Deaf studies
Encyclopedia
Deaf Studies are academic disciplines concerned with the study of the deaf social life of human groups and individuals including anthropology, economics, geography, history, political science, psychology, social studies, and sociology. The Deaf studies comprise the scientific study of the deaf-related aspects of the world.
Deaf studies includes the study of:
Deaf studies includes the study of:
- Deaf cultureDeaf cultureDeaf culture describes the social beliefs, behaviors, art, literary traditions, history, values and shared institutions of communities that are affected by deafness and which use sign languages as the main means of communication. When used as a cultural label, the word deaf is often written with a...
- Deaf people
- Sign languageSign languageA sign language is a language which, instead of acoustically conveyed sound patterns, uses visually transmitted sign patterns to convey meaning—simultaneously combining hand shapes, orientation and movement of the hands, arms or body, and facial expressions to fluidly express a speaker's...
University-based deaf studies centers
- United States
- Masters offered
- Gallaudet UniversityGallaudet UniversityGallaudet University is a federally-chartered university for the education of the deaf and hard of hearing, located in the District of Columbia, U.S...
, Washington, D.C. - National Center on Deafness, California State University, NorthridgeCalifornia State University, NorthridgeCalifornia State University, Northridge is a public university in Northridge, a neighborhood in the San Fernando Valley area of Los Angeles, California, United States....
, Northridge, California
- Gallaudet University
- Bachelors offered
- California State University, SacramentoCalifornia State University, SacramentoCalifornia State University, Sacramento, popularly known as Sacramento State, is a public university located in the city of Sacramento, California. It is part of the California State University system...
, Sacramento, California - Boston UniversityBoston UniversityBoston University is a private research university located in Boston, Massachusetts. With more than 4,000 faculty members and more than 31,000 students, Boston University is one of the largest private universities in the United States and one of Boston's largest employers...
, Boston, MA - Lamar UniversityLamar UniversityLamar University, often referred to as Lamar or LU, is a comprehensive coeducational public research university located in Beaumont, Texas, United States. Lamar confers bachelors, masters and doctoral degrees and is classified as a Doctoral Research University by the Carnegie Commission on Higher...
, Lamar, TX (offers hybrid Deaf Education/Deaf Studies doctorates) - Utah Valley University, Orem, Utah
- California State University, Sacramento
- State Certifications
- Texas Woman's UniversityTexas Woman's UniversityTexas Woman's University is a co-educational university in Denton, Texas, United States with two health science center branches in Dallas, Texas and Houston, Texas...
, Denton, Texas (offers Masters in Deaf Education)
- Texas Woman's University
- Associate in Arts offered
- Towson UniversityTowson UniversityTowson University, often referred to as TU or simply Towson for short, is a public university located in Towson in Baltimore County, Maryland, U.S...
, Towson, Maryland - College of the Holy CrossCollege of the Holy CrossThe College of the Holy Cross is an undergraduate Roman Catholic liberal arts college located in Worcester, Massachusetts, USA...
, Worcester, MA - Utah Valley University, Orem, Utah
- Towson University
- Masters offered
- United Kingdom
- University of Central LancashireUniversity of Central LancashireThe University of Central Lancashire is a university based in Preston, Lancashire, England.The university has its roots in The Institution For The Diffusion Of Useful Knowledge which was founded in 1828. In 1992 it was granted University status by the Privy Council...
, Lancashire, England - Centre for Deaf Studies, BristolCentre for Deaf Studies, BristolThe Centre for Deaf Studies is a department of the University of Bristol, England, in the field of deaf studies, which it defines as the study of the "language, community and culture of Deaf people". Established in 1978, the centre claims to be the first higher educational institute in Europe "to...
, University of BristolUniversity of BristolThe University of Bristol is a public research university located in Bristol, United Kingdom. One of the so-called "red brick" universities, it received its Royal Charter in 1909, although its predecessor institution, University College, Bristol, had been in existence since 1876.The University is...
, Bristol
- University of Central Lancashire
- New Zealand
- Victoria University of WellingtonVictoria University of WellingtonVictoria University of Wellington was established in 1897 by Act of Parliament, and was a former constituent college of the University of New Zealand. It is particularly well known for its programmes in law, the humanities, and some scientific disciplines, but offers a broad range of other courses...
- Victoria University of Wellington
- The Netherlands
- Visual Language, Signs and Gestures, Max Planck Institute for PsycholinguisticsMax Planck Institute for PsycholinguisticsThe Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics is an institute for scientific research in the area of psycholinguistics. The institute is located in Nijmegen in the province of Gelderland in The Netherlands. The institute is a member of the German Max Planck Society and is the only institute of...
, Nijmegen
- Visual Language, Signs and Gestures, Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics
National and transnational Deaf studies centers
- New Zealand
- Kelston Deaf Education CentreKelston Deaf Education CentreKelston Deaf Education Centre is located in Archibald Road, New Lynn, Auckland, New Zealand. It is a residential special school for deaf children as well as a resource centre providing services and support for mainstream students and their teachers....
- Kelston Deaf Education Centre
- Philippines
- School of Deaf Education and Applied Studies, De La Salle-College of Saint Benilde, ManilaManilaManila is the capital of the Philippines. It is one of the sixteen cities forming Metro Manila.Manila is located on the eastern shores of Manila Bay and is bordered by Navotas and Caloocan to the north, Quezon City to the northeast, San Juan and Mandaluyong to the east, Makati on the southeast,...
- School of Deaf Education and Applied Studies, De La Salle-College of Saint Benilde, Manila
Deaf studies associations
- United States
- CSUN Deaf Studies Association, Northridge, California
- United Kingdom
- The British Association of Teachers of the Deaf
See also
- American Annals of the DeafAmerican Annals of the DeafThe American Annals of the Deaf a peer-reviewed academic journal published quarterly with one annual special. It is the oldest English language journal which focuses on topics related to deaf people, including deaf education and the deaf experience...
- Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf EducationJournal of Deaf Studies and Deaf EducationThe Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education is a peer-reviewed academic journal covering basic and applied research relating to individuals who are deaf, including developmental, cultural, educational, and linguistic topics.- Abstracting and indexing :...
- Deaf BibliographyDeaf BibliographyDeaf Bibliography is a searchable online bibliographic database to works in deaf studies published by Karen Nakamura since 1995. The database can be queried using quick search, Boolean, and faceted search options. Items included are monographs, chapters in edited volumes, journal articles, and...
for a categorised list of publications in the field since 1984 - DeafhoodDeafhoodDeafhood is a term coined by Paddy Ladd in his book "Understanding Deaf Culture: In Search of Deafhood." While the precise meaning of the word remains deliberately vague—Ladd himself calls Deafhood a "process" rather than something finite and clear—it attempts to convey an affirmative and positive...