SL 346 50 - Advanced Deaf Culture FA20_S1

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Deaf Cultural Studies (SL 346)

Term: 2020-2021 Fall

Faculty

Rickey A McClain
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Sara C Evans
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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."
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Description

This course introduces students to the various aspects of the Global Deaf experience with an emphasis on Deaf people living in the United States. Designed for individuals who may or may not have had prior experience with Deaf people. Content will cover the culture, history and contemporary experiences of the Deaf community in regards to language, education, historical treatment, and socio-cultural issues important to the Deaf community. Additionally, this course will raise questions that allow students to examine issues of power, privilege, and oppression within the Deaf community and how service providers (interpreters, educators, etc.) in the Deaf community may contribute un/consciously to systems of inequality or injustice.