Enhancing the Role of Deaf Faculty Members in Higher Education - Yabe, Manako
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This book is based on an international, mixed methods research project that conducted interviews with 25 deaf or hard-of-hearing (DHH) faculty members from mainstream universities and 19 university students who took classes taught by DHH faculty members and collected surveys from 57 DHH faculty members and 104 university students worldwide. The author reports on their experiences of accessibility at their institutions and makes recommendations based on the findings. The book will serve as a user guide or supplemental text for DHH faculty members, researchers, students, and academic…mehr

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This book is based on an international, mixed methods research project that conducted interviews with 25 deaf or hard-of-hearing (DHH) faculty members from mainstream universities and 19 university students who took classes taught by DHH faculty members and collected surveys from 57 DHH faculty members and 104 university students worldwide. The author reports on their experiences of accessibility at their institutions and makes recommendations based on the findings. The book will serve as a user guide or supplemental text for DHH faculty members, researchers, students, and academic interpreters, as well as university administrators and disability service directors who are looking to improve disability provision at their institutions.

Autorenporträt
Manako Yabe is a Research Associate from Department of Languages and Intercultural Studies at Heriot-Watt University, UK. She was born deaf in Japan and grew up in Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States. She earned a Bachelor of Arts in Deaf Studies from California State University, Northridge, a Master's in Social Work from the University of Southern California, and a Doctor of Philosophy in Disability Studies from the University of Illinois, Chicago, USA. Her research interests include communication access, deaf studies, disability studies, editing and publishing, public speaking, mixed methods study design, and transformative action research.