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Theses from 2025

Navigating Worlds: Uncovering the Unique Positionality and Experiences of Hard-of- Hearing ASL Interpreters
Carli Maegan Jones
When Every Second Counts: Assessing the Preparedness of 911 Operators to Process Video Relay Service Calls
Lydia Grace Rogers
Characterizing Effective Interpreting in STEM
Natalie Kraft
How Can I Interpret When No One is Watching?
Catherine Maier
Accuracy of the Transition Analysis 3 (TA3) Method for Age Estimation in the John A. Williams Human Skeletal Collection
Blue I. Wonhof
How to Care Carefully: Self-Compassion as a Response to Burnout in the Interpreting Field
Autumn Anderson
A Coaching Approach to Skill Development in Novice Interpreters
Ashley Marie Camp
Virtual Teaming Post-Pandemic
Marcus S. Gunter

Theses from 2024

Interpreters and Educational Equity: Supporting Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Learners with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
Ryan Alan Page
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