A Purdue professor has been honored as a fellow of the Linguistic Society of America (LSA) for her more than five decades of service to language communities. One of the world’s leading figures in sign ...

A new study of the educational needs of students who are native users of American Sign Language (ASL) shows glaring disparities in their treatment by the U.S Department of Education. The article, "If ...

Western Oregon University in Monmouth, OR is located within the traditional homelands of the Luckiamute Band of Kalapuya. Following the Willamette Valley Treaty of 1855 (Kalapuya etc. Treaty), ...

Two years after the program’s inception, this semester marks the first time that students have been able to fulfill the University’s language requirement using the American Sign Language (ASL) ...

Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor of Linguistics Diane Lillo-Martin says her field plays an important role in understanding the human mind. She talks about her vision for the future of her ...

In any community, language is the most important method for communicating with others. However, for a deaf person like me, it is difficult to connect with many people and speak in the same ways. This ...

There may be opportunities in the future for Graduate Research Fellowships in ASL Linguistics in conjunction with the American Sign Language Linguistic Research Project, funded by the National Science ...

(Washington, DC) - A new study of the educational needs of students who are native users of American Sign Language (ASL) shows glaring disparities in their treatment by the U.S Department of Education ...