Audrey Cooper

Invited input on USAID Draft Disability-Inclusive Development Policy [in conjunction with Gallaudet President’s Office and GU colleagues]

SID-US Strategic Planning Session. Provided input to SID-US board members on the organization’s strategic planning.

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.”

Consultation with US Foreign Service Institute on language assessemnt and improving deaf inclusion in the US Foreign Service. 

Faculty Development Grant – Round 2. Presentation at Pacific Rim Conference.

Faculty Development Grant – Round 1. Actvity: DEP Summer Institute Site Visits & Partnering Meetings in Japan.

Invited presentation for the Department of State – IDMA and DEP Careers. 

Invited Presentation.  “Applied Anthropology and Social Justice: Exploring Barriers to Accessibility, Inclusion, and Self-Determination”

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)

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.

Invited presentation. “Disability-Inclusive Disaster Risk Reduction & Gallaudet’s DEP Program.”

Invited presentation. "Disability- and Deaf-Inclusive Development: Sign Languages, Deaf Cultures, and Biodiversity for Sustainability." 

Invited presentation. “Disability-Inclusive Disaster Risk reduction: Assessing for Inclusion.” Developed with Maegan Shanks and three IDMA & DEP students.

Provided invited review of USAID “Request for Information – Feed the Future” (FTF-FORK; RFI#: 7200AA24RFA00004). 

“Advancing Inclusivity in Disaster and Emergency Management: An Interdisciplinary, Cross-University Case Study.”

Faculty Development Grant – Round 1. Activity: DEP Summer Institute Site Visits & Partnering Meetings in Japan.

Faculty Development Grant – Round 3. Activity – for NAD Biennial Conference presentations.

_{“Advocacy and Training for DHH Inclusive Emergency Preparedness"  panel presentation with Philip Mattiacci (FEMA)}