Bobbie Kite

Originally from Pennsylvania, Bobbie Jo received her B.A. in Early Childhood Education in 2004 and her M.A. in Deaf Education in 2005 from Gallaudet. She has taught Pre-Kindergarten and Kindergarten at Kendall Demonstration Elementary School for 5 years and Kindergarten-First grade at New Mexico School for the Deaf for a year. Since 2011, Bobbie Jo is a tenured faculty at the Department of Education. She completed her doctoral studies at George Mason University, specializing in Early Childhood Education and Multilingual/Multicultural Education in August 2017. Her dissertation explored ASL and English Bilingualism in hearing families with deaf babies using the family language planning framework. In addition, Bobbie Jo provides consulting services to ASL & English bimodal bilingual programs nationwide. In her very little free time, she enjoys hiking with her husband and dogs.