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Theses from 2024

Campus Gardens as an Answer to Food Insecurity and the Health and Well-being of College Students

Rick Tingle
Toward More Equitable Interpreter Training

Sara Pressler Yurkovic

Theses from 2023

Walking to Reduce Stress Among VRS Interpreters

Mychal J. Hadrich
Investigating the Work of ASL Interpreters in Postsecondary Settings

Andrew Weaver
Self-Efficacy Among Students in Professional Development

Aidan Mack
Learning on the Job: A Professional and Ethical Profile of Washington State Interpreters

Emily J. Sielen
Factors Contributing to Educational Interpreter Turnover

Miranda Mayeux
Self-Reported Readiness to Work and Self-Assessed Fluency in Hearing, Emergent, Second Modality-Second Language (M2L2) American Sign Language (ASL)-English Interpreters

Crystal Rojas
Are ITPs all that they’re cracked up to be? Evaluating the Role of Formal Education for Signed Language Interpreters in Brazil

Elizabeth Lundquist
Mind the Gap: A Survey and Critical Analysis of Diversity-Related Competencies and Standards Within ASL/English Interpreter Education

Nathan Brown
Time To Heal: a critical analysis of American Sign Language Interpreters' occupational culture in the United States

Sarah Comerford
Signed Language Interpreting in K-12 Educational Settings: A Case for Specialization

Megan Seipke-Dame
Improving Educational Interpreter Preparation and Employment Readiness Using a Curricular Approach

Erin Seipke-Brown
Father’s Experiences of Inclusion and Exclusion within Home-School Partnerships

Guadalupe Olvera Gonzalez
Discussing the Current Perception of Horizontal Violence Within the Sign Language Interpreting Profession: Are There Misconceptions?

Kathy Miller

Theses from 2022

Two’s Company: Two-year Programs, Four-year Programs, and Two Plus Two Agreements in Interpreter Education

Pamela Bernkrant
The COVID-19 Pandemic: Its Economic Impact on New Jersey and New York Freelance Interpreters

Linda Gueye
Soft Skills: Adding the Human Component to Curricula

Elizabeth Crane
Playfully Expanding Interpreter Development

Keyanda Hall
Examining the Effects of COVID-19 on Young Families: A Comprehensive Review

Cara O'Brien
Examining the Divide: Understanding the Perceptions and Relationships between Community and Educational Interpreters

Jordan Ward
Esteem, Why Should We Care? The Importance of Work-Esteem in Our Field, Our Work, and Ourselves

Katrina N Wadsworth
Crisis Intervention and Response Program Analysis

Morgan Perkey
A Deaf Interpreter’s Experience with DCS Supervision: A Dialogic Autoethnography

Daniel Gough
“I Don’t Do Mental Health:” Exploring Barriers to Mental Health Interpreting

Elizabeth Adler
¿Tú no entiendes? Medical Interpreters and Dominican Spanish

Ashley Lilón

Theses from 2021

The Black Perspective: A Need for Representation and Inclusion in ASL/English Interpreter Training Programs

Jordyn Beal
Shared Trauma: Implications for Signed Language Interpreters

Shelby Champlin
Professional is Not Just a Title: The Value in Reclassifying Pennsylvania's Paraprofessional Educational Interpreters

Marilyn P Sterner
Playing! It’s All for Fun! Or is it? An Examination of Play in the Field of Sign Language Interpreting

Jazmin Vollmar
Looking Forward: COVID-19 and its Impact on Working Interpreters

Kelsey McKibbin
LEARNING ALONE, PRACTICING TOGETHER: A Case Study Exploring the Flipped Classroom to Improve Interpreter Education

Marquette Laquey
K-12 Educational Online Job Posts: Titles, Descriptions, and Qualifications

Anne Carlson
Interpreters and Aphasia

Emily Mota
How Massage Therapy Affects Educational Interpreters

Sarah Ray
FOR US, BY US: Why do we need an HBCU interpreter education program?

Rencia Gravesande
A Work in Progress: Establishing, Growing, and Maintaining Working Relationships Between Educational Interpreters and their Administrators

Kallie Rank
A Look at How We Discuss the Work: Observations of Feedback in the Interpreting Classroom

Chevon Nicole Ramey

Theses from 2020

Trends in Teaching Pre-Assignment Preparation Strategies in ASL-English Interpreter Education Programs

David M Rice
Cultivating Confidence: Embodying Self-Esteem and Self-Efficacy in Novice Signed Language Interpreters

Kiarah Moore
Beyond Theory: Simulation and Role-play in Interpreter Education

Cameo Hunsaker
Beauty and the Butch: The Lesbian Interpreter

Stephanie Ehrlich

Theses from 2019

Unlocking the Mysteries of DeafBlind Interpreting

Krystle A. Chambers
Initial Understandings of the Perceptions to the Self-Efficacy in Interpreters Working in K-12: Potential Underlying Factors

Angela L O'Bleness
Improving Professional Relationships in the Classroom: Teachers and Interpreters Working Together

Brittany C LeGal
Does the Use of TAPs Impact a Final Interpreted Product: A Self-study

Stacey Stevens

Theses from 2018

The good, the bad, and the ugly: Students report on experiences with instructors in interpreter education programs

Ann Adamiak
Safe/unsafe: the impact of horizontal violence, microaggressions, and decision making control on ASL/English interpreters

Sarah Hill
Quality of life for deafblind individuals: Comparing the effect of living with and without support service providers

Sheridan K Lachney
Interpreter educators in the United States: Teaching, research, and practice

Sandra L. Maloney
Developing bilingualism in interpreting students

Amelia Bowdell
Called to service and finding a purpose: A mixed-method study of signed language interpreters volunteering in church and religious settings

Jennifer Kinnamon

Theses from 2017

Inclusive approach for marginalized groups in the interpreting field

Kristeena Martinez
What is available for potential deaf interpreting students? Obtaining a snapshot of colleges that offer a B.A. or B.S. in Interpreting Studies

Tiffany Green
The role of emotional intelligence in signed language interpreting

Brenda Puhlman
Supervision in signed language interpreting: Benefits for the field and practitioners

Jenna Curtis
Perception in American Sign Language interpreted interactions: gender bias and consumer orientation

Colleen Jones
Let’s bridge the gap! Cross-cultural mentoring

Royce M Carpenter
General overview of the Puerto Rican signed language interpreter

Katia Y. Rivera
Exploring professional identity: a study of American Sign Language/English interpreters

Nicole Harwood
An investigation of student perception how to better prepare signed language/English interpreters for the real world

Darlene K Wilbeck
African American interpreters in the video relay service setting

Taiwo A Olopade

Theses from 2016

When there are no words: ASL/English interpreter practices with alingual and semi-lingual deaf immigrant children

Roselia M. Fichera-Lening
Secondary educational interpreters: role ambiguity and role strain

Rhoda Smietanski
Roles, conflicts, and disclosures: American Sign Language/English interpreters’ adherence to best practices in legal settings

Sonja W. Smith
Moving toward allyship: a current climate of agent skill sets of hearing ASL-English interpreters

Jessica Minges
Mentoring: fostering the profession while mitigating the gap

Kimberly A Boeh
Heritage signers: language profile questionnaire

Su K Isakson
Expanding the collective narrative: exploring the experiences of American Sign Language/English interpreters of Asian heritage

Christine Nakahara
Deaf interpreter education: stories and insights shared by working deaf interpreters and deaf interpreting students

Jeremy Rogers

Theses from 2015

Persistence of African-American/black signed language interpreters in the United States: the importance of culture and capital

Erica West Oyedele
Navigating language variety: ASL/English interpreters “giving voice” to African American/black deaf signed language users

Nicole Shambourger
Job satisfaction, role strain, burnout, and self-care among American Sign Language/English interpreters

Carrie Humphrey
Interpreter competencies in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics as identified by deaf professionals

Christopher Grooms
Heritage learner to professional interpreter: who are deaf-parented interpreters and how do they achieve professional status?

Amy Williamson
Deaf-hearing interpreter teams: navigating trust in shared space

Laurie Reese Reinhardt
Current practices: pre-admission assessment of American Sign Language and English language competency in interpreter education programs

Cari A Carter
Are we here for the same reason? Exploring the motivational values that shape the professional decision making of signed language interpreters.

Audrey Ramirez-Loudenback
Act like a lady: the impact of gender identity on American Sign Language – English interpreters

Grace B Artl

Theses from 2014

Video relay service interpreting: interpreters’ authority, agency, and autonomy in the process of ethical decision making

Kathleen C. Holcombe
The transition from participation to facilitation of supervision: an autoethnography

Daniel V. Maffia
The rural interpreter: perspectives on professional development and professional partnerships

Erin Trimble

Theses from 2013

مترجمة : a case study of an Arabic/Jordanian sign language (liu) interpreter in Jordan

Erin Trine
The stories interpreters tell

Peter Flora
Self-care in the field of interpreting

Amy Lyn Zenizo
Real-world shock: transition shock and its effect on new interpreters of American Sign Language and English

Stephanie A. Meadows
Keeping it vague: a study of vague language in an American sign language corpus and implications for interpreting between American Sign Language and English

Daniel J Greene
Do we play well with others? Personalities and interpersonal interactions among signed language interpreters

Sarah L. Hewlett
Current teaming practices in video relay service

Stacey L Rainey
Changes in community contact characteristics in interpreter education

Vicki Darden

Theses from 2012

Do we eat our young and one another? Horizontal violence among signed language interpreters

Emily K Ott