SARAH FISH 621 Commonwealth Ave. Programs in Deaf Studies, Boston University Boston, MA 02215 Safish@Bu.Edu

SARAH FISH 621 Commonwealth Ave. Programs in Deaf Studies, Boston University Boston, MA 02215 [email protected]

EDUCATION

Boston University Boston, MA Ph.D. Candidate, Applied Linguistics Dissertation: Vocabulary Episodes in American Sign Language and English: What they can tell us about the linguistic landscape of a bilingual school for the Deaf

University of Virginia Charlottesville, VA M.A.T., German Language & Literature/Secondary Education 1993

University of Virginia Charlottesville, VA B.A. (with honors), German Language & Literature/Foreign Affairs 1990

FELLOWSHIPS & AWARDS

VL2 Pre-Doctoral Fellow Boston University Visual Language & Visual Learning Center (VL2) Sep. 2009-Sep. 2011 Science of Learning Center award from NSF

ACADEMIC EMPLOYMENT

Assessing ASL Knowledge and its Relationship to Boston University Reading English in Deaf Children Sep. 2011-present Discretionary grant award from the US Dept. of Education Graduate Student Research Assistant

Development of ASL Content Standards for Grades K-12 Boston University Contract awarded by The Clerc Center, Gallaudet University March 2011-present Research Faculty

Kuntze Lab Boston University Visual Language & Visual Learning Center (VL2) Jan. 2007-Sep. 2009 Science of Learning Center award from NSF Graduate Research Assistant/Lab Manager (Supervisor: Dr. Marlon Kuntze)

Programs in Deaf Studies Boston University Grants Administrator Sept. 2004–Dec. 2006

Programs in Deaf Studies Summer Institutes Boston University Assistant Director Jan. 2005–Dec. 2006 • Content Vocabulary for Educational Interpreters Institute • How to Teach Reading Skills to Students who are Deaf and Hard of Hearing Institute

Programs in Deaf Studies Summer Institutes Boston University Project Coordinator May 2004–Dec. 2004 • Content Vocabulary for Educational Interpreters Institute

Programs in Deaf Studies Boston University Instructor Jan. 2004–June 2013 • Introduction to Language & Linguistics • Language Acquisition • The Structure of American Sign Language • Special Topics in Deaf Studies: Critical Theory & Cultural Identity

Modern Foreign Languages & Literature Boston University Instructor Sept. 2003–Dec. 2003 • Second-semester German • Fourth-semester German

Program in Applied Linguistics Boston University Program Assistant Aug. 2003–June 2004

Literacy Testing & Supplementary Instruction Boston University Graduate Assistant Aug. 2003–June 2004

PUBLICATIONS

Fish, S. & Hoffmeister, R. (in preparation) The relationship of ASL rare vocabulary knowledge to English vocabulary knowledge and reading comprehension in Deaf children.

Novogrodsky, R., Caldwell-Harris, C., Fish, S. & Hoffmeister, R. (forthcoming). The development of antonym knowledge in American Sign Language (ASL) and its relationship to reading comprehension in English.

Novogrodsky, R., Fish, S. & Hoffmeister, R. (2014). The acquisition of synonyms in American Sign Language (ASL): Toward a further understanding of the components of ASL vocabulary knowledge. Sign Language Studies, 14(2).

Allen, S., Genesee, F., Fish, S., & Crago, M. (2009). Typological constraints on code mixing in Inuktitut- English bilingual adults. In M.-A. Mahieu & N. Tersis (Eds.), Variations on Polysynthesis: The Eskaleut Languages (pp. 273-306). Amsterdam: Benjamins.

Fish, S., Morén, B., Hoffmeister, R. & Schick, B. (2003). The acquisition of classifier phonology in ASL by Deaf children: Evidence from descriptions of objects in specific spatial arrangements. In B. Beachley, A. Brown, & F. Conlin, (Eds.), Proceedings of the 27th Annual Boston University Conference on Language Development (Vol. 1, pp. 252-263). Somerville, MA: Cascadilla Press.

Allen, S.E.M., Genesee, F.H., Fish, S.A. & Crago, M.B. (2002). Patterns of code mixing in English- Inuktitut bilinguals. In M. Andronis, C. Ball, H. Elston & S. Neuvel (Eds.), Proceedings of the 37th Annual Meeting of the Chicago Linguistic Society (Vol. 2, pp. 171-188). Chicago, IL: Chicago Linguistic Society.

Fish, S. (2002) Book review of “Bilingual acquisition: Theoretical Implications of a Case Study” (Deuchar & Quay). Linguistics, 40(5), 1087-1090.

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INVITED PUBLICATIONS

Visual Language and Visual Learning Science of Learning Center. (June 2012). The Benefits of Bilingualism (Research Brief No. 7). Washington, DC: Sarah Fish and Jill P. Morford.

Hoffmeister, R., Kuntze, M., & Fish, S. (2013). Assessing American Sign Language. In A.J. Kunnan (Ed.), The Companion to Language Assessment (Vol. 4: Assessment around the World). Malden, MA: Wiley- Blackwell.

REFERREED PRESENTATIONS

Benedict, R., Hoffmeister, R., Fish, S., Henner, J., Novogrodsky, R., Rosenburg, P., & Conlin-Luippold, F. (April 2014). “For good English reading skills, start with ASL vocabulary knowledge.” (presentation) American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA.

Henner, J., Hoffmeister, R., Fish, S., Benedict, R., Rosenburg, P., & Conlin-Luippold, F. (April 2014). “Within reason: The development of analogical reasoning in deaf children.” (poster) American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA.

Rosenburg, P., Hoffmeister, R., Benedict, R., Conlin-Luippold, F., DiDonna, D., Fish, S., & Henner, J. (March 2014) “The development of a language assessment: ASLAI.” (workshop) SL2Hub, Gallaudet University, Washington, D.C.

Hoffmeister, R., Fish, S., Henner, J., Benedict, R., Rosenburg, P., & Conlin-Luippold, F. (January 2014). “Does knowledge of American Sign Language (ASL) vocabulary predict English reading ability for Deaf students?” (presentation) Linguistic Society of America Annual Meeting, Minneapolis, MN.

Hoffmeister, R., Novogrodsky, R., Caldwell-Harris, C., Fish, S., & Benedict, R. (November 2013). “ASL vocabulary knowledge eliminates the advantage of Deaf parents for English reading comprehension.” (poster) 38th Annual Boston University Conference on Language Development, Boston, MA.

Caldwell, C., Novogrodsky, R.,Hoffmeister, R., Fish, S., Henner, J., Benedict, R., & Rosenburg, P. (October 2013). “L1 ability is a better predictor than age for L2 reading comprehension for deaf readers.” (poster) International Conference on Multilingualism, Montreal, Canada.

Hoffmeister, R., Benedict, R., Henner, J., Fish, S. & Rosenburg, P. (June 2013). “American Sign Language Assessment Instrument: Measuring Success.” (presentation) The Convention of American Instructors of the Deaf. Rochester, NY.

Fish, S. (April 2013). “Can Vocabulary Knowledge in a Sign Language Support Literacy in a Spoken Language?” (presentation in symposium entitled “Development and Findings of the ASLAI: Preventing and Measuring the Effects of Language Poverty”) American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA.

Hoffmeister, R. & Fish, S. (April 2013). “The relationship of ASL vocabulary knowledge to English reading ability in ASL-English bilinguals.” (presentation in symposium entitled “The Relationship Between an L1 and L2 in Different Modalities: Evidence from ASL-English Bilinguals”) Society for Research in Child Development Biennial Meeting, Seattle, Washington.

Hoffmeister, R., Novogrodsky, R., Fish, S., Benedict, R., Henner, J., & Rosenburg, P. (March 2013). “Identifying Age-related Acquisition of ASL in DCDP and DCHP and Identifying Profiles of Deaf Language Learners using the American Sign Language Assessment Instrument (ASLAI).” (presentation) The 1st Symposium on Sign Language Acquisition, Lisbon, Portugal.

Hoffmeister, R., Benedict, R., Fish, S., Henner, J., Rosenburg, P., & McMillan, J. (February 2013). “The Revised Version of the American Sign Language Assessment Instrument (ASLAI).” (symposium

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presentation) Association of College Educators of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing conference, Santa Fe, NM.

Novogrodsky, R., Fish, S., & Hoffmeister, R. (January 2013). “The development of semantic and phonological knowledge of native signers of American Sign Language.” (presentation) Linguistic Society of America Annual Meeting, Boston, MA.

Fish, S., Novogrodsky, R., & Hoffmeister, R. (January 2013). “Synonyms and non-native ASL users: The power of phonology.” (poster) Linguistic Society of American Annual Meeting, Boston, MA.

Fish, S., Novogrodsky, R., & Hoffmeister, R. (November 2012). “The relationship between L1 antonym knowledge in a sign language (ASL) and L2 reading comprehension in a spoken language (English).” (poster) 37th Annual Boston University Conference on Language Development, Boston, MA.

Fish, S., Novogrodsky, R., & Hoffmeister, R. (October 2012). “Semantic and phonological knowledge in early and late learners of American Sign Language (ASL)” (poster) The 31st Second Language Research Forum, Pittsburgh, PA.

Novogrodsky, R., Fish, S., & Hoffmeister, R. (June 2012). “The semantic and phonological knowledge of deaf children acquiring American Sign Language (ASL) as demonstrated by their performance on a test of ASL antonyms.” (poster) 33rd Annual Symposium on Research in Child Language Disorders, Madison, WI.

Novogrodsky, R., Fish, S., & Hoffmeister, R. (June 2012). “The acquisition of synonyms in American Sign Language (ASL): A further understanding of the components of ASL vocabulary knowledge.” (poster) 33rd Annual Symposium on Research in Child Language Disorders, Madison, WI.

Hoffmeister, R., and Fish, S. (March 2011). “ASL assessment to help predict reading development in Deaf children.” (presentation) Society for Research in Child Development Pre-conference on Deaf and Hard of Hearing Children, Montreal, Canada.

Fish, S. and Kuntze, M. (March 2011). “The effects of participant structures on vocabulary episodes in an ASL-English bilingual classroom.” (poster) Fourth Annual Inter-Science of Learning Center Student and Post-Doc Conference, Washington, DC.

Kuntze, M., Goodman, C., Berlove, N., Fish, S., & Mesh, K. (November 2010). “A language with polycomponential vocabulary: Issues of linguistic typology and the analysis of ASL language development.” 35th Annual Boston University Conference on Language Development, Boston, MA.

Hoffmeister, R., Fish, S., Kuntze, M., & Caldwell-Harris, C. (Oct. 2010). “Cognitive and linguistic control in verbs of motion and location: Acquiring plural & arrangement.” (poster) Theoretical Issues in Sign Language Research Conference, West Lafayette, IN.

Fish, S. and Hoffmeister, R. (Oct. 2010). “The relationship between vocabulary knowledge in ASL and English.” (poster) Theoretical Issues in Sign Language Research Conference, West Lafayette, IN.

Fish, S. and Kuntze, M. (May 2010). “Vocabulary Episodes in a Third Grade ASL-English Bilingual Classroom: Insights into Vocabulary Acquisition.” (symposium presentation) Third Annual Inter-Science of Learning Center Student and Post-Doc Conference, Boston, MA.

Hoffmeister, R., Fish, S., Kuntze, M., & Czubek, T. (March 2010). “Ensuring Success for Deaf Children: ASL as a Foundation for English.” WI Educational Services Program-Deaf and Hard of Hearing 2010 Conference for Professionals and Families, Madison, WI.

Berlove, N., Fish, S., Goodman, C., Kim, K., et al. (Feb. 2009). “Analysis of Video Data: A Collaborative Workshop (LIFE and VL2).” (workshop presentation) Second Annual Inter-Science of Learning Center Student and Post-Doc Conference, Seattle, WA.

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Fish, S. & Kuntze, M. (Feb. 2008). “Vocabulary acquisition in an ASL-English bilingual classroom: The contribution of Vocabulary Episodes.” (poster) First Annual Inter-Science of Learning Center Student and Post-Doc Conference, Pittsburgh, PA.

Fish, S., Hoffmeister, R., McVey, R., & Clinton, L. (Nov. 2006). “Bilingualism in two modalities: The relationship between L1 vocabulary in ASL and L2 reading abilities in English in Deaf children.” 31st Annual Boston University Conference on Language Development, Boston, MA.

Fish, S., Hoffmeister, R., & Williams McVey, R. (June 2006). “The relationship between knowledge of rare vocabulary in ASL (L1) and reading comprehension in English (L2) in Deaf children.” AAAL- ACLA/CAAL Conference, Montreal, Canada.

Fish, S., Hoffmeister, R., & Williams McVey, R. (May 2006). “Bilingualism in two modalities: The relationship between L1 vocabulary in ASL and L2 reading abilities in English in Deaf children.” (poster) Language Acquisition and Bilingualism Conference, Toronto, Canada.

Brendel, S., Hoffmeister, R., & Fish, S. (July 2005). “Deaf children acquiring ASL classifiers: Examples of three real object representations.” 20th International Conference on the Education of the Deaf, Maastricht, The Netherlands.

Brendel, S., Hoffmeister, R., & Fish, S. (July 2005). “Deaf children acquiring ASL classifiers: Errors and Pattern of Development in a Signed Language.” 10th International Congress for the Study of Child Language, Berlin, Germany.

Fish, S., Hoffmeister, R. & Thrasher, M. (July 2005). “Knowledge of rare vocabulary in ASL (L1) and its relationship to vocabulary knowledge in English (L2) in Deaf children.” 10th International Congress for the Study of Child Language, Berlin, Germany.

Gabrielson, E., Hoffmeister, R., & Fish, S. (January 2005). “Acquisition of Verb Agreement in American Sign Language: A special focus on non-native signing children.” 3rd Annual Hawaii International Conference on Arts and Humanities, Honolulu, HI.

Allen, S.E.M., Genesee, F.H., Fish, S.A., Zwanziger, E.E. & Crago, M.B. (April 2003). "Code-mixing in child Inuktitut-English bilinguals: Nonce borrowing as strategy?" 4th International Symposium on Bilingualism, Tempe, AZ.

Allen, S.E.M., Genesee, F.H., & Fish, S.A. (March 2003). "The effect of typological differences in language contact: Code-mixing in adult Inuktitut-English bilinguals." Eighth Workshop on Structure and Constituency in the Languages of the Americas, Brandon, MB.

Fish, S., Hoffmeister, R., Allen, S.E.M., Morén, B., & Schick, B. (March 2003). “The acquisition of ASL classifier morphology in verbs of location: A closer look.” American Association of Applied Linguistics 2003 Annual Conference, Arlington, VA.

Fish, S., Morén, B., Hoffmeister, R. & Schick, B. (November 2002). “The acquisition of classifier phonology in ASL by Deaf children: Evidence from descriptions of objects in specific spatial arrangements.” 27th Annual Boston University Conference on Language Development, Boston, MA.

Allen, S.E.M., Genesee, F.H., Fish, S.A. & Crago, M.B. (April 2001). "Code mixing in English-Inuktitut bilinguals: The effect of language typology." 37th Annual Meeting of the Chicago Linguistic Society, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL.

Fish, S., Hoffmeister, R., Allen, S.E.M., & Schick, B. (November 2000). “The acquisition of classifier morphology in ASL by Deaf children: Evidence from descriptions of objects in specific spatial arrangements.” 25th Annual Boston University Conference on Language Development, Boston, MA.

Genesee, F.H., Allen, S.E.M., Fish, S.A. & Crago, M.B. (November 1999). "Linguistic constraints on child code-mixing: Evidence from Inuktitut-English bilingual children." 24th Annual Boston University Conference on Language Development, Boston, MA.

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INVITED LECTURES AND PRESENTATIONS

“The American Sign Language Assessment Instrument: March 2013 Exploring the L1/L2 relationship in Deaf children” Invited presentation with R. Hoffmeister at the Institute for Education Sciences Principal Investigator meeting, Washington, D.C.

“Classroom interactions about vocabulary: Do they matter?” July 2012 Invited presentation at the Literacy for Students who are Deaf or Hard-of-Hearing Institute, The Learning Center for the Deaf, Framingham, MA.

“Vocabulary episodes in English and American Sign Language: July 2012 A mixed methods study” Invited presentation at the Demystifying Academic Research for Interpreters workshop, Boston University Center for Interpreter Education.

“Data collection and special populations” Sept. 2010 Invited presentation at the VL2 Student Orientation retreat, Gallaudet University, Washington, D.C.

“The construct of plasticity: Language acquisition and the Deaf child” July 2010 Invited presentation at the CELEST Summer Workshop on Computational Neuroscience, Boston University, Boston, MA.

“Deafness and Deaf Culture” Feb. 2010 In-service presentation for Boston College Campus School faculty & staff, Boston College, Newton, MA

“Bilingualism and the Deaf” April 2007 Invited lecture at Boston College, Newton, MA.

“What can ASL tell us about language?” Nov. 2006 Invited lecture at Salem State College, Salem, MA.

“The Structure of ASL” Oct. 2006 Invited lecture at Brandeis University, Waltham, MA.

“Research in support of a bilingual-bicultural approach for April 2006 educating Deaf children” Invited lecture at SUNY-Geneseo, Geneseo, NY.

“Language and deaf/hard of hearing children” May 2005 Invited presentation at Next Steps Conference, Boxborough, MA.

“The acquisition of ASL classifiers in Deaf children” Feb. 2004 Invited lecture at the Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.

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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE & SERVICE

• Deaf Culture Day panelist, Newton North High School (2008-2014) • “What does it mean to be Deaf?” presentation to Benjamin Banneker Charter School 5th graders (2007- 2009) • “Growing up Deaf” presentation to Brookline 4th graders as part of district-wide disability awareness program (2008 and 2009) • Member, Certification Committee, National Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf (2014-present) • Member, VL2 Student Review Committee (2008-2010) • Member, Planning Committee, Inter-Science of Learning Center Conference (2010) • Member, Abstracts Committee, Inter-Science of Learning Center Conference (2008 and 2009) • Member, Abstracts Committee, Boston University Conference on Language Development (2002-2012) • Co-Organizer, 26th Annual Boston University Conference on Language Development (1999 and 2001) • Abstracts Committee Chair, 25th Annual Boston University Conference on Language Development (Summer 2000)

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

• Member, American Educational Research Association • Member, Linguistic Society of America • Member, National Association of the Deaf • Member, Sign Language Linguistics Society • Member, Society for Language Development • Member, Society for Research in Child Development

LANGUAGES (in order of proficiency)

English, American Sign Language, German

REFERENCES

Available upon request

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