{"id":551,"date":"2022-09-22T02:54:00","date_gmt":"2022-09-22T02:54:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/research.ece.ncsu.edu\/ci4r\/?p=551"},"modified":"2025-05-19T02:57:08","modified_gmt":"2025-05-19T02:57:08","slug":"deaf-awareness-week-forum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/research.ece.ncsu.edu\/ci4r\/2022\/09\/22\/deaf-awareness-week-forum\/","title":{"rendered":"Deaf Awareness Week Forum"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"624\" height=\"701\" src=\"https:\/\/research.ece.ncsu.edu\/ci4r\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2025\/05\/deafawarenesweek-clear_orig.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-553\" srcset=\"https:\/\/research.ece.ncsu.edu\/ci4r\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2025\/05\/deafawarenesweek-clear_orig.png 624w, https:\/\/research.ece.ncsu.edu\/ci4r\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2025\/05\/deafawarenesweek-clear_orig-267x300.png 267w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 624px) 100vw, 624px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">ALSR Co-PI Dr. Darrin Griffin contributed to the organization for the first Deaf Awareness Week Forum held during September, Deaf Awareness Month, at the University of Alabama.&nbsp; Collaborator and Gallaudet University, Dr. Kenneth De Haan, delivered a talk regarding ASL and PI Dr. Sevgi Gurbuz gave a talk relating to radar-based design of ASL-sensitive user interfaces.&nbsp; Other speakers included members of the UA community who are Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing and who shared their experiences being Deaf at UA, leading discussions on Deaf culture and community needs\/perspectives.&nbsp; Listing of Program Events:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Monday September 19th<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Opening Remarks &amp; Welcome :\u00a0 Dr. Joseph P. Messina Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>ASL Instruction Development in Higher Education : Dr. Kenneth DeHaan Gallaudet University<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Deaf Culture\/Deaf community : Tabitha Venable and Dr. Tracy Knight, UA and Sam Houston State<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Remarks : Dr. James Dalton Executive Vice President and Provost<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Who is Taking ASL? : Eden Webb Vice President of BAMA ASL &#8211; UA Student Group<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>KODA:\u00a0 Dr. Tracy Knight Sam Houston State University<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Concluding Remarks : Dr. Kent Schafer Alabama Department of Mental Health<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tuesday September 20th<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Opening Remarks and Welcome : Dean Brian Butler College of Communication &amp; Info.\u00a0Sciences<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Developing ASL Technologies : Dr. Sevgi Gurbuz Electrical and Computer Engineering<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>ASL \/ UA Grad Student Research : Carolina Kudesey and Felicia Smith<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Taiko Drum Performance : Laurie Arizumi &amp; UA Nozomi Daiko with participants<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The State of Being Deprived : Dr. Kent Schafer Alabama Department of Mental Health<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Panel Discussion: Deaf Culture \/ Diversity Inclusive Community @ UA\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Moderator: Dr. Kent Schafer<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Panelists: Dr. Kenneth DeHaan; Tabitha Venable; Debrah Bryant (AIDB); Ben Hollingsworth (ADRS) Ryan McDonald (AIDB) Marcus Washington (AIDB)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Closing Remarks : Dr. Christine Taylor Vice president and Associate Provost for DEI<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Adjourn : Let\u2019s keep in touch!\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ALSR Co-PI Dr. Darrin Griffin contributed to the organization for the first Deaf Awareness Week Forum held during September, Deaf Awareness Month, at the University&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":149,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,4,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-551","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-deaf-community","category-dr-z","category-outreach"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/research.ece.ncsu.edu\/ci4r\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/551","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/research.ece.ncsu.edu\/ci4r\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/research.ece.ncsu.edu\/ci4r\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/research.ece.ncsu.edu\/ci4r\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/149"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/research.ece.ncsu.edu\/ci4r\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=551"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/research.ece.ncsu.edu\/ci4r\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/551\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":554,"href":"https:\/\/research.ece.ncsu.edu\/ci4r\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/551\/revisions\/554"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/research.ece.ncsu.edu\/ci4r\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=551"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/research.ece.ncsu.edu\/ci4r\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=551"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/research.ece.ncsu.edu\/ci4r\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=551"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}