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Lottie Louise Riekehof (August 13, 1920 – August 6, 2020) was an American Sign Language interpreter, author, and a pioneer in the field of professional sign language interpreting. [1] [2]: 10 She wrote one of the first curriculums for interpreter educators, and trained interpreters and interpreter educators all over the world. [2]: 28 [3]
Andrew Jackson Foster (1925–1987) was an American pioneer of deaf education in several countries in Africa. In 1954, he became the first Deaf African American to earn a bachelor's degree from Gallaudet University, the American university for the Deaf, and the first to earn a master's degree from Eastern Michigan University.
The National Technical Institute for the Deaf (NTID) is the first and largest technological college in the world for students who are deaf or hard of hearing. [1] As one of nine colleges within the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) in Rochester, New York, NTID provides academic programs, access, ASL in-class interpreters and support services—including on-site audiological, speech ...
Gallaudet University is officially bilingual, with American Sign Language (ASL) and written English used for instruction and by the college community. Although there are no specific ASL proficiency requirements for undergraduate admission, many graduate programs require varying degrees of knowledge of the language as a prerequisite. [8]
Amber Galloway [1] (born 12 March 1977) [2] is a sign language interpreter specializing in the interpretation of concerts and music festivals, especially rap/hip-hop, into American Sign Language (ASL). She has been described as "..the most recognizable sign language interpreter in the [United States]."
The University of Surrey has been awarded £8.45m to build a sign language artificial intelligence (AI) model for the deaf community. Over five years, the SignGPT project will build tools to allow ...
A California native, Bray broke into the entertainment industry after she was discovered performing with a deaf dancing group called "Prism West" at a Deaf festival at California State University, Northridge, where she earned a bachelor's degree in biology. [3] She received a master's degree in sign language education in 2013. [4] [5]
This is a list of master's degrees; many are offered as "tagged degrees" Master of Accountancy; Master of Advanced Study; Master of Agricultural Economics;