizens. Finally, we continue to collaborate with the Ukrainian Resource Dr. Fern Snart, Dean of Education. and Development Centre at MacEwan University, supporting our international I am also grateful for the support that I partnership work with Deaf communities have enjoyed from our three Deaf in Ukraine. This is work that has been research assistants, Damian Karl, Rebecca sustained over the past 14 years, Lehman, and Dena Ruiter-Koopman. beginning with the late Dr. Rodda, and over the years we have offered significant To Robin Demko our sincere thanks for learning exchanges for Ukrainian her hard work over the past nine years graduate students through our Centre, in that ensured our activities are carried out addition to supporting linguistic research efficiently and effectively. on Ukrainian Sign Language. Questions or feedback about the work Transformative Learning and Support conducted in our area can be directed to Our Centre continues to contribute to the [email protected] or telephone: Faculty of Education by developing and 780-492-1156. delivering meaningful course work, and we contributed the development of online You can also review the annual report on courses and served as a mentor to a new our website at: staff person teaching EDPY 456. http://www.wccds.ualberta.ca/

Finally, we continue to communicate Respectfully submitted, with both the internal and external university community by producing regular newsletters, written reports to Peikoff Trustees, Dean Snart, and Dr. Kristin Snoddon Leighton and maintaining a current web David Peikoff Chair of Deaf Studies and electronic presence.

Acknowledgements

I wish to thank the following people for Debra Russell their continued support, encouragement, WCCDS Director wisdom and guidance:

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