🚀 Call for Papers: #DeafTech2026. We want anything on tech + deaf experiences. Deaf interpreters using captions, deaf animator & game devs, speech-to-text in daily life, sign language AI, VR/AR, media & streaming and more critical/theoretical reflections. Deadline: 8 Dec AOE www.deaftech26.eu/cfp

In the Spotlight: Dr. Joseph Hill Dr. Hill will be joining us at the 2026 LSA Annual Meeting for the Plenary Address! Dr. Hill is Professor of Deaf Studies and Linguistics and Director of the Center for Black Deaf Studies at Gallaudet University. Don’t miss this session! cvent.me/9Mdr3G

This does look intriguing - I can't wait to read it!

Jonathan Kasstan@jrkasstan.bsky.social · 11mo ago

September issue of @jslx.bsky.social is out with some very touching contributions @lhlew.bsky.social @betsysneller.bsky.social #linguistics

Get the most up-to-date list of BEI trilingual certificate holders. LINK: bit.ly/3VkL6q6 NOTE: The trilingual certification BEI offers is unparalleled, as it validates interpreters’ abilities in Spanish, ASL, and English - something no other professional organization does.

Can we just acknowledge that the fall semester started, and we survived it? Hooray for us! Because the stress I put on myself to answer emails, attend meetings, create syllabi, develop the courses on Canvas, AND get all my clothes washed or in the cleaners was overwhelming.

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If you'd like to attend the Sign Language Contact Variation and Change conference on Thursday 21 and Friday 22 August (this week!) make sure you have registered here! The Zoom link (including interpretation into English) will be sent to those who have registered. sites.google.com/view/slcvc-w...

SLCVC2025 Conference - Registration

Registration The 'Sign Language Contact, Variation, and Change' Conference is free to attend, but we would like everyone who is coming to register please. We would like EVERYONE to register - both pr...

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Registered!

EDI Caucus@edicaucus.bsky.social · 12mo ago

Coming up on 4 September 13:00-14:00, we'll hear about the method of literature reviews using the case study of one conducted on black women academics' experience in the UK. Ideal for EDI practitioners as well as students of social sciences. go.hw.ac.uk/EDICa/Semina... #EDI #DEI #AcademicSky

Sharing my article regarding my use of AI: "To be or NOT to be dependent on interpreters?" - available in ASL & written English. Inspired by my experience at TISLR15, surrounded by the scholars I respect so much - had to tag @linasigns.bsky.social @jaceyhill.bsky.social and @d7play.bsky.social

A new book has been released. Book cover with my painting “Like a River.” More info at: brill.com and books.google.com/books?id=gKF... #nancyrourke

Thanks TISLR15 for sending us pictures today! Downloaded a few that I didn't have. Gotta love these facial expressions!

The winter 2025 issue of Sign Language Studies is now available! The table of contents is below. Check it out on @projectmuse.bsky.social or subscribe here: gupress.gallaudet.edu/Journals/Sig...

My first US dissertation defense as a committee member is today. Oh my! I remember how much my US Southern culture impacted my own viva. I was just the most respectful little thing. Had no idea until the END that they wanted me to stand in what I believe. Little did they know, ha!

Deadlines for abstracts for the first ever Sign Language Contact, Variation and Change conference at @unibirmingham.bsky.social is 30 March! sites.google.com/view/slcvc-w...

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This is exciting, for sure!

JeminaNapier.bsky.social@jeminanapier.bsky.social · last yr.

Great to see the launch of the new Journal of Non-Professional Interpreting and Translation to publish in this expanding field of research. Honoured to be on the scientific committee to ensure that sign language NPIT is also featured jonpit.unibo.it

Pleased to share that the 2nd, revised edition of Sign Languages: Structures and Contexts will be available April 30, 2025! Lovely working with @jaceyhill.bsky.social and Sandra Wood on the revised version. www.routledge.com/Sign-Languag...

Sign Languages: Structures and Contexts

Sign Languages: Structures and Contexts provides a succinct summary of major findings in the linguistic study of natural sign languages. Focusing on American Sign Language (ASL), this book offers a co...

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If I might add to this statement, the concept of "speaking English" is not an option for deaf Americans. Including signed languages as part of the multilingualism of the country and the world should be part of the conversation also.

Heidi Harley@heidiharley.bsky.social · last yr.

Why Official English is a terrible idea for the United States, from @lingsocam.bsky.social. Like and share! www.lsadc.org/content.asp?...

If you are working in Deaf Studies and want a fully funded paid year as a researcher at Gallaudet University, this Deaf Studies incubator fellowship is open for applications deafincubator.com/apply/?fbcli...

I reference this in my dissertation. From 1918. Ain't nothing new under the sun.

New publication with @robertskinner.bsky.social from previous Justisigns project on investigative interviews with deaf suspects - analysing a case study with authentic data trans-int.org/index.php/tr...

I'm confused, DOE. I read the letter. So America wasn't built on systemic racism? Or, to be or more specific, on the backs of and from the blood of American Indians and enslaved Africans (and subsequent generations of their offspring)?

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For so many reasons, this post really hit home for me today in my journey. Thank you @jessgrieser.bsky.social for being so transparently honest about the academic experience. Appreciate ya!

Jessi Grieser@jessgrieser.com · last yr.

I did my first serious independent research project 21 years ago. I started graduate work 17 years ago. I've been a professor for 10. Will someone please tell me when I learn to stop beating myself up that my writing process is "think a bunch and then produce nearly finished prose in one go"? 🤦‍♀️

Did you know there are over 20 Black deaf scholars with PhDs in the U.S.? Want to know who they are? Check them out at blackdeafphd.com!

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Adam Schembri (ˈʃɛmbɹi/ˈʃkɛmbri)@adamcschembri.bsky.social · last yr.

Black British Sign Language project PhD studentship at the University of Birmingham (BSL translation of the ad will soon be provided): contact me if you're interested! 😀https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/study/postgraduate/scholarships-and-funding/postgraduate-scholarships/125-linguistics-communication

Congratulations!!

Gallaudet University Press@gallaudetpress.bsky.social · last yr.

We are so thrilled to announce the appointment of Dr. Kristen Harmon as the interim director of GU Press! Dr. Harmon is making history as the first deaf director of the Press. Learn more about Dr. Harmon in this interview: gu.live/koWeC Please join us in welcoming Dr. Harmon to GU Press!

Staying grounded by attending events like this - Maryville College hosted a Panel of deaf community leaders to discuss their experiences with obtaining and working with interpreters. They were honest and engaging, providing valuable lessons to all. Among them, the famous storyteller Peter Cook!!

Thank you Rooted East Knoxville Collective for educating me last Sunday. The movie premiere taught me about the impact of "urban renewal" on Black Knoxvillians living in the East side. It has led to food apartheid in the area. To learn more, visit knoxgardenalliance.org/member/roote...

H-town! Countdown begins.

Bev Buchanan@bevjbuchanan.bsky.social · 2y ago

Deaf Academic Conference Houston, Texas June 4-8, 2025 Gentle Reminder about Early Bird Registration 120 days left to the conference! Come one, Come all! www.dac2025hou.com

I cannot be tethered to the news. The news doesn't shape my focus or deter me from my path. I'm not choosing to be oblivious; I'm choosing to be singularly focused. I need my mental & emotional state to stay balanced so that I can stay on my path. I hope you can find ways to stay on yours.

I love this, Marta! Thank you for sharing. My first TISLR was in Hamburg and I too pondered over the differences.

Marta Morgado@martamorgado.bsky.social · 2y ago

TISLR15 sketchbook #TISLR15