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Credentials: PhD, MSW, MS, CI & CT

2011     Doctor of Philosophy, Anthropology, American University Concentration: Race, gender, and social justice. 

              Dissertation: Overcoming the ‘Backward Body’: How State Institutions, Language, and 

              Embodiment Shape Deaf Education in Contemporary Southern Việt Nam.

1995      Master of Social Work, City University of New York—Hunter College Concentration: Community-based clinical social work. 

1995      Master of Science, Dance/Movement Therapy, City University of New York—Hunter College 

1989      Bachelor of Fine Arts, Ohio University  Concentration: Dance; Honors Tutorial College. 

Currently Teaching

IDP-772 Micropolitics of International Development Credits: 3
  • ECO-725 Micropolitics of Development (2010/01)(01)
  • ECO-725 Micropolitics of Development (2012/01)(01)
  • ECO-725 Micropolitics of Development (2015/02)(01)
  • ECO-725 Micropolitics of Development (2016/02)(01)
  • IDP-595 Special Topics (2018/02)(G02)
  • IDP-771 Intl Dev w/DeafPpl w/Disab:Lan (2017/02)(01)
  • IDP-771 Intl Dev w/DeafPpl w/Disab:Lan (2018/02)(01)
  • IDP-771 Intl Dev w/DeafPpl w/Disab:Lan (2019/02)(01)
  • IDP-772 Micropolitics of Intl Dvlpmt (2017/01)(01)
  • IDP-772 Micropolitics of Intl Dvlpmt (2018/01)(01)
  • IDP-772 Micropolitics of Intl Dvlpmt (2019/01)(01)
  • IDP-772 Micropolitics of Intl Dvlpmt (2020/01)(01)
  • IDP-773 Gender, Disability & Dvlpmt (2017/01)(01)
  • IDP-773 Macro Int Race, Gndr, Sex&Devl (2018/01)(02)
  • IDP-779 Prof Smnr for Intnl Devlp I (2017/02)(01)
  • IDP-779 Prof Smnr for Intnl Devlp I (2018/02)(01)
  • IDP-780 Spv Prc for MA Dgr in Intl Dev (2020/01)(01)
  • IDP-781 Spv Intrshp fr MA in Intl Devl (2016/02)(01)
  • IDP-781 Spv Intrshp fr MA in Intl Devl (2015/02)(OL1)
  • IDP-782 Prof Semnr for Intnl Devlp II (2018/02)(01)
  • IDP-782 Prof Semnr for Intnl Devlp II (2019/02)(01)
  • IDP-795 Special Topics (2016/01)(01)
  • IDP-795 Special Topics (2018/01)(01)
  • IDP-795 Special Topics (2019/01)(01)
  • IDP-799 Independent Study (2016/01)(01)
  • IDP-799 Independent Study (2020/01)(01)
  • IDP-799 Independent Study (2016/02)(01)
  • IDP-799 Independent Study (2017/02)(01)
  • IDP-799 Independent Study (2020/01)(02)
  • IDP-799 Independent Study (2017/02)(02)
  • PHS-495 Special Topics (2018/02)(UG01)
  • DST-795 Special Topics (2020/02)(01)
  • IDP-771 Intl Dev w/DeafPpl w/Disab:Lan (2020/02)(01)
  • IDP-779 Prof Smnr for Intnl Devlp I (2019/01)(01)
  • IDP-781 Spv Intrshp fr MA in Intl Devl (2020/02)(01)
  • IDP-799 Independent Study (2020/02)(01)
  • IDP-772 Micropolitics of Intl Dvlpmt (2021/01)(01)
  • IDP-772 Micropolitics of Intl Dvlpmt (2022/01)(1)
  • IDP-776 Rsch Mthds and Ethics for IDP (2022/01)(1)
  • IDP-771 Intl Dev w/DeafPpl w/Disab:Lan (2021/02)(1)
  • IDP-781 Spv Intrshp fr MA in Intl Devl (2021/02)(HY01)
  • IDP-771 Intl Dev w/DeafPpl w/Disab:Lan (2021/02)(01)
  • IDP-771 Intl Dev w/DeafPpl w/Disab:Lan (2022/02)(01)
  • IDP-799 Independent Study (2022/02)(01)
  • IDP-781 Spv Intrshp fr MA in Intl Devl (2022/02)(HY01)
  • IDP-772 Micropolitics of Intl Dvlpmt (2023/01)(01)
  • IDP-776 Rsch Mthds and Ethics for IDP (2023/01)(01)
  • IDP-771 Intl Dev w/DeafPpl w/Disab:Lan (2023/02)(01)
  • IDP-799 Independent Study (2023/02)(01)
  • IDP-781 Spv Intrshp fr MA in Intl Devl (2023/02)(HY01)
  • DEP-601 DiDRR & Emerg Planning (2023/03)(01)
  • DEP-602 Summer Inst:DiDRR & Emerg Plan (2023/03)(01)
  • DEP-601 DiDRR & Emerg Planning (2022/03)(01)
  • IDP-772 Micropolitics of Intl Dvlpmt (2024/01)(01)
  • Analyzing Deaf Social Action & Inequality in Việt Nam (2019/02)
  • 2020 Summer Institute in Puerto Rico: Climate Change & Deaf Disaster Management (2019/02)
  • NPR Stage 1 Proposal - Certificate Program on Disaster Risk Reduction & Emergency Preparedness (2019/02)
  • Mentorship for International Day of Sign Languages event (2019/02)
  • Mentorship - UNA-NCA Graduate Fellows Program Applications (2020/01)
  • Faculty Sponsor & Mentor for Graduate Student Research (2017/02)
  • Faculty Sponsor & Mentor for Graduate Student Research (2016/02)
  • IDMA Portfolio Preparation Workshop (2020/01)
  • Chicago Style Formatting Workshop (2020/01)
  • Mentorship - Asian Signers Election Workshop (2020/01)
  • Chicago Style Formatting Workshop (2019/01)
  • IDMA Portfolio Preparation Workshop (2019/01)
  • Chicago Style Formatting Workshop (2018/02)
  • Student mentorship for hosting UNA-NCA Information Session (2018/01)
  • Chicago Style Formatting Workshop [IDMA Program] (2017/02)
  • Student Mentorship for UNICEF Event (2017/01)
  • Student Mentorship for Conference Presentations (2017/01)
  • Led New Course Development & Teaching (2018/02)
  • IDMA Program Curriculum Revision (2016/02)
  • NPR Stage 2 Proposal (2020/03)
  • Presentation for GSR-240 (2020/02)
  • Student Mentoring - "Through a Global Lens" Panel (2019/01)
  • Student Mentoring - "Global Citizenship" Panel (2017/02)
  • UNA-NCA Mentorship (2021/01)
  • Student Mentorship for Fulbright Application (2021/01)
  • IDMA Professional Deevlopment Workshop (2020/02)
  • IDMA Portfolio Preparation Workshop (2020/02)
  • Student Mentorship - Gallaudet Commencement Speaker (2020/02)
  • Graduate Internship Panel (2020/02)
  • Mentoring (2021/02)
  • IDMA Portfolio Workshop (2021/02)
  • Mentoring & Coordination for Internship Panel (2021/02)
  • Chicago Style Formatting Workshop (2022/01)
  • IDMA Portfolio Workshop (2022/01)
  • Practicum & Internship Planning Workshop (2022/02)
  • Mentoring for UHCR Input Statement (2022/02)
  • Mentorship on Field Placement Searches (2022/02)
  • Writing & Literature Review Workshop (2023/01)
  • Chicago Style Formatting Workshop (2023/01)
  • IDMA portfolio Workshop (2023/02)
  • Mentoring for Professional Presentation (2023/01)
  • Mentoring for GU 'Go Global Fair' (2023/01)
  • Mentoring for Professional Presentation (2023/02)
  • Writing & Literature Review Workshop (2024/01)
  • Chicago Style Formatting Workshop (2024/01)
  • IDMA Portfolio Workshop (2024/01)
  • Mentoring for 'Go Global Fair' Panel (2024/01)
  • Mentoring Students for 'Go Global Fair' Panel (2023/01)
  • Mentored Students for 'Go Global Fair' Panel (2022/01)
  • Mentoring Students for 'Go Global Fair' Panel (2021/01)
  • Invited Presentation - Natural Disasters & Disaster Contexts (2023/02)
  • Senior Seminar - Lecture on Disaster Risk Reduction & Humanitarian Contexts (2023/02)
  • Community Engagement at Local & International Levels (2023/02)
  • Invited Presentation - Senior Seminar (2023/02)
  • Invited Presentation on DiDRR & Emergency Planning for Risk Management Institute (2023/02)
  • Student Mentorship for USAID Payne Fellowship (2024/01)
  • Student Mentorship for UNA-NCA Applications (2024/01)
  • Advising Load 2019/02: Total:11 Masters:8 Doctoral:3
  • Advising Load 2020/01: Total:12 Masters:8 Doctoral:4
  • Advising Load 2020/02: Total:10 Masters:7 Doctoral:3
  • Advising Load 2019/01: Total:11 Masters:8 Doctoral:3
  • Advising Load 2018/02: Total:10 Masters:7 Doctoral:3
  • Advising Load 2018/01: Total:10 Masters:7 Doctoral:3
  • Advising Load 2017/02: Total:8 Masters:5 Doctoral:3
  • Advising Load 2017/01: Total:8 Masters:5 Doctoral:3
  • Advising Load 2016/02: Total:8 Masters:5 Doctoral:3
  • Advising Load 2016/01: Total:9 Masters:6 Doctoral:3
  • Advising Load 2015/02: Total:8 Masters:2 Doctoral:6
  • Advising Load 2021/01: Total:8 Masters:8
  • Advising Load 2021/02: Total:7 Masters:7
  • Advising Load 2022/01: Total:7 Masters:7
  • Advising Load 2022/02: Total:7 Masters:7
  • Advising Load 2023/01: Total:6 Masters:6
  • Advising Load 2023/02: Total:6 Masters:6
  • 2020 Society for Linguistic Anthropology Distinguished Scholar
  • 2017 Rachel Hartig Award for Research Excellence [with Khadijat Rashid]
  • 2022 Outstanding Graduate Faculty Award
  • Sign Language Ideologies in Practice
  • What Anthropologists Do
  • Global Directions in Inclusive Education
  • Deaf to the Marrow: Deaf Social Organizing and Active Citizenship in Viet Nam
  • “I don’t mean to be a dick, but”: Paralipsis, Affective Excess, and the Reproduction of Sexual Hierarchies in University Classrooms
  • Disaster Mitigation, Deaf Leadership, Adaptation & Resilience
  • Deaf to the Marrow: Deaf Social Organizing and Active Citizenship in Việt Nam
  • Signed Languages and Sociopolitical Formation: The Case of “Contributing to Society” Through Hồ Chí Minh City Sign Language
  • Composing with Signed and Spoken Languages: Our Process
  • Signed Language Community-Researcher Collaboration in Việt Nam: Challenging Language Ideologies, Creating Social Change
  • It’s a Small World: Inquiries into International Deaf Spaces
  • Citizenship, Politics, Differences: Sub-Saharan Signed Language Perspectives [edited volume]
  • Resilient Rhetoric: Disability “Inclusion,” Language Deprivation, and Obligatory Resilience
  • Tools for Innovation and Sustainability in Teaching, Education, and Research: Intersectionality, Translanguaging, and Community Self-Governance
  • IDMA Monthly Journal [MOJO] Issue - 13
  • IDMA Monthy Journal [MOJO] Issue - 11
  • Establishing Boundaries: Claims to Authority and Knowledge
  • Sub-Saharan Deaf Communities: Linguistic Violence and Creative Resistance
  • IDMA Monthly Journal [MOJO] Issue - 12
  • Asia, Southeast, Deaf Community
  • Rethinking Educational Inclusion: A Language Centered Examination of Education in Rwanda, Singapore, Việt Nam, and the United States. Co-prepared with Sonia Holzman,
  • Resilient Rhetoric: Disability “Inclusion,” Language Deprivation, and Obligatory Resilience
  • The Power of Multilingual Learning as an Inclusive Strategy
  • Claiming the Screen: Deaf People’s Decolonization of Signed Languages through Film and Video Production
  • I don't mean to be a dick, but: Categorization, Paralipsis and Getting Away with Sexual Objectification in the Classroom
  • The Ethics of Ethnographic Reporting: Framing Vietnamese Deaf People’s Social Change Work
  • Signed Language Researchers and Language Users in Vietnam: Co-Agents of Social Change
  • Citizenship Contests at the Nexus of State and Market: Signing Deaf People in Southern Viet Nam and the Revitalization of Socialism
  • Focused Discussion on Disaster Mitigation, Deaf Leadership, Adaptation, and Resilience
  • Anthropologists: What role, if any, should we take in International Development?
  • Keynote Address: Young Talent, Leadership Development, and Disability as Human Diversity
  • Panel: Congratulations on your Engagement? Perspectives on Working with Deaf Communities in the Global South
  • Critical Collaborations and Conflicts: Deaf People, Development, and Social Change
  • Panel - Intersections: Social Justice and Culturally Relevant Leadership in the Deaf Community Panel Discussion
  • Deaf Communities in Sub-Saharan Africa: Linguistic Violence & Creative Resistance
  • Invited presentation. Signed Language, Sociopolitical Formation, and Social Justice
  • Partnering for Social Change: Language Researchers, Participants, and Social Change
  • Signed Language, Sociopolitical Formation, and Social Justice
  • Những Nghiên Cứu về Ngôn Ngữ và Văn Hóa (Research on Language and Culture).
  • Notions of Culture and Culturally Inclusive Interpreting
  • Moderator - Panel Session: Normativities in Language
  • Co-Moderator with Joseph Murray. Session: Sign Language Ideologies Colloquium
  • Panel Chair - Lavender Stance, Syntax, Voice
  • Discussant - Corporeal Ambiguities: Queering Inclusion
  • Co-organizer and panelist - Reporting and Writing Queer Temporalities
  • Panelist - Queer Theory as a Paradigm of Praxis: How Sexuality and its Discontents Provide Entry Points for Locating and Redefining Power
  • “Who Owns the Data? Data Creation and Use Over Time.”
  • IDMA Monthly Journal [MOJO] Issue - 15
  • IDMA Monthly Journal [MOJO] Issue - 10
  • IDMA Monthly Journal [MOJO] Issue - 9
  • IDMA Monthly Journal [MOJO] Issue - 8
  • IDMA Monthly Journal [MOJO] Issue - 7
  • IDMA Monthly Journal [MOJO] Issue - 6
  • IDMA Monthly Journal [MOJO] Issue - 5
  • IDMA Monthly Journal [MOJO] Issue - 4
  • IDMA Monthly Journal [MOJO] Issue - 3
  • IDMA Monthly Journal [MOJO] Issue - 2
  • IDMA Monthly Journal [MOJO] Issue - 1
  • IDMA Monthly Journal [MOJO] Issue - 14
  • IDMA Monthly Journal #16 - Deaf Leadership & Praxis in ID
  • Engaging Deaf and Disability Communities in Program Planning and Implementation of Emergency Preparedness: Case Study in Puerto Rico.
  • IDMA Monthly Journal #17 - Alumni, Graduate Student, & Partner Leadership Advancing Deaf and Disability Talent and Inclusion
  • IDMA Monthly Journal #18 - IDMA Graduation Spotlight & End-ofYear Activities
  • Diversity & Equity: Community Risk Reduction and Crisis/Disaster Management Through the Lens of Inclusivity -- Deaf-centered Disaster Risk Reduction
  • Deaf-Led Organizations and Disaster Communication in Việt Nam: Interdisciplinary Insights into Disability Inclusive Disaster Risk Reduction Planning
  • Moderator. Session: Normativities in Language
  • Co-Moderator: Sign Language Ideologies Colloquium
  • IDMA Monthly Journal #19 - Fall 2021 Greetings & Upcoming Events
  • Fall 2021 Event Series (event 1) - Webinar: Deaf-Led Disaster Action in Japan, Trinidad & Tobago, and Viet Nam
  • Deaf to the Marrow: Deaf Social Organizing and Active Citizenship in Việt Nam [Vietnamese translation]
  • IDMA Monthly Journal [MOJO] Issue - 20
  • IDMA Monthly Journal [MOJO] Issue - 21
  • IDMA Monthly Journal [MOJO] Issue - 22
  • Fall 2021 Event Series (event 2) - Panel: Deaf Leadership in International Disaster Policy
  • <p style="font-size:13px;">Exploring deaf students’ disaster awareness and preparedness in U.S. higher education settings: Implications for university-level DRR policy and programming</p>
  • Disaster Risk Assessment and Inclusion of Community Members who are Deaf or Have Disabilities: An Interdisciplinary, Classroom-Based Collaboration
  • "10 Inclusion Innovations" - Developed by request in conjunction with invited presentation. 
  • Deaf Community and DiDRR: Supporting a Twin-Track Approach
  • IDMA Monthly Journal - (MOJO) Spring 2022 – Fall 2023<br>[18 Issues during post-tenure review period]<span style="font-size:medium;"></span>
  • USAID Request for Information - Input on "Feed the Future" Proposal
  • Women and Girls Power through Partnering in Viet Nam: Deaf-Led Disaster Action.
  • Invited Presentation for Save the Children - Learning Cafe on Disability Inclusion
  • Poster.  “Advancing Inclusivity in Disaster and Emergency Management Pedagogy: An Interdisciplinary Case Study with Deaf and Hearing College Students.
  • <p style="font-size:12pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt;">Invited input on USAID Draft Disability-Inclusive Development Policy [in conjunction with Gallaudet President’s Office and GU colleagues]</span><span style="font-size:10pt;"></span></p>
  • <p style="font-size:12pt;"><span style="font-size:11pt;">SID-US Strategic Planning Session. Provided input to SID-US board members on the organization’s strategic planning.</span><span style="font-size:11pt;"></span></p>
  • <p style="font-size:12pt;"><span style="font-size:11pt;">Provided invited input and meeting consultation - FEMA’s Office of Response and Recovery, “Disability Guidance for Assisting a Person who is Deaf, Hard of Hearing, and DeafBlind.”</span><span style="font-size:11pt;"></span></p>
  • <p style="font-size:12pt;"><span style="font-size:11pt;">Consultation with US Foreign Service Institute on language assessemnt and improving deaf inclusion in the US Foreign Service. </span></p>
  • <p style="font-size:12pt;"><span style="font-size:11pt;">Faculty Development Grant – Round 2. Presentation at Pacific Rim Conference.</span></p>
  • <p style="font-size:12pt;"><span style="font-size:11pt;">Faculty Development Grant – Round 1. Actvity: DEP Summer Institute Site Visits & Partnering Meetings in Japan.</span><span style="font-size:11pt;"></span></p>
  • <p style="font-size:12pt;"><span style="font-size:11pt;">Invited presentation for the Department of State – IDMA and DEP Careers. </span><span style="font-size:11pt;"></span></p>
  • <p style="font-size:12pt;"><span style="font-size:11pt;">Invited Presentation.  “Applied Anthropology and Social Justice: Exploring Barriers to Accessibility, Inclusion, and Self-Determination”</span><span style="font-size:11pt;"></span></p>
  • <span style="font-size:12pt;">Presentation accepted. “Disaster Justice.” </span>
  • <p style="font-size:12pt;"><span style="font-size:11pt;">Presentation. “From Alert to Action: Accessibility of Earthquake Early Warning with deaf and hard of hearing communities: A Review.” Presented by Michele Cooke (co-PI, U Mass-Amherst) for Cooke, K. Takayama, A. Cooper, Danielle Sumy (NSF), & Sara McBride (USGS)</span><span style="font-size:11pt;"></span></p>
  • <p style="font-size:12pt;"><span style="font-size:11pt;">Abstract submitted to the Natural Hazards Conference (July 2024, Colorado) – related to manuscript by Cooper, A., Cooke, M., Takayama, K., Sumy, D., and McBride, S. From Alert to Action: Earthquake Early Warnings and Deaf Communities.</span><span style="font-size:11pt;"></span></p>
  • <p style="font-size:12pt;"><span style="font-size:11pt;">Invited presentation. “Disability-Inclusive Disaster Risk Reduction & Gallaudet’s DEP Program.”</span><span style="font-size:11pt;"></span></p>
  • <p style="font-size:12pt;"><span style="font-size:11pt;">Invited presentation. "Disability- and Deaf-Inclusive Development: Sign Languages, Deaf Cultures, and Biodiversity for Sustainability." </span><span style="font-size:11pt;"></span></p>
  • <p style="font-size:12pt;"><span style="font-size:11pt;">Invited presentation. “Disability-Inclusive Disaster Risk reduction: Assessing for Inclusion.” Developed with Maegan Shanks and three IDMA & DEP students.</span><span style="font-size:11pt;"></span></p>
  • "Climate Change and the Environment" (Invited presentation - breakout session)
  • Deaf University Experiences with Earthquake Early Warning
  • Poster - "From Alert to Action: Earthquake Early Warnign with Deaf Communities"
  • “From Alert to Action: Accessibility of Earthquake Early Warning with deaf and hard of hearing communities: A Review.” 
  • “Emergency Preparedness for Deaf and Disability Community Members: An Interdisciplinary, Classroom-Based Collaboration.”
  • "From Alert to Action: Earthquake Early Warning and Deaf Communities"
  • "Deaf Community and DiDRR: Supporting a Twin-Track Approach"
  • Outreach Article - “Deaf Community and DiDRR Network in Việt Nam Call for Action: Ensuring that No One is Left Behind.”
  • Provided invited input on USAID Draft Disability-Inclusive Development Policy
  • <p style="font-size:12pt;"><span style="font-size:11pt;">Provided invited review of USAID “Request for Information – Feed the Future” (FTF-FORK; RFI#: 7200AA24RFA00004). </span><span style="font-size:11pt;"></span></p>
  • <p style="font-size:12pt;"><span style="font-size:11pt;">“Advancing Inclusivity in Disaster and Emergency Management: An Interdisciplinary, Cross-University Case Study.”</span><span style="font-size:11pt;"></span></p>
  • <span style="font-size:11pt;">IDMA Monthly Journal - (MOJO) Spring 2023 – Fall 2024 Updates<br>34 Issues produced following promotion to rank of Associate Professor (June 2020)</span><span style="font-size:medium;"></span>
  • <p style="font-size:12pt;"><span style="font-size:11pt;">Faculty Development Grant – Round 1. Activity: DEP Summer Institute Site Visits & Partnering Meetings in Japan.</span><span style="font-size:11pt;"></span></p>
  • <p style="font-size:12pt;"><span style="font-size:11pt;">Faculty Development Grant – Round 3. Activity – for NAD Biennial Conference presentations.</span><span style="font-size:11pt;"></span></p> <p style="font-size:12pt;"><span style="font-size:11pt;"> </span></p>
  • <p style="font-size:12pt;text-align:justify;"><sub>“Advocacy and Training for DHH Inclusive Emergency Preparedness"  panel presentation with Philip Mattiacci (FEMA)</sub></p>
  • Co-moderated panel - "Advancing Inclusive Emergency Management: Federal Perspectives"
  • Research mentorship - “International Development Organizations’ Inclusive Development Practices.”
  • Research mentorship - “International Development Organizations’ Inclusive Development Practices.”
  • <span style="font-size:12pt;">Presentation. “Deaf Community and DiDRR: Supporting a Twin-Track Approach.” </span>
  • "<span style="font-size:12pt;">University Student Experiences with Earthquake Early Warning in the US"</span><span style="font-size:medium;"></span>
  • Summer Stipend [FT-265390]: Critical Ethnography of Disaster Mitigation, Deaf Leadership, Adaptation and Resilience in Việt Nam - (National Endowment for the Humanities)
  • Addressing Vaccination Hesitancy and Uptake Among People with Disabilities from Ethnic, Cultural, and Linguistic Minority Groups- (National Institutes of Health)
  • IPA - USGS Shake Alert- (USGS)
  • Folami M. Ford-Gallaudet University Department of Interpretation & Translation (doctoral dissertation committee member) 2016/01-2020/02
  • Laurie Reinhardt-Gallaudet University Department of Interpretation & Translation (doctoral dissertation committee member) 2019/01-2020/02
  • Thu Trang Nguyen -University of Manitoba, Department of Linguistics & Anthropology (doctoral dissertation committee member) 2017/01-2020/01
  • Morgane Vincent-Gallaudet University Department of Psychology (doctoral dissertation committee member) 2020/01-2022/02
  • Cassie Lang-Gallaudet University Department of Interpretation & Translation (Doctoral Committee) 2020/02-2023/01
  • Erin Moriarty Harrelson-American University Department of Anthropology (Doctoral Committee) 2014/01-2016/01
  • Zahra Ketoun-Department of Education (doctoral committee) 2023/01
  • Council on Graduate Education: Member 2019/01-2022/02
  • Uncontrolled: Member 2019/01
  • Uncontrolled: Member 2015/02-2016/02
  • Uncontrolled: Member 2016/01-2016/02
  • Uncontrolled: Member 2017/01-2018/02
  • Uncontrolled: Member 2020/01
  • Faculty Advisor 2019/03
  • Editorial Board Member 2019/01
  • GADRA Founder's Circle 2020/01
  • Society for International Development "Decolonizing ID" Event 2020/01-2020/01
  • Gallaudet GOAL Team 2019/02
  • Payne Fellowship Information Session 2020/01-2020/01
  • UNA-NCA Graduate Fellows Program Information Session 2020/01-2020/01
  • Chair, Search Committee 2019/03-2019/03
  • Chemonics International Partnering Meeting 2019/02
  • University of Central Missouri Partnering Initiative 2020/01
  • Co-chair, Surviving Change through Interconnection Symposium 2018/02-2019/02
  • USAID Partnering Meeting 2020/01
  • State Department Consultation for Foreign Service Officer recruitment 2020/02
  • FHI360 Partnering Meeting 2020/02-2020/02
  • Partnering Meeting with Chemonics International 2019/01
  • Gallaudet Representation & Mentoring at Discovering Deaf Worlds 2019/01-2019/01
  • IDMA Partnering with the World Bank 2019/01-2019/01
  • IDMA Site Visit to Save the Children 2019/01-2019/01
  • IDMA Site Visit with DC Office of Disability Rights 2018/01-2018/01
  • FEMA Partnering Meeting 2018/01-2018/01
  • Howard University/Payne Fellowship Partnering 2018/01-2018/01
  • Represented Gallaudet at FEMA Disability Partners Strategy Session 2018/01-2018/01
  • Gallaudet Representation & Student Mentoring - Discovering Deaf Worlds Gala 2018/01-2018/01
  • IDMA Representation at Mandela Fellowship Program Luncheon 2017/03-2017/03
  • Coordinated Gallaudet Contribution to USAID Guidance on Basic Education 2017/03-2017/03
  • IDMA Representation at UN CRPD Convention of States Parties Side Event 2017/03-2017/03
  • Invited Contributor- Review of USAID-World Learning Guidance 2017/03-2017/03
  • Coordinator - Partnering & Guidance on Signed Language Translations of Electoral Information 2017/02-2017/02
  • Represented IDMA at USAID-World Bank Experts Meeting on Literacy/Learning 2017/02-2017/02
  • IDMA Site Visit at UNDP, United Nations/New York 2017/01-2017/01
  • Gallaudet Representation & Student Mentoring - Discovering Deaf Worlds Gala 2017/01-2017/01
  • Coordinated UN Development Program Outreach Presentation 2017/01-2017/01
  • Coordinated UNICEF Consultation & Partnering Presentation 2017/01-2017/01
  • Gallaudet Representation & Student Mentoring - Discovering Deaf Worlds Gala 2016/01-2016/01
  • Gallaudet Representation & Student Mentoring - Discovering Deaf Worlds Gala 2015/01-2015/01
  • Mentoring/Logistics - Graduate Student Panel for Education Abroad Go Global Fair 2019/01-2019/01
  • Organized & Facilitated - Payne Fellowship Presentation 2019/01-2019/01
  • Organized & Hosted UNA-NCA Presentation for IDMA and Gallaudet Campus 2019/01-2019/01
  • Nominated DLAW for Outstanding External Collaborator Award 2018/02-2018/02
  • Coordinated Emergency Preparedness Campus Workshop by UMR 2018/02-2018/02
  • Mentoring & Logistics - IDMA Student International Panel 2017/02-2017/02
  • Co-coordinated Hosting DeafBlind Languages & Cultures Workshop 2018/01-2018/01
  • Letter of Support for Fulbright Fellow to Gallaudet 2018/01-2018/01
  • Global Deaf Leadership Pilot Program 2018/01-2018/02
  • Coordinated UN Secretariat Event 2017/02-2017/02
  • Mentoring & Logistics - IDMA Student International Panel 2018/01-2018/01
  • Coordinated Interdisciplinary Campus Workshop on "Cultivating Professional Presence" 2017/02-2017/02
  • Co-head, University Internationalization Initiative Working Groups 8/9 2017/01-2018/02
  • Professional Development Week Workshops 2017/01-2017/01
  • Provided Support to Gallaudet University Partnership for Global Sign Language and Literacy Prize 2016/03-2017/01
  • Contributor - Deaf Studies Department Self-review 2017/01-2017/01
  • World Deaf Leadership Scholar Selection Committee 2016/01-2016/02
  • Host - International exchange Event with USICD International Educators 2017/02-2017/02
  • Developed IDMA Program Revision 2015/02-2016/02
  • IDMA - UNDP Parnership 2015/01
  • Invited Presentation - FHI360 2019/01-2019/01
  • Co-coordinator & Moderator- 3rd Annual Deaf Leadership in International Panel 2018/02-2018/02
  • Coordinator & Co-Presenter - GU. Advisory Team-IFES 2018/01-2018/01
  • Co-Coordinator and Co-Moderator - 2nd Annual Deaf Leadership in International Development Panel: 2017/02-2017/02
  • Co-Coordinator and co-moderator. 1st Annual Deaf Leadership in International Development Panel 2016/02-2016/02
  • Co-coordinated & Logistics Support - 4th Annual Deaf leadership in International Development Panel 2020/02-2020/02
  • IDMA Admission Review Committee 2015/02
  • Presentation for History and International Studies Senior Seminar 2020/02-2020/02
  • Nominated Off-The-Grid Missions for Outstanding External Collaborator Award, (Gallaudet University) 2020/02-2020/02
  • Initiated NIH Grant Meetings & Planning 2020/02-2020/02
  • IDMA LAU Coordinator 2015/02
  • Webinar - "Sign Language Research, Teaching, and Advocacy in 6 Countries" 2020/01-2020/01
  • Faculty Presentation for International Students Panel 2020/02-2020/02
  • IDMA Information Session 2020/02-2020/02
  • Conducted Public Input Survey on Potential DRR & Emergency Preparedness Program 2020/02-2020/02
  • UN Association Graduate Fellows Program Information Session 2021/01-2021/01
  • Faculty Guidance on Alumna Fulbright Scholarship Proposal [for OIA] 2021/01-2021/01
  • GU-GADRA Fall 2021 Event Series - Vodcast: Deaf Youth Disaster Experiences & Action 2021/01-2021/01
  • Coordinated Project Meeting on Deaf ECD in Central America - with CBM International 2021/01-2021/01
  • Co-Moderated Graduate Open House Sessions 2021/01-2021/01
  • Go Global Fair - IDMA Booth 2021/01-2021/01
  • Hosted IDMA Information Session for Dept. of World Languages & Cultures 2021/01-2021/01
  • Prepared Content for the University's ARA 2024 Report 2023/03-2023/03
  • Coordinated USAID-Payne Fellowship Information Session 2023/02-2023/02
  • Go Global Fair Booth 2024/01-2024/01
  • Career Information Session with FEMA-DEP-OCS 2022/02
  • Invited Partner/Presenter - Disability Inclusion Summit 2024/01-2024/01
  • Provided Guidance on Alumna Fulbright Scholarship Proposal 2024/01-2024/01
  • Go Global Fair - IDMA & DEP Booths 2023/01-2023/01
  • Go Global Fair - IDMA & DEP Booths 2022/01-2022/01
  • Education Abroad Input Meeting 2022/03-2022/03
  • Prepared content for Annual Report of Achievement 2022/03-2022/03
  • COO Meeting on Emergency Preparedness Planning 2022/02-2022/02
  • Senior Seminar - IDMA & DEP Program Recruitment 2022/02-2022/02
  • COO Meeting on FEMA & DCHSEMA Inputs for Campus Emergency Preparedness 2022/02-2022/02
  • Coordinated Campus Presentations by GU Alum Nguyễn Trần Thủy Tiên 2021/03-2022/01
  • Coordinated Student Engagement with IDMA Alum Josh Josa 2022/01-2022/01
  • Participant, Academic Program Review 2022/01-2022/01
  • Participant, Academic Program Review 2024/01-2024/01
  • Coordinator & Moderator - UNA-NCA Information Session 2022/01-2022/01
  • Provided content for Annual Report of Achievement 2021/03-2021/03
  • Search Committee - Emergency Operations Manager 2024/01-2024/01
  • Search Committee Member - IDMA Student Support Specialist 2021/02-2021/02
  • Led PR & Recruitment for DEP Program 2021/02-2021/02
  • Led PR & Recruitment for DEP Program 2022/02-2022/02
  • DEP Program Revision (CGE & CUE) 2023/02-2023/02
  • SLEC School Review Team 2023/02-2023/02
  • SLEC School Review Team 2022/02-2022/02
  • SLEC School Review Team 2021/02-2021/02
  • Coordinator & Co-producer - DEP PR Video 2021/02-2021/02
  • Senior Seminar - IDMA & DEP Program Recruitment 2023/02-2023/02
  • Prepared Content for Annual Review of Achievement 2020/03-2020/03
  • Developed/Submitted New Program Proposal (CUE) 2020/02-2020/02
  • Developed/Submitted New Program Proposal (CGE) 2020/02-2020/02
  • 5th Annual Deaf Leadership in International Development Event 2021/02-2021/02
  • Co-coordinator, Chemonics International Career Exploration Day 2024/01-2024/01
  • Provided Input to DOIT Faculty on New Program Planning 2024/01-2024/01
  • US State Department - “Launching Your Career in Foreign Service" Event 2024/01-2024/01
  • Co-coordinator, Partnering Events in Japan (DEP Summer Institute) 2023/03-2023/03
  • Coordination, DC Homeland Security Emergency Management Agency 2023/02-2023/02
  • Invited Input, FEMA and Colorado State OEM 2023/02-2023/02
  • Coordinator, Chemonics International Career Exploration Day 2023/01-2023/01
  • Coordinator & Host, Society for International Development Information Session 2023/01-2023/01
  • Coordinated IDMA program Participation in SID-US Annual Dinner 2023/01-2023/01
  • Presentation, Honorable Mrs. Shinzo Abe 2023/01-2023/01
  • Developed FEMA Social Media Blast on DEP Program Visit 2022/03-2022/03
  • Coordinator, DEP Program Visit to US State Department Operations Center 2022/03-2022/03
  • Coordinator, Tour of DC Homeland Security Emergency Management Agency 2022/03-2022/03
  • Coordinator, FEMA Headquarters Visit [DEP Program Students] 2022/03-2022/03
  • Coordinator, FEMA Headquarters Visit [DEP Program Students] 2023/03-2023/03
  • Coordinator, DEP Program Visit to US State Department Operations Center 2023/03-2023/03
  • Coordinator & Host, Rupmani Chhetri Visit (SignAble VRS, India) 2024/01-2024/01
  • Invited Input for USAID Project Planning: USAID 2019/02-2019/02
  • Invited Input for World Bank Inclusive Education E-Course: World Bank 2019/02-2019/02
  • UNICEF Accessible Textbook Initiative: Protocol for the Development of Accessible Educational Materials for Deaf Children: UNICEF 2018/01-2018/01
  • Protocol for Working with Signed Language Community Electoral Information Consultants: International Foundation for Electoral Systems 2018/01-2018/01
  • Concept Note and Implementation Theory for Summer Institute on Climate Change and Emergency Management in Puerto Rico: FEMA 2018/01-2018/01
  • Family Support Team Resource Manual: World Concern Development Organization 2014/02
  • Reviewer: Journal of Language & Sexuality 2017/02-2017/02
  • Reviewer: Anthropology & Education Quarterly 2016/02-2016/02
  • Reviewer: Cultural Anthropology 2016/02-2016/02
  • Reviewer: National Council on Disability 2016/01-2016/01
  • Reviewer: Journal of Linguistic Anthropology 2016/01-2016/01
  • Reviewer: Educacão & Realidade 2016/01-2016/01
  • Reviewer: Journal of Language and Sexuality 2015/01-2015/01
  • Reviewer: Sign Language Studies 2012/02-2012/02
  • Reviewer: Disabilites 2022/03-2022/03
  • Reviewer: Deafness & Education International 2023/01-2023/01
  • Reviewer: Disabilities 2024/01-2024/01
  • Evaluator, NSF-CIVIC Grant 2023/01-2024/01
  • Developed Database - World Signed Language Resources on COVID-19, Advocacy, & Risk Reduction Information: Multiple 2019/02-2020/02
  • "The Mask You Live In" Film Screening and Campus-Community Discussion: Multiple 2015/02-2015/02
  • Power & Privilege Short Film Festival: Global Disability Movements: Multiple 2017/02-2017/02
  • Coordinator & Co-host, Campus and DC Community Emergency Preparedness Event: FEMA, MODDHH, & Serve DC 2023/02-2023/02
  • Coordinator, Community Emergency Response Team Training: MODDHH & Serve DC 2024/01-2024/01
  • Coordinator/Co-host - Hands on Heart Training 2024/01-2024/01
  • Coordinator, "Stand for Freedom" Event: Iranian Deaf Community 2022/01-2022/01
  • Coordinator, International Dissemination of Outreach Article: USAID Education in Crisis and Conflict Network (ECCN) 2021/02-2022/01
  • Coordinator, Mozzeria-IDMA International Student Fundraiser: Mozzeria 2021/02-2021/02
  • Nominated Off-The-Grid Missions for Graduate School Award: Off-The-Grid Missions 2020/02-2020/02
  • Department of State Foreign Service Officer Event Planning: Department of State 2020/02-2020/02
  • Invited Participant - US State Department 'Accessibility for Overseas Applicants' Session 2024/01-2024/01
  • Requested Partner Meeting - Gallaudet-USAID Deaf E3 Project 2023/02-2023/02
  • Invited Participant - FEMA & DCHSEMA Disability Integration and Coordination Summit 2022/02-2022/02
  • Coordinator & Mentor, Emergency Management Career Information Session 2022/02-2022/02
  • Hosted eKitabu Colleagues (Kenya) 2022/02-2022/02
  • Served as Gallaudet POC, White House Monkeypox Initiative 2022/01-2023/01
  • Participant, "Active Shooter Focus Group": DC Mayor’s Office of Deaf, DeafBlind, and Hard of Hearing 2023/01-2023/01
  • SESYNC Geographic Information Systems Mini-Course: Annapolis, Maryland 2018/02-2018/02
  • Introduction to Peacebuilding Micro Course: online 2019/02-2019/02
  • PST- 500 BAS Level 1: online 2019/03-2019/03
  • PST-500 Culturally Responsive & Trauma Informed Teaching: online 2019/03-2019/03
  • PST-500 Quality Matters: online 2019/03-2019/03
  • Advising Student Leaders in Person and Virtually: online 2020/01-2020/01
  • Emergency Medical Services Independent Study 2020/02-2020/02
  • Red Cross Adult First Aid/CPR/AED 2020/02-2020/02
  • Community Emergency Response Team Training 2020/02-2020/02
  • FEMA IS-700b National Incident Management System 2020/02-2020/02
  • FEMA IS-100c Introduction to the Incident Command System 2020/02-2020/02
  • RID Workshop Sign What? Interpreting Language 2020/02-2020/02
  • ASLIS Workshop How to Grow: Practical Strategies to Fight Unconscious Bias 2020/02-2020/02
  • Access Vine Workshop Interpreters as Agents of Change: Soft Skills and 2020/02-2020/02
  • ASLIS Workshop (Trans)lating Best Practices: Trans 101 for ASL Interpreters 2020/02-2020/02
  • Massachusetts Commission for the DHH Working with DB Individuals 101 2020/02-2020/02
  • Dale Boam for Zaboosh Discourse Markers 2020/02-2020/02
  • Idaho RID Interpreting for Language Deprived Students 2020/02-2020/02
  • Washington State RID Social Justice & Interpreting, Part I 2020/02-2020/02
  • Washington State RID Social Justice & Interpreting, Part II Anti-Blackness in Interpreting 2020/03-2020/03
  • World Deaf Refugee Conference 2020/03-2020/03
  • FEMA - IS-230d—Fundamentals of Emergency Management 2017/03-2017/03
  • FEMA - IS-63b—Geographic Information Systems Infrastructure 2017/03-2017/03
  • Professional Development Week (August) 2016/01-2016/01
  • Professional Development Week (January) 2016/02-2016/02
  • Professional Development Week (August) 2017/01-2017/01
  • Professional Development Week (January) 2017/02-2017/02
  • Professional Development Week (August) 2018/01-2018/01
  • Professional Development Week (January) 2018/02-2018/02
  • Professional Development Week (August) 2019/01-2019/01
  • Professional Development Week (January) 2019/02-2019/02
  • Professional Development Week (August) 2020/01-2020/01
  • Professional Development Week (January) 2020/02-2020/02
  • Professional Development Week (August) 2021/01-2021/01
  • Professional Development Week (August) 2021/02-2021/01
  • Professional Development Week 2021/02-2021/02
  • Professional Development Week 2022/01-2022/01
  • Professional Development Week 2022/02-2022/02
  • Professional Development Week 2023/01-2023/01
  • WLC-595 Japanese Sign Language 2023/01-2023/01
  • Certificate in Psychological First Aid 2023/02-2023/02
  • Japanese Sign Language Level II Tutoring 2023/02-2023/02
  • Community Emergency Response Team Program Managers Training (K0427) 2023/02-2023/02
  • Community Emergency Response Team Train-the-Trainers Course (KO428) 2023/02-2023/02
  • Professional Development Week 2024/01-2024/01
  • FEMA - Integrated Emergency Management 2022/02-2022/02
  • FEMA Community of Practice Webinar 2023/02-2023/02
  • Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf: 1996- PRESENT
  • World Federation of the Deaf: 2018- PRESENT
  • Society for International Development: 2019- PRESENT

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