[ { "url": "https://wou.omeka.net/s/repository/item/4455", "dcterms:title": [ "Persistence of African-American/black signed language interpreters in the United States: the importance of culture and capital" ], "dcterms:creator": [ "Erica West Oyedele" ], "dcterms:subject": [ "Adult and Continuing Education and Teaching", "African American Studies", "Bilingual", "Multilingual", "and Multicultural Education", "Critical and Cultural Studies", "Curriculum and Instruction", "Ethnic Studies", "Gender", "Race", "Sexuality", "and Ethnicity in Communication", "International and Intercultural Communication", "Interpersonal and Small Group Communication", "Race", "Ethnicity and Post-Colonial Studies", "Social Influence and Political Communication", "African American/Black", "Cultural Competence", "Social Capital", "Aversive Racism", "Signed Language Interpreting", "Critical Mass", "Interpreter" ], "dcterms:date": [ "3/2/2015" ], "dcterms:type": [ "Text" ], "dcterms:identifier": [ "theses/19" ], "dcterms:language": [ "eng" ], "dcterms:rights": [ "Western Oregon University Library has determined, as of 6/26/2018, this item is in copyright, which is held by the author. Users may use the item in accordance with copyright limitations and exceptions, including fair use. For other uses, please ask permission from the author at the email address listed above.", "http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/" ], "dcterms:abstract": [ "This study investigates cultural competence in the field of signed language interpreting and the persistence of African American/Black signed language interpreters in the field. To date, no research in the discipline of signed language interpreting studies has looked at how the cultural competence of practitioners impacts colleague dynamics, nor has there been identification of how cultural competence impacts interpreters’ persistence in the field. Data for this study were collected over a period of several months utilizing ethnographic research methods. Face-to-face focus groups, a large-scale questionnaire, and follow up interviews were conducted. A search of the literature revealed that while a lack of cultural competence does impact colleague dynamics and the provision of services within the field, the larger issue may be the African American/Black interpreter’s lack of social capital. This study found that African American/Black interpreters regularly experience subtle instances of racism directed toward them from consumers and colleagues. In large part, African American/Black interpreters view their White interpreting colleagues and educators to be lacking in cultural competence. This places an added psychological burden on the African American/Black interpreter that impacts their social capital and the effort they must expend in order to connect with their peers. The result may be burnout and the desire to change careers. To increase the culturally competent provision of services and improve colleague dynamics within the field, African American/Black Deaf consumers and African American/Black interpreters alike desire recruitment of interpreters from diverse racial and ethnic backgrounds." ], "dcterms:available": [ "3/16/2015" ], "bibo:degree": [ "Master of Arts in Interpreting Studies" ], "SKOS:note": [ "Elisa Maroney, Emily Plec, Jeremy Brunson" ], "curation:type": [ "thesis" ] }, { "url": "https://wou.omeka.net/s/repository/item/4450", "dcterms:title": [ "Navigating language variety: ASL/English interpreters “giving voice” to African American/black deaf signed language users" ], "dcterms:creator": [ "Nicole Shambourger" ], "dcterms:subject": [ "African American Studies", "Bilingual", "Multilingual", "and Multicultural Education", "Critical and Cultural Studies", "Discourse and Text Linguistics", "Ethnic Studies", "Other Languages", "Societies", "and Cultures", "Race", "Ethnicity and Post-Colonial Studies", "African American/Black", "ASL/English Interpreter", "Deaf", "Signed Language", "African American English", "Culture" ], "dcterms:date": [ "6/3/2015" ], "dcterms:type": [ "Text" ], "dcterms:identifier": [ "theses/23" ], "dcterms:language": [ "eng" ], "dcterms:rights": [ "Western Oregon University Library has determined, as of 6/26/2018, this item is in copyright, which is held by the author. Users may use the item in accordance with copyright limitations and exceptions, including fair use. For other uses, please ask permission from the author at the email address listed above.", "http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/" ], "dcterms:abstract": [ "American Sign Language (ASL)/English interpreters working between ASL and spoken English make linguistic and cultural choices that impact the success of an interpreted event. One task is the selection of comparable vocabulary to best represent their clients' thoughts. This exploratory qualitative study was conducted to identify how ASL/English interpreters transfer meaning when African American English (AAE) is incorporated into signed language. Each interpreter simultaneously interpreted an ASL narrative into spoken English. Participants were asked to complete a demographic survey to ascertain whether social factors of age, race, ethnicity, experience, mode of language acquisition, and/or age of language acquisition had any bearing on the interpretation. Following the collection of the interpreting sample and demographic data, two interviews were conducted utilizing a semi-structured format to provide insight into the strategic decisions made by the participants. The findings identify three strategic decisions interpreters used in lieu of incorporating AAE: omission, external processing, and discourse chunking. The overarching purpose was to collect empirical data that will lend itself to dialogues on how to best equip signed language professionals to meet the needs of African American/Black Deaf consumers." ], "dcterms:available": [ "6/9/2015" ], "bibo:degree": [ "Master of Arts in Interpreting Studies" ], "SKOS:note": [ "Pamela Cancel, Elisa Maroney, Carolyn McCaskill" ], "curation:type": [ "thesis" ] }, { "url": "https://wou.omeka.net/s/repository/item/189", "dcterms:title": [ "Am I a Feminist? Narrative fidelity in Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s 'We Should All be Feminists'" ], "dcterms:creator": [ "Nora K Angus" ], "dcterms:subject": [ "Adult and Continuing Education", "African American Studies", "American Material Culture", "Gender", "Race", "Sexuality", "and Ethnicity in Communication", "Mass Communication", "Nonfiction", "Other Feminist", "Gender", "and Sexuality Studies", "Rhetoric", "Social Influence and Political Communication", "Women's Studies", "Feminist", "Rhetoric", "Narrative", "Narrative Fidelity", "Feminism" ], "dcterms:description": [ "Am I a Feminist? \nNarrative fidelity in Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s “We Should All be Feminists\"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nNora Angus\nWestern Oregon University\nCommunication Studies\nJune 24th, 2019" ], "dcterms:date": [ "12/17/2019" ], "dcterms:type": [ "Text" ], "dcterms:identifier": [ "pure/vol8/iss1/2" ], "dcterms:rights": [ "Western Oregon University Library has determined, as of 06/01/2023, this item is in copyright, which is held by the author. Users may use the item in accordance with copyright limitations and exceptions, including fair use. For other uses, please ask permission from the author.", "http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/" ], "dcterms:alternative": [ "Am I a Feminist?" ], "dcterms:abstract": [ "In this paper I analyze Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, and her TED Talk based off her book, “We Should All be Feminists.” Adichie is a Nigerian woman who has firsthand experience with feminist issues of inequality and she serves as a speaker and activist for issues of feminism and beyond. She is a renowned author, activist, academic, and a feminist. In hearing of her personal experiences regarding inequality, I realized I am able to identify parallels between her experiences and the inequalities which I have faced despite our vastly different origin stories. The importance of her work as a feminist is emphasized in her rhetorical techniques, such as using personal narratives and public vocabulary to bring connection and a sense of equality to her audience. Adichie urges society to modify their actions in order to promote and normalize feminism in a positive light." ], "bibo:volume": [ "8" ], "VIVO:informationResourceSupportedBy": [ "Emily Plec" ], "SKOS:note": [ "Emily Plec" ] } ]