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“Dinner Table Syndrome” anthology features contributions from faculty and alumni

2 months ago | gallaudet.edu | Victoria Hallett

Growing up as the only Deaf person in a hearing family of nine children, Raymond Luczak, ’88, always felt left out at mealtime. Everyone was chattering and laughing around him but never signing — and never pausing to explain what was so funny. Just a few years ago, the acclaimed writer (pictured above) learned that this all-too-common experience has a name: Dinner Table Syndrome (or DTS for short). “Suddenly I felt a lot less alone,” says Luczak, who wanted to raise awareness about the issue.
Gallaudet expertise stands out at disability-focused computing conference

Dec 11, 2024 | gallaudet.edu | Victoria Hallett

Organizers of the 26th annual ASSETS Conference — which bills itself as “the premier forum for presenting research on the design, evaluation, use, and education related to computing for people with disabilities and older adults” — gave themselves a challenge this year. They offered attendees a fully synchronous hybrid experience for the first time ever.
The election is over, but SignVote’s work to promote civic engagement continues

Dec 10, 2024 | gallaudet.edu | Victoria Hallett

Nearly 500 people packed into JSAC on election night for SignVote’s watch party — and another 12,000 joined in online via the livestream on Facebook and YouTube. Any pundit would have to agree that qualifies as a landslide victory for the non-partisan initiative, organized by Gallaudet’s Center for Democracy in Deaf America (CDDA). “It was a full house of community members. I won’t forget that night, and the attendees won’t either,” says Dr. Brendan Stern, ‘05, CDDA’s Executive Director.
Four-day Global Gallaudet Celebration showcases power of international learning

Nov 20, 2024 | gallaudet.edu | Victoria Hallett

From the time Gallaudet admitted its first international student to the dynamic partnerships abroad it engages in today, 160 years after its founding, the University’s global influence has made it the nucleus of education, advocacy, and proponent of signed languages for deaf and hard of hearing people the world over. For the past seven years, the Office of International Affairs (OIA) has hosted the Global Gallaudet Fair (GGF).
Gallaudet debate team reaches semifinals at University of Vermont tournament

Nov 18, 2024 | gallaudet.edu | Victoria Hallett

The Gallaudet debate team — represented by senior Lorelei Becktel and junior Trent Mora — made it to the semifinals of the University of Vermont’s annual Huber British Parliamentary debate tournament, held Nov. 9 and 10. There were a total of 58 teams and 120 participants in the event, which required students to argue for or against a series of controversial motions, such as a proposal requiring gender quotas for university-level STEM programs.
Gallaudet researchers recognized for work on sign language interpretation in Japanese healthcare settings

Nov 15, 2024 | gallaudet.edu | Victoria Hallett

Ai Minakawa, G-’21, a research support specialist for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing Child Resilience Center, and Dr. Kota Takayama, G-’09, an Associate Professor in Gallaudet’s Master of Social Work program, were part of the research team recently honored with the Academic Encouragement Award by the Japanese Association of Health Communication.
Partnership with federal agency helps students map out a bright future

Nov 4, 2024 | gallaudet.edu | Victoria Hallett

Erick Posner holds up a stress ball that looks like a miniature globe. “We think of the Earth as round, but it’s not,” he says, and then gives the ball a slight squeeze. “It’s like this.”Understanding the world — and how to map it out as accurately as possible — is critical to Posner’s job as an analyst at the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA). The data and imagery that NGA collects informs decisions about national strategy, military operations, and disaster relief efforts.
SignVote Faculty Champions help students understand the power of elections

Oct 24, 2024 | gallaudet.edu | Victoria Hallett

With the 2024 elections looming, SignVote has been holding nonstop events here at Gallaudet and across the country to give deaf people access to nonpartisan election information. Part of the Center for Democracy in Deaf America (CDDA), SignVote is on a mission to find new ways to get its message out, and one of these initiatives is its Faculty Champions program. Executive Director Dr. Brendan Stern, ’05, is an Assistant Professor of Government, and elections are naturally part of his courses.
Faculty Fans support student-athletes in the classroom and on the field

Oct 22, 2024 | gallaudet.edu | Victoria Hallett

Gallaudet Cheerleaders got some extra help boosting school spirit at the home football game on Oct. 5. In the stands were five faculty members — Todd Bonheyo, Dr. Tonya Stremlau, Ryan Barlongo, Reggie Bess, and Austen Ercolino — who kicked off the newly created Faculty Fans Program by watching Gallaudet win 42-28 over Nichols College. Bonheyo, Gallaudet’s Faculty Athletics Representative, learned about a similar program at a conference last year and was inspired to bring it here.
English professor wins award for book offering a tour of burial sites related to Edgar Allan Poe

Oct 16, 2024 | gallaudet.edu | Victoria Hallett

Dr. Sharon Pajka, G-’00, was recognized with the 2024 Saturday Visiter Award during the International Edgar Allan Poe Festival & Awards in Baltimore, Md., earlier this month. She won for her 2023 book, “The Souls Close to Edgar Allan Poe: Graves of His Family, Friends and Foes,” which takes readers on a tour of the final resting places of the legendary poet and the colorful characters in his orbit.