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NEWSLETTER OF THE AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE PROGRAM
“SIGNS” OF BUCKEYES
AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE PROGRAMOffice of Interdisciplinary Programs
Lauren Sanders, Associate Coordinator440 Hopkins Hall, 128 N. Oval MallColumbus, Ohio 43210
phone (614) 292-7082VP (614) 429-1388e-mail [email protected] site asl.osu.edu
2009
OUR MISSIONThe Ohio State American Sign Language (ASL)Program seeks to create a challenging and safelearning environment that develops studentcommunication skills using ASL. Our program alsopromotes a deeper understanding about the historyof and current issues within the American Deafand hard-of-hearing community. We strive to fosterpositive relationships between our students andinstructors that celebrate diversity and authenticity.We endeavor to create and maintain partnershipsto fulfill our goals for undergraduate education,service, and research in the field.
AmericanSign Language
TABLE OFCONTENTSProgram News................... 3
Events and Outreach......... 5
Faculty and Staff................ 8
Students............................ 10
Alumni and Friends............ 11
WELCOME! The Ohio State University would like to take theopportunity to welcome you to our American Sign LanguageProgram. We are especially delighted to commence our firstissue of our newsletter, “Signs” of Buckeyes.
During this past year, our program has matured extraordinarilyas we have hired new instructors, developed a new web site,established two program funds through generous donors,participated in outreach projects, and are continuing to developand enhance our curriculum. All the while we have maintainedour strong connection with our students as we inspire them inthe classroom and encourage them to participate in the localdeaf and signing community.
Our goal with this newsletter is to put forth continuedendorsement of our program and all its accomplishments byimproving our exposure. Thank you in advance for your continuedsupport and consideration of our program. We would love tohear from you and have you share your experiences with ASLand the deaf/signing community, so please contact us with anycomments, stories, or inquires (see form on the last page). Weare all part of this remarkable development and we are excitedto see future growth.
Tammy Eckard [email protected]
Trena Shank [email protected]
Lauren Sanders [email protected]
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EDITORS NOTE’
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Special Couple Makes Generous Giftsto the American Sign Language Program
We are thrilled to announce two new charter funds thatwere generously and thoughtfully donated through donorsChuck and Donna Thomas. These funds will createmomentum as we continue to strengthen our ASL Program.These funds allow for coverage of short term operatingcosts and long term program sustainability to support thesuccess of our students and our staff as we contribute tothe university and the community.
The following story was originally published in the March2008 issue of Humanities Express and can be found in thearchives online athumanities.osu.edu/news/express/archive.cfm.
“There are those who call themselves Buckeyes and thenthere are those who truly “walk the walk and talk the talk.”Case in point is Ohio State alumnus Charles William
“Chuck” Thomas and his wife Donna. To say that Chuckand Donna are big fans of the Buckeyes is a bit of anunderstatement—their Columbus residence boasts anamazing “Buckeye Room” where anyone with ties to theBucks would immediately feel right at home.
Their pride in Ohio State drives them in their continuedphilanthropy to the university. Most recently, their pride infamily led them to establish two funds in the AmericanSign Language Program (ASL) in the College's ForeignLanguage Center: The Donna Thomas Fund and the LaurenSanders American Sign Language Fund, which is namedin honor of their niece. These funds will supportprogramming, student financial aid, and travel for ASL.
Thanks to the mentorship of her aunt and uncle, Laurenbecame the first person in her family to attend college.After graduating from Ohio State with a bachelor's degreein communications, she went on to earn an associate'sdegree in sign language interpreting from Columbus StateCommunity College, and then a master's in TeachingAmerican Sign Language as a Foreign Language fromColumbia University. Lauren is the new associatecoordinator of and an instructor in the ASL Program atOSU. She credits her aunt and uncle for much of her
success. In turn, Chuck and Donna are hugely proud ofLauren and were ecstatic that she chose to advance hercareer at their beloved Ohio State. "American Sign Languageis one of the most commonly used languages in the UnitedStates,” says Lauren, ”and at Ohio State, we are workinghard to build upon the program’s existing foundation,including the goal of increasing outreach to the community.Chuck and Donna are giving us the opportunity to do justthat.”
Chuck and Donna are inspirational in many ways. Aftergraduating from OSU in 1954, Chuck founded twosuccessful companies: Helicopter Minit-Men and NoxiousVegetation Control. Together Chuck and Donna make anincredible team. They understand what it means to beBuckeyes and to invest in the future of our Buckeye Nation.They are truly a special couple and the ASL program isthrilled to have them as a part of its family.”
For information on how to make a gift or to start your ownfund, please contact our Director of Development, Margo
J. Wolanin, at (614) 292-3487 or via email [email protected].
Make a gift through a secure site, www.giveto.osu.edu,type in “ASL” under “Search All Funds.”
ASL 4 class Spring 2008
ASL 2 students working in class
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Pictured left to right: Marcia Woodfill, Tia Jones, Lauren Sanders, donors Donnaand Chuck Thomas, Emily LeGros, Trena Shank, Marla Berkowitz at a team meetingin January 2008. The Thomas’s joined us to announce their gifts to the ASL Programand share their love for the Ohio State University.
4 PROGRAM NEWS
New Web Site for the ASL ProgramWe are proud to announce our new and improved website: asl.osu.edu. Thank you to the Colleges of the Arts& Sciences—specifically Beth Snapp and Ousmane
Kebe—for their significant support and guidance in thisprocess. Combined with the collaboration and committedefforts by ASL staff Emily LeGros and Lauren Sanders,the new web site rolled out at the beginning of Springquarter 2009 and has been widely and positively receivedby faculty and staff, students, and the community at large.Please take a moment to view our vibrant new web siteand learn more about the ASL Program.
Technology in the Classroom
Pictured left to right: Emilie Siemer and Natalie Morrison
Just a glimpse at how technology has helped studentswith comprehension and fluency in ASL. Faculty member,Tammy Eckard, uses a web-cam in her classroom to allowstudents a comprehensive look at their signing patterns.She states, “Majority of my students have improvedimmensely on recognizing non-manual grammatical signals,syntax and grammar. Captured video has allowed mystudents to purposely examine their expressiveperformances and measure their progression.”
ASL Program Awarded a Grantfrom the Dorothy E. Ann FundThe Dorothy E. Ann Fund (D.E.A.F.) of the Columbus
Foundation recently awarded Ohio State’s ASL Programa grant of $2,500 to support a nationally-recognized guestlecturer who is deaf or hard of hearing. This grant, writtenby Lauren Sanders and Marcia Woodfill, will not onlybenefit OSU’s ASL students, but it will also provide aspecial opportunity for Columbus youth and teens whoare deaf or hard of hearing to gain a deeper understandingof the rich history and cultural values shared by theircommunity. In addition, engagements such as this offermembers of our university and the community at large toparticipate and increase their own awareness of deafculture which in turn will make them more sensitiveeducators, employers, and citizens. Check the “News andEvents” page of our web site (asl.osu.edu) for theannouncement of this grant supported lecture.
The ASL Program extends a special thankyou to our donors! Your gifts help make ourprogram a success.
ASL Fund Donors:
AnonymousTerry K AdamsJanice DiGiacomoTammy EckardRandi D FahleLinda M HaderSue LongshoreEmily LegrosCatherine A OlsenJohn A OlsenFe Lotto S RutherfordKristin L SandersLauren SandersMarion R ScottGerda ShankPhilip D ShankTrena ShankGary SmithJudy SmithCharles ThomasDonna ThomasDiane WilkeRinehart M Wilke III
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Singing the National Anthemat Buckeye Games
Emily LeGros, staff instructor (pictured front row secondfrom left), coordinates and leads groups of OSU ASL studentsand deaf and hard of hearing community members in signingthe National Anthem at every home football and men’sbasketball games. This is one special way that diversity andunity is celebrated among the Ohio State University andcommunity through the beauty of American Sign Language.Look for Emily and the signers out on the field this fall! Formore information, contact Emily at [email protected].
ASL Instructor Provides Deaf Awarenessto KindergartnersThe Southeastern Elementary School in Bellefontaine, Ohioinvited Trena Shank, an OSU ASL instructor, to advancetheir students’ Deaf Awareness. Trena joined a kindergartenclass to share American Sign Language (ASL) vocabularyduring their reading enrichment period. Students showedspecial interest in learning how to sign “Happy Birthday” toa peer in their subsequent class. The jubilant students werethirsting for more ASL exposure as every student’s handwas raised with inquiry. Trena Shank’s visit has left a lastingimpression on the students. The early acquisition of ASL isjust one example of how the community benefits fromOSU’s outreach efforts. It is our hope, as shown by theSoutheastern kindergarten students, that this positive spirittowards ASL and the culture of the Deaf community willfoster acceptance and enlightenment.
Scarlet and Gray Ag Day
Students from Huy Gladstone elementary school with OSU ASL 4 studentsat Scarlet and Gray Ag Day, 2009.
OSU student Eric Wetli signing with the deaf students during a science experiment.
OSU student Nick Stefanik and Huy Gladstone studentreacting to the smell of the cannulated cows.
On May 15, 2009 eleven ASL 4 students participated in aunique outreach and service learning project with the Collegeof Food Agriculture and Environmental Science. The collegehosted their 10th Scarlet and Gray Ag Day (SGAD) that wasfounded by Mrs. Micki Zartman to promote agriculturalliteracy of fourth and fifth grade students through hands-onlearning activities held on the Ag campus of Ohio State.Zartman and Leslie Risch, SGAD advisors, invited the ASLProgram to get involved by facilitating communication ona personal level (in addition to the professional interpretingservices) with the eleven local deaf and hard of hearingelementary students who attended. (Continued on pg. 6)
This was the first time that students who are deaf orhard of hearing participated in SGAD, so it was Zartman’sdesire “to ensure that the students from Huy Gladstone
Elementary have a memorable and educationally enrichingexperience.” Our ASL students helped fulfill this wish byserving as “buddies” for the deaf and hard of hearingstudents.
The ASL Program student volunteers had a positiveexperience using their ASL skills and cultural knowledgeoutside of the classroom in a meaningful way. Theirexperiences are summarized well by the followingcomments shared by two of the ASL 4 student participants.
“I really enjoyed my time volunteering for Scarlet and GrayAg Day! It was a wonderful experience and a great opportunity to use what we have learned in four ASLclasses. I enjoyed it because it made me realize that Ican use my skills in ASL in real-life situations.”
“That [Scarlet and Gray Ag Day] was my first interactionwith deaf children. I learned so much from the group ofchildren that I worked with! I loved it and would do itagain!”
A big THANK YOU to the following ASL 4 students inappreciation for their volunteer time and energy at Scarletand Gray Ag Day: Riley Cosgrave, Ashley Fleckinger,
Marti Fudge, Alex Graves, Alison Gwirtz, Ashley
Hoffmann, Samantha Hope, Amanda Olson, Jessica
Ranney, Nick Stefanik, Eric Wetli. Thank you also toLaura Pearce, SGAD Co-Chair, for coordinating thisoutreach opportunity.
For more information about the SGAD, see their web site:www.ag.ohio-state.edu/~sg-agday.
ASL Lecture SeriesThe American Sign Language Program cherishes itsrelationship with members of the deaf and hard of hearingcommunity and we strive to foster this relationship throughoutreach events. With this goal in mind, instructor Marla
Berkowitz founded the ASL Lecture Series whichfeatures a local guest lecturer every quarter to sharehis/her knowledge and experience related to varioustopics of deaf culture. The Lecture Series provides on-campus educational opportunities for ASL students, staff,and faculty to meet with and learn from members of Columbus’s large and rich deaf and signing community.The success of this new and ongoing series is perhapsbest summarized by the following comment from astudent participant: “I learned a lot from (the speaker’s)personal experiences that could not be learned fromreading a text book or through class discussion. I hopemore events like this will continue to be available tostudents.”
A warm THANK YOU to each of our guest lecturers whopresented in our inaugural year of the lecture series:
Ben Hall: Through the Eyes of a CODA (Child of DeafAdults), Winter quarter 2009
Bryan Grubb: Deaf and Blind: In Charge of My Life,Spring 2009
Lisette Tedeschi with Derek Dickson and Narisa Frank:
Deaf and Hard of Hearing Students: Behind the Scenesin a Mainstream Educational Setting, Summer 2009Term One
Jim Crane: Deaf in a Mainstreamed School:My Experiences, Summer 2009 Term Two
All lectures are free and open to the public,with interpreting services provided bythe ADA Coordinator’s Office. Funding for the ASLLecture Series is provided by the American Sign LanguageEndowment Fund. For future lectures, check the
“News and Events” page of our web site (asl.osu.edu).
ASL Buckeye Bash
Pictured left to right (sitting): donor and host Donna Thomas, Art Sanders,Dr. Diane Birckbichler, Margo Wolanin; second row: Tammy Eckard (in red), LaurenSanders, Dr. Brenda Brueggemann, Bobbi Bedinghaus, Lori Woods, Trena Shank; backrow: Dean John Roberts, Tia Jones, Kristin Saxon, Marla Berkowitz, Marcia Woodfill,Emily LeGros, donor and host Chuck Thomas, Chris Driscoll, Susan Sanders.
As a kick-off to the 2008 – 2009 school year, donorsChuck and Donna Thomas invited ASL Program facultyand staff to their home last September for an evening offellowship, food, and fun in the couple’s Buckeye room.Dean John Roberts and Margo Wolanin, Director ofDevelopment, for the College of Humanities also attendedand presented the donors with a gift of appreciation fromthe college. Donna’s sister and brother-in-law, Art and
Sue Sanders (Lauren’s parents), joined in the celebrationof the program’s success and enjoyed mingling with ourlively team. Special thanks to Sarah McKinney ofHallenross and Associates who provided interpretingservices during this event. We look forward to anotherexciting year in 2009 – 2010!
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Connecting with Gallaudet Universityand Deaf Initiatives, Inc.
Pictured left to right: Emily LeGros, Lauren Sanders, Dr. Robert Davila,Trena Shank, Dr. Brenda Brueggemann, Marla Berkowitz
On May 8, 2009 the ASL Program collaborated with theCollege of Arts and Humanities’ Office of University
Development and Deaf Initiatives, Inc. to sponsor alecture by Dr. Robert Davila, President of Gallaudet
University. Gallaudet, in Washington, D.C., is the world'sonly university in which all programs and services arespecifically designed to accommodate deaf and hard ofhearing students. Davila’s presentation, titled “ChallengesFacing Higher Education for the Deaf”, was well attendedand enjoyed by OSU ASL students, faculty, and staff, andmembers of the Columbus community.
After the lecture, Margo Wolanin, Director ofDevelopment, hosted a wonderful lunch at the BlackwellInn for Davila with Dean John Roberts, College ofHumanities, ASL Program Faculty Leader, Dr. Brenda
Brueggemann, ASL Program coordinators, Lauren
Sanders and Marcia Woodfill, and Meredith Crane,Director of Deaf Initiatives, Inc. The group was honoredby a special visit with OSU President Gordon Gee totop off a wonderful afternoon.
Later that evening, members of the ASL Program teamattended a reception introducing U.S. Senator Sherrod
Brown and Gallaudet President Dr. Davila to the Ohiodeaf community. Brown is a new member of the Boardof Trustees for Gallaudet University. This lovely gatheringwas hosted by Jay and Meredith Crane, who have twogrown children who are deaf. The Cranes are greatcontributors to the Ohio deaf community, and the ASLProgram is pleased to partner with them and DeafInitiatives. For more information about Deaf Initiatives
see: www.deafinitiatives.org.
Derek Dickson, Lisette Tedeschi, and Narissa Frank
Jim Crane
A special Thank You to the university’s ADA
Coordinator’s Office (ada.osu.edu) for providingconsistent support in securing interpreting and captioningservices for our program courses, meetings, and events.
8 FACULTY AND STAFF
WELCOME NEW FACULTY!Marla Berkowitz joined us as a full-time instructor in autumn 2008, though she has workedpart-time for the program for several years. Marla comes to OSU with more than 20 yearsof work-related experiences in the field of Deaf studies, American Sign Language instruction,Interpreter assessment, education and training, mental health advocacy, case management,job coaching, mediation, and has presented numerous workshops at local, national andinternational levels. Marla is currently co-presenting with a colleague on “Academic ASL:It looks like English but it is not” in different cities.
Marla is a member of OASLTA, ASLTA, OCRID, RID and NAD. She recently earned hercertification with American Sign Language Teachers Association (ASLTA), a national organizationwhose mission is to ensure accurate promotion of ASL and Deaf culture through excellencein teaching. Marla holds two MA degrees from New York University and Jewish TheologicalSeminary. In addition, she has taken a personal interest in writing a book with a colleagueabout adult relationships between Deaf people and their hearing siblings.
Tammy Eckard joined our team as a full-time instructor in autumn 2008, after teaching oneclass in spring 2007. Tammy earned her M.Ed. from The Ohio State University specializingin Deaf Education and Reading. She is a Certified Interpreter and Transliterator with theRegistry of Interpreters for the Deaf. Her most recent projects have been on Visual Phonics,Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Students Difficulties with Reading and Increasing American SignLanguage Fluency and Immersion for High School Students.
Special interests are in Teaching/mentoring interpreting students, further research in AmericanSign Language linguistics and Visual Curriculum. In her spare time she enjoys kayaking,traveling and playing with her two children.
Robin Price joins us autumn quarter 2009 and brings with her over 13 years experienceteaching American Sign Language and interpreting courses. She is a certified Interpreter andTransliterator with the Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf, and has operated her own privatepractice for interpreting services throughout the greater Columbus community. When sheis not working, Robin enjoys reading, snow skiing, and giving back tothe community through various volunteer commitments.
ASL Instructor Recognized for Outstanding ServiceTia Jones was nominated by one of her former ASL students,Melissa Pope, for outstanding faculty recognition byOrder of Omega, The Interfraternity Council. This awardcelebrates faculty members’ dedication to students and theuniversity. On March 6th, 2009 Tia was honored with thisdistinction at a banquet hosted by Order of Omega.
Tia Jones has also earned the title of Most Valuable
Professor (MVP) by the Student-Athlete Advisory Boardafter being nominated by some of her former ASL students.Tia was one of only three to receive this award in 2007.
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Publications and PresentationsMarla Berkowitz is recognized for her recent publication,co-authored by Linda Ross, Ph.D., “Academic ASL: It lookslike English, But it isn’t. Putting the Pieces Together.”Proceedings of the PEPNet Biennal Conference. 193 – 198.PEPNet, 2008.
Dr. Brenda Brueggemann, Marla Berkowitz, and Trena
Shank presented at the Multiple Perspectives on Access,Inclusion, and Disability Annual Conference sponsored bythe ADA Coordinator’s Office at the Ohio State University,April 28 – 29, 2009. The conference theme was “Change,Challenge, and Collaboration.” Berkowitz, Shank (ASLInstructors) and Brueggemann (ASL Faculty Advisor) presenteda session titled “New Work in Deaf Studies at OSU” in whichthey each highlighted their recent or current research projectsas follows respectively: “Deaf and Hearing Adult SiblingRelations Project,” “Qualifications for the American SignLanguage Teacher,” and “Documenting Deaf Lives andLiteracy in an Age of Technology.”
In the SpotlightLauren Sanders was featured on OSU’s Foreign Language
Center DVD projects in 2008 and 2009. TheseDVDs were created for incoming freshmento educate about the various languagesthat are offered at the university. Sanderswas asked to participate in the projectas an alumna of Ohio State (1995) whohas used or benefited from her foreignlanguage study after graduation. Shetook Italian for her foreign languageseries as an undergraduate student atOSU (before the ASL Program wasestablished) and then took anintroductory sign language course,Speech and Hearing Sciences 714, asan elective during her last quarter. Thesetwo experiences inspired Lauren’s careersworking with languages as a sign languageinterpreter and instructor, and eventually ledher back to Ohio State as a member of the ASLProgram. Student interest in the ASL Program was strongafter the 2008 DVD, so more information was provided aboutthe language and potential opportunities for further study inthe 2009 DVD. See the article in the Student section aboutthe two ASL students who were also featured. Moreinformation about this project can be obtained by contactingthe Foreign Language Center at (614) 292-4361.
Foreign Language Center DVD ProjectsHighlight Two ASL StudentsVivian Ezike and Charity Lopp were featured on theForeign Language Center DVD projects, in 2008 and 2009respectively, that highlight some of the languages offeredat Ohio State. Vivian and Charity each bring a uniqueperspective to their experiences in the ASL series. Vivian
aims to maintain and improve her signing skills as well asher knowledge about deaf culture with the hopes of usingit with deaf and hard of hearing clients in her futurechiropractic work. Charity, who is also studying Spanish,is considering careers such as sign language interpretingthat will gratify her love of languages while earning a living.The ASL Program is proud to have Vivian and Charity sharetheir passion for ASL study and represent all of our wonderfulstudents on these exclusive projects.
Silent Bowling
In early November 2008 approximately 200 signers gatheredat the Columbus Square Bowling Palace to bowl, experienceDeaf culture, and utilize their ASL skills while participatingin the annual “Silent Bowling” event hosted by Emily
LeGros. This was a great opportunity for ASL studentsfrom OSU—as well as other local sign language programs—to interact with members of the Columbus Deaf and hardof hearing community outside of the classroom. Eachquarter Emily hosts a “silent” event, such as bowling anda spring picnic, which offers an educational and entertainingexperience for ASL students. Check the ‘News & Events’page on our web site (asl.osu.edu) for future events.
ASL ClubThe ASL Club at OSU is a great place for our students tocontinue using their signing skills outside of the classroomin a fun environment. Various events include monthly silentsocials at Panera, ice skating and game night. For moreinformation or to be added to the email list, please see ourweb site: aslclub.org.ohio-state.edu or contact Katie
Motz, Club President, at [email protected], or Club Advisor,Emily LeGros, at [email protected].
OSU ASL Students Signingwith Senior CitizensThe American Sign Language (ASL) Club enjoys visitingsenior citizens who are deaf, hard of hearing, and deaf-blindat the Columbus Colony Housing and Elderly Care facilityin Westerville. Columbus Colony is a nationally recognizedprogram for providing skilled nursing care and independenthousing for senior citizens who are deaf, deaf/blind, hearing,and hard of hearing that is owned and operated by theOhio School for the Deaf Alumni Association. Whenmembers of the ASL Club volunteer at Columbus Colony,they usually help out with events such as Crafts, BingoNight, Card Night and Thanksgiving Dinner.
Thanksgiving Dinner was one the most rewarding for clubmembers. They not only got to visit with residents andpractice their signing, but they also got to see the joy theresidents felt when their family members came to enjoyThanksgiving with them. It was eye opening when somefamily members showed up and did not know much or anysign language; they would communicate through gesturesand could only partake in simple conversations. Volunteeringwith Columbus Colony is a good experience for both ASLClub members as well as the residents, who enjoy havingvisitors and signing with people who know their languageand appreciate their culture. (Submitted by Katie Motz,
ASL Club President.)
ASL Students Signed “Carmen Ohio”at the President’s Salute 2008
Pictured from left to right: Katie Motz, Brock Leonti, Jenna Kinnear.
The Foreign Language Center was featured at this year’sPresident’s Salute to Undergraduate Academic Achievement.Five languages were highlighted by student performancesduring dinner and the ASL Program was honored to sharein this special experience. Students Jenna Kinnear, Brock
Leonti, Katie Motz presented a beautiful rendition of theuniversity’s Alma Mater song Carmen Ohio in AmericanSign Language! See a studio version of this on our websitehomepage: www.asl.com.
10 STUDENTS
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Diane Birckbichler, [email protected] of FrenchChairDepartment of French andItalianDirectorForeign Language Center,College of Humanities
Brenda Jo Brueggemann, [email protected] and Vice ChairDepartment of EnglishAssociate FacultyComparative StudiesAssociate FacultyWomen’s StudiesCoordinatorDisability Studies Program,College of Humanities
Robert Allen Fox, [email protected] and ChairDepartment of Speech andHearing Sciences,College of Social andBehavioral Sciences
Peter V. Paul, [email protected] of Education andHuman Ecology, School ofTeaching and Learning
CONTACT US!We’d love to hear from you! We welcome stories from our ASL Program alumni of how you are using ASL outside the classroomor have been impacted by your studies of ASL at Ohio State. If you are a friend of OSU and the ASL Program, we’d also loveto collect your related stories and feedback. Please take a moment to fill out this form and return it so that we can share yournews in the upcoming issue of “Signs” of Buckeyes.
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American Sign Language Faculty and StaffThe ASL Program is a unique interdisciplinary program that benefits from its affiliation with four departments and FacultyAdvisors. Our full time faculty and staff are listed below. Learn more about us on our web site (asl.osu.edu) under ‘ASL Program’.
Lauren Sanders, [email protected] Coordinatorand InstructorASL Program
Tia Jones, [email protected] Coordinatorand InstructorCollege of Education andHuman Ecology, Schoolof Teaching and Learning
Marcia Woodfill, [email protected] Coordinatorand InstructorDepartment of Speech andHearing Sciences
Marla Berkowitz, [email protected] of English
Tammy Eckard, [email protected] of English
Emily LeGros, [email protected] andASL Club AdvisorCollege of Education andHuman Ecology, School ofTeaching and Learning
Robin Price, [email protected] of English
Trena Shank, [email protected] of English
We also recognize and appreciate the individuals who teach for us on a quarterly basis:Bobbi Bedinghaus, Tiffany Clark, Amy DeLorenzo, Rose Hurd, Kristin Saxon
Thank you to our Faculty Advisor team:
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