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The Office of Research enhances the intellectual climate on campus by encouraging, facilitating, and distributing scholarly research. We promote interdisciplinary research to foster diversity, equity in participation, and the inclusion of various academic perspectives. Through training and research opportunities, students graduate from Gallaudet as scholars ready to join the workforce, advance research discoveries, and positively impact their local communities and the world.

Students who are interested in learning more about research opportunities at Gallaudet can visit the Research and Innovations page or watch Gallaudet’s PIs describe their work here.

We sponsor the Institutional Review Board and promote safe and ethical research practices. Faculty and student researchers are welcome to visit the Institutional Review Board page for IRB-related information and procedures.

Poorna Kushalnagar

Strategic Research Officer

William Ennis

Associate Professor

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Research Centers

Artificial Intelligence, Accessibility and Sign Language Center

The Artificial Intelligence, Accessibility and Sign Language Center (AIASL) is an innovative initiative that focuses on integrating artificial intelligence (AI) into the realm of accessibility and sign language. This involves developing AI-driven solutions that enhance technology accessibility for individuals with disabilities, particularly those who use...

Schuchman Deaf Documentary Center

Explore the captivating world of deaf culture and history through the Drs. John S. & Betty J. Schuchman Deaf Documentary Center's compelling documentary arts, promoting education, understanding, and appreciation for the unique experiences of deaf individuals.

Center for Deaf Health Equity

We conduct rigorous research that lays the foundation for better health-related quality of life among deaf and hard of hearing people who use American Sign Language. We are a deaf-centric research center that utilizes quantitative and qualitative methodologies to gather accessibility and patient-reported outcomes from...

Technology Access Program

The Technology Access Program (TAP) conducts research into communication technologies and services for the benefit of the deaf and hard of hearing community. The program provides education to Gallaudet students through coursework and mentored research projects related to TAP’s research goals. In the past, TAP...

Visual Language and Visual Learning (VL2)

The National Science Foundation of Science of Learning Center on Visual Language and Visual Learning (VL2) advances knowledge on how human higher cognition is realized through vision. Our groundbreaking research and translation labs seek to determine the effects of visual processes, visual language, and social...

Deaf and Hard of Hearing Child Resilience Center

The Deaf and Hard of Hearing Child Resilience Center was created to address the gap between children who have experienced trauma and the mental health services they deserve. Addressing trauma among underserved deaf and hard of hearing children. Making a way for new innovations, treatment,...

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Let us help you get started! Work with us on your internal and external funding plans and see how you can benefit from our research initiatives.

Pre-Award Services

We provide support to faculty and staff seeking internal and external funding for projects that benefit the Gallaudet community. We offer guidance throughout the research journey – beginning with the proposal stage.

Post-Award Services

The Post-Award Team works with principal investigators to ensure sound financial post-award administration of all externally sponsored programs at Gallaudet University.

Research Compliance

The Office of Research manages and provides guidance on agreements, conflict of interest, research misconduct, subrecipient risk assessment, Uniform Guidance, and University policies and procedures, and much more.

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Meet the Team

Poorna Kushalnagar

Strategic Research Officer

William Ennis

Associate Professor

Aparna Lele

Operations Manager

Susan Larrison

Pre-Award Grant Administrator

Lucy Upah

Research Administrator

Erika Bergeron

Research Manager

News

Publications

Cancer Screening: Deaf, Deafblind, and Hard of Hearing Adults using American Sign Language

  • Author(s): Bergeron, E., Valdez, R., Moreland, C.J. et al.
  • Published: 27 February 2024
  • Journal: J Canc Educ (2024)
  • DOI: 10.1007/s13187-024-02416-x

Deaf Women’s Health: Adherence to Breast and Cervical Cancer Screening Recommendations. American Journal of Preventive Medicine

  • Author(s): Kushalnagar, P., Engelman, A., & Simons, A
  • Published: 2019-08-01
  • Journal: American Journal of Preventive Medicine
  • DOI: 10.1016/j.amepre.2019.04.017

Deaf LGBTQ Patients’ Disclosure of Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity to Healthcare Providers

  • Author(s): Miller, C., Biskupiak, A., & Kushalnagar, P.
  • Journal: Psychology of Sexual Orientation and Gender Diversity
  • DOI: 10.1037/sgd0000319

Adapting parent–child interaction therapy for deaf families that communicate via ASL

  • Author(s): Day, L. A., Costa, E. A., Previ, D., & Caverly, C.
  • Published: 2018
  • Journal: Cognitive and Behavioral Practice
  • DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpra.2017.01.008

Young Deaf Adults’ Knowledge of Human Papillomavirus (HPV) and Perceived Risk of Vaccine Preventing Cervical, Anal, Penile and Oral Cancer

  • Author(s): Spellun, A., Moreland, C. & Kushalnagar, P.
  • Published: 2018-12-07
  • Journal: Journal of Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology
  • DOI: 10.1016/j.jpag.2018.11.013

What Medical Education can do to Ensure Robust Language Development in Deaf Children

  • Author(s): Humphries, T., Kushalnagar, P., Mathur, G., Napoli, DJ, Padden, C., Pollard, RQ, Rathmann, C., & Smith, SR
  • Published: 2014-10-09
  • Journal: Medical Science Educator
  • DOI: 10.1007/s40670-014-0073-7

Video Remote Interpreting Technology in Healthcare: A Cross-Sectional Study of Deaf Patients’ Experiences

  • Author(s): Kushalnagar, P., Paludneviciene, R., & Kushalnagar, R.
  • Published: 2019-11-03
  • Journal: JMIR Rehabilitation and Assistive Technologies
  • DOI: 10.2196/13233

The usability of American Sign Language videos for presenting mathematics assessment items

  • Author(s): Hansen, E. G., Loew, R. C., Laitusis, C. C., Kushalnagar, P., Pagliaro, C. M., & Kurz, C.
  • Published: 2018-04-12
  • Journal: Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education
  • DOI: 10.1093/deafed/eny008

Language Needs of Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Infants and Children: Information for Spiritual Leaders and Communities

  • Author(s): Burke, TB; Kushalnagar, P.; Mathur, G; Napoli, DJ; Padden, C.; Rathmann, C; VanGilder, K.
  • Published: 2011-08-05
  • Journal: Journal of Religion, Disability and Health
  • DOI: 10.1080/15228967.2011.590644

Support for Parents of Deaf Children: Common Questions and Informed, Evidence-based Answers

  • Author(s): Humphries, T., Kushalnagar, P., Mathur, G., Napoli, DJ, Padden, C., Rathmann, C., & Smith, SR
  • Published: 2018-12-29
  • Journal: International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology
  • DOI: 10.1016/j.ijporl.2018.12.036

Sociocognition Issues Affecting Working Relationships Between Deaf Professionals and Interpreters

  • Author(s): Kushalnagar, P. & Rashid, K.
  • Journal: Journal of American Deafness and Rehabilitation Association

Social Media Use and HIV Screening Uptake Among Deaf Adults in the United States: Cross-Sectional Survey Study

  • Author(s): Argenyi, M. & Kushalnagar, P.
  • Published: 2019-02-10
  • Journal: Journal of Medical Internet Research Public Health Surveillance
  • DOI: 10.2196/13658

Sign Language for Deaf Infants: A Key Intervention for a Developmental Emergency

  • Author(s): Spellun, A. & Kushalnagar, P.
  • Published: 2018-05-22
  • Journal: Clinical Pediatrics
  • DOI: 10.1177/0009922818778041

School Placement and Perceived Quality of Life in Youth who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing

  • Author(s): Schick, B., Skalicky, A., Edwards, T., Kushalnagar, P., Topolski, TD., & Patrick, DL
  • Published: 2012-11-26
  • Journal: Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education
  • DOI: 10.1093/deafed/ens039

Retrospective Parent-Child Communication Difficulties and Risk for Depression in Deaf Adults

  • Author(s): Kushalnagar, P., Bruce, S., Sutton, T., & Leigh, I.
  • Published: 2016-07-02
  • Journal: Journal of Physical and Developmental Disabilities
  • DOI: 10.1007/s10882-016-9501-5

Reading among Diverse DHH Learners: What, How and For Whom?

  • Author(s): Easterbrooks, SR, Lederberg, AR, Antia, S., Schick, B., Kushalnagar, P., Webb, M., Branum-Martin, L., & Connor, CM
  • Journal: American Annals of the Deaf
  • DOI: 10.1353/aad.2015.0002

PROMIS-Deaf Profile Measure: Cultural Adaptation and Psychometric Validation in American Sign Language

  • Author(s): Kushalnagar, P., Paludneviciene, R., Kallen, M., Atcherson, S., & Cella, D.
  • Journal: Journal of Patient-Reported Outcomes
  • DOI: 10.1186/s41687-020-00208-7

PROMIS-ASL: Patient Reported Outcomes Measure for Deaf/HH Adults

  • Author(s): Kushalnagar, P., Atcherson, S., Paludneviciene, R., Schlehofer, D., Bruce, S., Gardner, E., McCaw-Maxwell, D., & Cella, D.
  • Journal: Quality of Life Research

Prevalence of Depression or Anxiety Diagnosis in Deaf Adults

  • Author(s): Kushalnagar, P., Reesman, J., Holcomb, T., & Ryan, C.
  • Published: 2019-08-01
  • Journal: Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education
  • DOI: 10.1093/deafed/enz017

PrEP Knowledge and Perceived Effectiveness to Prevent HIV Infections among Deaf Gay, Bisexual, and Queer Men

  • Author(s): Biskupiak, A., Smith, S. & Kushalnagar, P.
  • Published: 2018-12-12
  • Journal: LGBT Health
  • DOI: 10.1089/lgbt.2018.0102

Prevalence of Alcohol Use: A National Survey of Deaf Adults in the United States

  • Author(s): Kushalnagar, P., Hoglind, T., Simons, A. N., & Guthmann, D.
  • Journal: JADARA

Perceived communication barrier in family is linked to increased risks for food insecurity among deaf adults who use American Sign Language

  • Author(s): Kushalnagar, P., Moreland, C., Simons, A., & Holcomb, T.
  • Published: 2018-01-31
  • Journal: Public Health Nutrition
  • DOI: 10.1017/S1368980017002865

Peer support and food security among deaf college students

  • Author(s): Keogh, B., Kushalnagar, P., & Engelman, A.
  • Published: 2018-10-26
  • Journal: Journal of American College Health
  • DOI: 10.1080/07448481.2018.1515750

Mode of communication, perceived level of understanding and perceived quality of life in youth who are deaf or hard-of-hearing

  • Author(s): Kushalnagar, P.; Topolski, TD; Schick, B; Edwards, TE; Skalicky, AM; Patrick, DL
  • Published: 2011-05-02
  • Journal: Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education
  • DOI: 10.1093/deafed/enr015

Validation of a Quality-of-Life Measure for Deaf or Hard of Hearing Youth

  • Author(s): Patrick, DP, Edwards, TC, Skalicky, AM, Leng, M, Topolski, T, Schick, B, Kushalnagar, P., Sie, K
  • Published: 2011-03-14
  • Journal: Archives of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery
  • DOI: 10.1177/0194599810397604

Making Cancer Health Text on the Internet Easier to Read for Deaf People who use American Sign Language

  • Author(s): Kushalnagar, P., Smith, S., Hopper, M., Ryan, C., Rinkevich, M., & Kushalnagar, R.
  • Published: 2016-06-08
  • Journal: Journal of Cancer Education
  • DOI: 10.1007/s13187-016-1059-5

Levels of Emotion Valence and Arousal in American Sign Language

  • Author(s): Bruce, S., Sutton, T., & Kushalnagar, P.
  • Journal: Journal of American Deafness and Rehabilitation Association

Language Choices for Deaf Infants: Advice for Parents Regarding Sign Languages

  • Author(s): Humphries, T., Kushalnagar, P., Mathur, G., Napoli, DJ, Padden, C., Pollard, RQ, Rathmann, C., & Smith, SR
  • Published: 2015-11-24
  • Journal: Clinical Pediatrics
  • DOI: 10.1177/0009922815616891

Language acquisition for deaf children: Reducing the harms of zero tolerance to the use of alternative approaches

  • Author(s): Humphries, T., Kushalnagar, P., Mathur, G., Napoli, DJ, Padden, C., Rathmann, C., & Smith, SR
  • Published: 2012-04-02
  • Journal: Harm Reduction Journal
  • DOI: 10.1186/1477-7517-9-16

Intelligence, Parental Depression, and Behavior Adaptability in Deaf Children Being Considered for Cochlear Implantation

  • Author(s): Kushalnagar, P.; Krull, KR; Hannay, HJ; Mehta, PD; Caudle, SE; Oghalai, J
  • Published: 2007-04-21
  • Journal: Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education
  • DOI: 10.1093/deafed/enm006

Infants and Children with Hearing Loss Need Early Language Access

  • Author(s): Kushalnagar, P., Mathur, G., Moreland, C., Napoli, D., Osterling, W., Padden, C., Rathmann, C.
  • Journal: Journal of Clinical Ethics
  • DOI: PMC3072291

Health Websites: Accessibility and Usability for American Sign Language Users

  • Author(s): Kushalnagar, P., Naturale, J., Paludneviciene, R., Smith, SR, Werfel, E., Doolittle, R., Jacobs, S., DeCaro, J.
  • Published: 2014-06-05
  • Journal: Journal of Health Communication
  • DOI: 10.1080/10410236.2013.853226

Health-Related Information Seeking among Deaf Adults: Findings from the 2017 Health Information National Trends Survey in American Sign Language (HINTS-ASL)

  • Author(s): Kushalnagar, P. & Kushalnagar, R.
  • Published: 2018-08-06
  • Journal: In Emerald Studies in Media and Communication_e-Health: Current Evidence, Promises, Perils, and Future Directions. Emerald Publishing Limited.
  • DOI: 10.1108/S2050-206020180000015008

Health Information National Trends Survey in American Sign Language (HINTS-ASL): Protocol for the Cultural Adaptation and Linguistic Validation of a National Survey

  • Author(s): Kushalnagar, P., Harris, R., Paludneviciene, R., & Hoglind, T.
  • Published: 2017-09-13
  • Journal: Journal of Medical Internet Research Protocols
  • DOI: 10.2196/resprot.8067

Prostate-Specimen Antigen (PSA) Screening and Shared Decision Making Among Deaf and Hearing Male Patients

  • Author(s): Kushalnagar, P., Hill, C., Carrizales, S., & Sadler, G.
  • Published: 2018-10-23
  • Journal: Journal of Cancer Education
  • DOI: 10.1007/s13187-018-1436-3

Prevalence of Self-Reported Hypertension in Deaf Adults Who Use American Sign Language

  • Author(s): Simons, A., Moreland, C., & Kushalnagar, P.
  • Published: 2018-07-13
  • Journal: American Journal of Hypertension
  • DOI: 10.1093/ajh/hpy111

Health Disparities among Mid-to-Older Deaf LGBTQ Adults Compared to Mid-to-Older Deaf Non-LGBTQ Adults in the United States

  • Author(s): Kushalnagar, P. & Miller, C.
  • Published: 2019-10-30
  • Journal: Health Equity
  • DOI: 10.1089/heq.2019.0009

Global Regulatory Review Needed for Cochlear Implants: A Call for FDA Leadership

  • Author(s): Humphries, T., Kushalnagar, P., Mathur, G. Napoli, D. J., Padden, C., Rathman, C. & Smith. S.
  • Published: 2020-09-02
  • Journal: Maternal and Child Health Journal
  • DOI: 10.1007/s10995-020-03002-5

Genetic Testing and eHealth Usage among Deaf Women

  • Author(s): Kushalnagar, P., Holcomb, J., & Sadler, G.
  • Published: 2019-06-10
  • Journal: Journal of Genetic Counseling
  • DOI: 10.1002/jgc4.1134

Food Worry in the Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Population During the COVID-19 Pandemic

  • Author(s): Engelman, A., Paludneviciene, R., Wanger, K., Jacobs, K., Kushalnagar. P.
  • Published: 2020-12-09
  • Journal: Public Health Reports
  • DOI: 10.1177/0033354920974666

Food insecurity, chronic disease, and quality of life among deaf adults who use American Sign Language

  • Author(s): Engelman, A. & Kushalnagar, P.
  • Published: 2019-12-03
  • Journal: Journal of Environmental Hunger and Food Security
  • DOI: 10.1080/19320248.2019.1699220

Ensuring language acquisition for deaf children: What linguists can do

  • Author(s): Humphries, T, Kushalnagar, P, Mathur, G., Napoli, DJ, Padden, C., & Rathmann, C.
  • Journal: Language
  • DOI: 10.1353/lan.2014.0036

Ensuring Full Participation of People with Disabilities in an Era of Telehealth

  • Author(s): Valdez, R. S., Rogers, C. C., Claypool, H., Trieshmann, L., Frye, O., Wellbeloved-Stone. C. Kushalnagar, P.
  • Published: 2020-11-18
  • Journal: Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association
  • DOI: 10.1093/jamia/ocaa297

Engaging the Deaf Sign Language Community: Lessons from a Community-Based Participatory Research (CBPR) Center

  • Author(s): McKee, M., Thew, D., Starr, M., Kushalnagar, P., Reid, JT, Graybill, P., Velasquez, J., Pearson, TA
  • Published: 2012-11-01
  • Journal: Progress in Community Health Partnerships: Research, Education, and Action
  • DOI: 10.1353/cpr.2012.0037

Discourses of prejudice in the professions: the case of sign languages

  • Author(s): Humphries, T., Kushalnagar, P., Mathur, G., Napoli, DJ, Padden, C., Rathmann, C., & Smith, SR
  • Published: 2017-09-29
  • Journal: Journal of Medical Ethics
  • DOI: 10.1136/medethics-2015-103242

Towards Health Equity: Deaf Adults’ Engagement in Social e-Health Activities and e-Communication with Health Care Providers

  • Author(s): Ryan, C. & Kushalnagar, P.
  • Published: 2018-10-03
  • Journal: Journal of Health Communication, International Perspectives
  • DOI: 10.1080/10810730.2018.1527875

Deaf Patient-Provider Communication and Lung Cancer Screening: Health Information National Trends Survey in American Sign Language (HINTS-ASL)

  • Author(s): Kushalnagar, P., Engelman, A., & Sadler, G.
  • Published: 2018-03-05
  • Journal: Patient Education and Counseling
  • DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2018.03.003

Deaf adults at higher risk for severe illness: COVID-19 information preference and perceived health consequences

  • Author(s): Moreland, C. J., Paludnevicine, R., Park, J. H., McKee, M. M. & Kushalnagar. P.
  • Published: 2021-03-17
  • Journal: Patient Education and Counseling
  • DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2021.03.020

Deaf Adolescents’ Learning of Cardiovascular Health Information: Sources and Access Challenges

  • Author(s): Smith, SR., Kushalnagar, P., & Hauser, PC.
  • Published: 2015-06-04
  • Journal: Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education
  • DOI: 10.1093/deafed/env021

Cross-Sectional Analysis of Medical Conditions in the U.S. Deaf Transgender Community

  • Author(s): Sanfacon, K., Leffers, A., Miller, C., Stabbe, O., DeWindt, L., Wagner, K., and Kushalnagar, P.
  • Published: 2020-08-12
  • Journal: Transgender Health
  • DOI: 10.1089/trgh.2020.0028

Critical Health Literacy in American Deaf College Students

  • Author(s): Kushalnagar, P., Ryan, C., Smith, S., & Kushalnagar, R.
  • Published: 2017-05-24
  • Journal: Health Promotion International
  • DOI: 10.1093/heapro/dax022

Coproduction, Coeducation, and Patient Involvement: Everyone Included Framework for Medical Education Across Age Groups and Cultures

  • Author(s): Price, A., Damaraju, A., Kushalnagar, P., Brunoe, S., Srivastava, U., Debidda, M., Chu, L.
  • Published: 2021-11-03
  • Journal: JMIR Medical Education
  • DOI: 10.2196/31846

Concerns with data analysis and interpretation. Commentary on: Geers et al. (2017). Early sign language exposure and cochlear implantation benefits

  • Author(s): Dye, M.W., Kushalnagar, P., and Henner, J.
  • Published: 2017-06-19
  • Journal: Pediatrics, June 2017, e20163489
  • DOI: 10.1542/peds.2016-3489

Conceptual model of quality of life in adults with congenital and early deafness

  • Author(s): Kushalnagar, P., McKee, M., Smith, SR., Hopper, M., Kavin, D., & Atcherson, SR.
  • Published: 2014-04-19
  • Journal: Disability and Health Journal
  • DOI: 10.1016/j.dhjo.2014.04.001

Cochlear Implants and the Right to Language: Ethical Considerations, the Ideal Situation, and Practical Measures Toward Reaching the Ideal

  • Author(s): Humphries, T., Kushalnagar, P., Mathur, G. Napoli, D. J., Padden, C., Rathman, C. & Smith. S.
  • Published: 2020-09-11
  • Journal: The Ethical Challenges of Emerging Medical Technologies
  • DOI: 10.4324/9781003074984-35

Bilingualism: A Pearl to Overcome Certain Perils of Cochlear Implants

  • Author(s): Humphries, T, Kushalnagar, P, Mathur, G, Napoli, DJ, Padden, C., Rathmann, C., & Smith, SR
  • Journal: Journal of Medical Speech-Language Pathology

Avoiding Linguistic Neglect of Deaf Children

  • Author(s): Humphries, T., Kushalnagar, P., Mathur, G., Napoli, DJ, Padden, C., Rathmann, C., & Smith, SR
  • Journal: Social Service Review
  • DOI: 10.1086/689543

Adverse Childhood Communication Experiences Associated With an Increased Risk of Chronic Diseases in Adults Who Are Deaf

  • Author(s): Kushalnagar, P., Ryan, C., Paludneviciene, R., Spellun, A., & Gulati, S.
  • Published: 2020-07-04
  • Journal: American Journal of Preventive Medicine
  • DOI: 10.1016/j.amepre.2020.04.016

Bilingualism and attention: a study of balanced and unbalanced bilingual deaf users of American Sign Language and English

  • Author(s): Kushalnagar, P, Hannay, HJ, Hernandez, AE
  • Published: 2010-04-18
  • Journal: Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education
  • DOI: 10.1093/deafed/enq011

Caregiver-Reported Indicators of Communication and Social Functioning for Young Children Who Are Deaf or Hard of Hearing

  • Author(s): Patrick, DL, Edwards, TC, & Kushalnagar, P., Topolski, T., Schick, B., & Sie, K
  • Journal: Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education
  • DOI: 10.1093/deafed/eny006

Assessment of Internet Health Information on the COVID-19 among Deaf Communities in Japan: From Infodemiological Perspective (In Japanese)

  • Author(s): Takayama, K., Minakawa, A. & Kushalnagar. P.
  • Published: 2020-12-22
  • Journal: Sign Language Studies Japan

Health disparities among Black deaf and hard of hearing Americans as compared to Black hearing Americans

  • Author(s): Perrodin-Njoku, E., Corbett, C., Moges-Riedel, R., Simms, L., Kushalnagar, P.
  • Published: 2022-01-14
  • Journal: Medicine
  • DOI: 10.1097/MD.0000000000028464
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