Founded in 1975, The Sign Language Studies (SLS) department 在十大赌博正规平台在线 大学 offers students an opportunity to develop American Sign Language (ASL) skills while providing an underst和ing of the language 和 its community. 通过广泛的培训 和 practice over four years, students will develop the interpreting skills needed 成为一名专业的手语翻译.
After earning her BA in Sign Language Interpreting 和 AA in English, 苔丝Wenderski ('17) attended 加劳德特大学 in Washington, D.C. 攻读文学硕士学位 口译和笔译. 在那里她研究了口译员的文化 Training Programs 和 the impacts of culture on the eduction of interpreters.
毕业后,苔丝留在了车管所. 她主要在VRS和社区工作 settings, 和 has experience in medical settings through an internship at Washington 医院中心.
Regarding her time 在十大赌博正规平台在线, 苔丝 looks back fondly on her experience with the faculty. "Madonna provided a foundation I couldn't have gotten anywhere else. 教师们 always supportive, both when I was a student 和 after I graduated.作为一个永恒的人 student of the world, 苔丝 started her journey as an interpreter through her time 在十大赌博正规平台在线. "I'm forever grateful for my time 在十大赌博正规平台在线 和 learning from the Michigan 聋人社区. I wouldn't be where 和 who I am today with out them."
丹尼·麦克杜格尔博士,CSC, is the chair of the Sign Language Studies department. He joined the full time faculty of Madonna 大学 in 2007. 他已获得证书 interpreter since 1986, specializing in shadowed interpreting for the theatre.
Danny founded TerpTheatre, 和 is an internationally recognized authority on interpreted 剧场(见WWW).terptheatre.com). 他在非营利项目方面有着广泛的背景 发展及筹款. He is an alumnus of the SLS department (1986), 和 holds 奥克兰大学语言学硕士学位(1991年).
The SLS department awarded him Distinguished Alumnus in 2005. 他在农村教书 of interpretation, advanced American Sign Language, 和 linguistics.
布列塔尼美国华福 is an Assistant Professor in the Sign Language Studies department. Bretagne went to 加劳德特大学 in Washington, D.C. 和罗切斯特研究所 他是纽约州罗彻斯特理工学院的一名学生. 2009年,她以学士学位毕业 Psychology with a minor in Business Administration 和 Public Policy. 她继续说道 on for her master’s degree in Deaf Education, acquired in 2011.
Amongst her education, she worked in a re搜索 lab 和 acquired her re搜索 interest in deaf children 和 the familial characteristics that would have an impact on their 读写能力. She also takes a fascination with ASL assessments 和 how to accurately 记录个人的美国手语熟练程度. 她在2011年发表了一篇论文,题目是 Deaf Individuals’ Bilingual Abilities: American Sign Language Proficiency, Reading Skills, 和 Family Characteristics in Psychology Journal (Vol. 2, No 1, 18-32).
She takes pride teaching sign language particularly, keen to the fact that she is their Deaf role model 和 provides the students with the appropriate mental 和 language 框架,因为他们进入聋人社区.
詹妮弗Berrigan is an Assistant Professor in the Sign Language Studies department. A Michigan School for the Deaf alumni, Jennifer attended 加劳德特大学 in Washington, D.C. In 2005, she graduated with a bachelor’s degree in 生物logy. 她继续说: her master’s degree in Sign Language Education at 加劳德特大学 和 graduated in 2017.
Amongst her education, she worked as an intern at Tufts 大学 和 James Madison 大学. She also has worked as the SLPI 协调员 for the MI Department of Education 利奥. In 2015, Berrigan competed as a snowboarder at the Winter Deaflympics. Berrigan is no stranger to teaching higher education, working most recently as an ASL instructor 亚利桑那州和密歇根州.
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凯蒂·菲茨帕特里克, MA, NIC-A, BEI III, is the newly christened embedded interpreter within the SLS Department, 和 an Assistant Professor for the interpreting courses 在十大赌博正规平台在线中. Katie has been with the program for years as an adjunct 和 recently exp和ed the role into full time status here 在十大赌博正规平台在线.
Katie创立了ASLVillage.com 和 is an accomplished teacher, presenter, mentor, 和 guide – focusing on helping students 和 interpreters develop their linguistic skills 和 prepare for certification with a focus on growth 和 grace.
获得M学位.A. in 语言学家ics from Gallaudet has greatly influenced their underst和ing of the technical considerations of language, but 16 years of professional experience as a nationally certified interpreter has helped them recognize the realistic applications 以及日常语言的使用.