New open access article alert! Hilde Haualand and I have a new article in the International Journal of Multilingualism. Interested in sign languages, deaf spaces, multilingualism or the role of virtual spaces in education and community life? download here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Positioning, moral orientation and calibration in a virtual deaf-hearing sign language space

This article examines deaf and hearing students’ reflections on and expectations of deaf spaces during an 8-week virtual course connecting two universities in different countries. Reviewing student...

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Thrilled to see the #drDeaf article I published with @mdemeulder.bsky.social @annelieskusters.bsky.social is now the fourth most read article in the journal after one day of publication! Join the crowd and read the open access article here: academic.oup.com/jdsde/advanc...

We had our first Professor Deaf #drDeaf workshop with 22 Deaf mid/senior career academics having a dialogue across sessions on career stages, academic administration, running research centers, mentoring and more.

The Dr Deaf Winter 2025 Workshops are open! #drDeaf 👉 Phd Deaf for those in or considering a Phd. Join a cohort and make connections that will support you in your doctoral journey! 👉Writing Retreat. Write that academic paper in a deaf-centered space! Register at forms.office.com/e/HLfrV76SXU

#drDeaf has a new workshop- Professor Deaf! Join us in Oslo 2-4 October 2025. The target group are deaf academics in their mid to senior career phase. acadeafic.org/professor-de...

Professor Deaf

We’re pleased to open registration for the Professor Deaf Workshop Thursday 2 to Saturday 4 October 2025 in Oslo Registration form and payment details here:   This interactive …

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Dr Deaf Spring Writing Retreat 2025 Sketchbook #DrDeaf

#drDeaf had its 7th writing retreat (and 14th event overall) with participants from around Europe, US, Singapore, and Australia. Evaluation comments: energized, motivated, enthusiastic, sharing, refreshed. Join us at our other 2025 events!

The #DrDeaf team is thrilled to announce the first Professor Deaf workshop! This workshop is aimed at deaf academics post-PhD, working in a university/research setting. It will be held October 2-4, 2025 in Oslo, Norway. More information will follow. For now, if you’re interested: save the date!

Honored to be mentioned alongside scholars I admire: @naomicaselli.bsky.social, Padden, Mayberry, Chen Pichler, and more! www.science.org/content/arti... "Imperfect sounds: Cochlear implants give deaf kids unprecedented access to sound. But insisting they avoid using sign language may be risky."

Implants can help deaf kids hear—but many still struggle with spoken language

Some researchers worry about risks of devaluing sign language, overreliance on imperfect devices

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Concerned #DAC2025 has interpreters on their website. Deaf Academic Conferences are interpreter-free spaces (aside from DeafBlind interpreters) that prioritize *direct* communication in IS. In their bid, Houston claimed to support the DAC ethos. @bevjbuchanan.bsky.social can you clarify?

The core Dr Deaf team (@drjosephmurray.bsky.social and @annelieskusters.bsky.social ) are working on an academic paper about Dr Deaf. As part of this work, we are interviewing former participants and teachers about their experiences with Dr Deaf.

DAC is an amazing conference. I can't make it in person this year, but those of you who can go, should!

Bev Buchanan@bevjbuchanan.bsky.social · last yr.

One of our spotlight presenters at upcoming DAC Conference in Houston. www.dac2025hou.com Come and register! Hope to see you in Houston!

One of our spotlight presenters at upcoming DAC Conference in Houston. www.dac2025hou.com Come and register! Hope to see you in Houston!

Are you working on an academic writing project - your PhD, MA thesis, article/book chapter, grant application, ... ? Do you want to write with other deaf academics? Join us at the #DrDeaf Spring Writing Retreat 25-30 May. Registration deadline 7 April. www.al.fhs.no/en/dr-deaf/?...

Dr Deaf Workshop

Join the Dr Deaf PhD Deaf workshop for a week-long immersion in doctoral work for deaf students in the sciences, social sciences, and humanities.

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Want a more secure digital location for your old Twitter (X) thread? Acadeafic is inviting you to rework and preserve your best Twitter threads (including GIFs!). Interested? Drop us a message or visit Acadeafic to get started. acadeafic.org

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Academic vlogs and blogs about sign language and Deaf Studies research

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At @unesco.org for #IDML National sign languages are the mother languages of both deaf and hearing people around the globe

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

👍🏼 Deaf-led research on AI.

Maartje De Meulder@mdemeulder.bsky.social · 2y ago

@robinxtech.bsky.social @katta.bsky.social @ninakt.bsky.social and I are investigating the experiences of deaf users in Europe interacting with ChatGPT. If you’re deaf, live in Europe, and are using ChatGPT, please fill in our survey, and share! 🙏🏻 tuwien193.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

@robinxtech.bsky.social @katta.bsky.social @ninakt.bsky.social and I are investigating the experiences of deaf users in Europe interacting with ChatGPT. If you’re deaf, live in Europe, and are using ChatGPT, please fill in our survey, and share! 🙏🏻 tuwien193.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

#DrDeaf Spring Writing Retreat from 25-30 May 2025! Join me @mdemeulder.bsky.social + @annelieskusters.bsky.social for a week in Ål, Norway with writing, workshops, + wellness activities! New in 2025: visual research presentations, AI, and co-authoring. Info 👉 www.al.fhs.no/dr-deaf/

I love this quote: " Your life's project should be longer and larger than your lifespan." What are you doing today, or this year, that will outlive you? #DeafStrong #HumanRights #NothingWithoutUs

NPR@npr.org · 2y ago

Sen. Raphael Warnock holds the same pulpit Martin Luther King Jr. once preached from. He told Morning Edition that "your life's project should be longer and larger than your lifespan."

Oh and hey, these are were all talks by deaf academics - they were all very different, but all breaking new ground. Just like the great poster on grammatical description by Péter Romanek - proposing deaf community-led/collaborative reference grammar writing. I wish I was starting my career again.

In honor of #TISLR15 here’s a new #audistjerks post! Sign language linguist? Do pass over that deaf applicant to your PhD stipend in favor of a hearing new signer There’s always a reason a deaf person isn’t qualified 🤡and a hearing PhD can always learn to sign! Anyway, they don’t HAVE to sign well!

Working on a film on #audism and this has inspired me to inaugurate an #audistjerks series, case studies in how to be a fantastic audist. Case study 1: My flight has been cancelled and I'm stuck in a 3 hour circle of AI chat hell. Can't call because of an #audistjerks principle:

a stewardess says no fly for you in front of a screen

ALT: a stewardess says no fly for you in front of a screen

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Another amazing week at #DrDeaf writing and PhD workshops with 40+ participants from four continents People felt empowered by the deaf networks and direct learning (without SL interpreters!) in International Sign. #academic #deaf #conference

Call for abstracts - 12th Deaf Academics and Researchers Conference, Houston, Texas, USA. June 2025 www.dac2025hou.com/cfp

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

CALL FOR ABSTRACTS.. LINK-https://www.dac2025hou.com/cfp

#DrDeaf teaching team met virtually to prepare for our #Phd Deaf and #WritingRetreat next week. Our team of @mdemeulder.bsky.social @noraduggan.bsky.social Kate Rogers + Peter Hauser cover humanities, social sciences, health, and STEM, so participants will be getting a broad range of expertise!

#AcademicSky 🦋 how do you feel about people taking photos 📸 of your conference presentation slides? How has it changed what you present? #conference #presenting #academic

Doing that post a photo to zen up the timeline thing. This is the view #DrDeaf workshop participants will get this December, except with snow added. 😄 Can’t wait to welcome 40+ deaf academics- PhD students to professors- to the next PhD student workshop and writing retreat!

Happy International Day of Sign Languages! #IDSL 💙 Let’s sign up for sign language rights- let’s come together to make our sign languages visible!