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Intro to Interpreting Profession (SL 240)

Term: 2019-2020 Summer

Faculty

Sara C Evans

Dr. Evans is a graduate of THE University of Tennessee where she completed her PhD in Deaf Education and Interpreting Education.  She earned her M.Ed. in Teaching ASL from Tennessee Temple and her BS in Early Childhood Education from Berry College.  She has taught Deaf Education in the public schools for almost 19 years and has spent the last 15 years interpreting at the college level, community interpreting as well as with VRS and VRI.  In addition she has taught at the college level teaching ASL, Deaf Education and Interpreting at UT, Eastern Kentucky University and Lee University.  

Missions is a big part of her focus and providing the best interpreters for the Deaf community!

Her favorite bible verse is Jeremiah 29:11

"For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the LORD, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future."

Description

The course provides students with an introduction to the profession of sign language interpreting. Content covered includes a global history of the profession (organizations, credentialing, philosophical and ethical roles, and models of interpreting) and current or emerging trends in the field. Additionally, techniques on interpreting processing and cognitive skills will be introduced. Moreover, frameworks for critically analyzing how service providers (interpreters, educators, etc.) un/consciously contribute to dis/empowerment, dis/ability, and in/access in the deaf community.