PhD Student Profile: Dawn M. Wessling

Dawn M. Wessling

Education/Degrees

• M. Ed., Special Ed, ASL/English Interpreting, University of North Florida
• B.S., Psychology, University of Maryland University College

Research Interests

• Cognition in natural ASL discourse versus interpreted discourse
• Cognition during interpretation/translation process
• Interpreted emotional utterances
• Spoken English accent
• Second-career interpreters and interpreters from outside the Deaf community
• Homophones in ASL

Selected Publications

• Ehrlich, S., & Wessling, D. M. (forthcoming). Modality of instruction in interpreter education. Sign Language Studies.
• Ehrlich, S. & Wessling, D. M. (2017, March). Language shaming in interpreter education. Poster presentation at the Symposium Signed Language Interpretation & Translation Research. Washington, DC: Gallaudet University.
• Wessling, D. M., & Shaw, S. (2014). Persistent emotional extremes and video relay service interpreters. Journal of Interpretation, 23 (1), Article 6.