Carolyn McCaskill, attended the Alabama School for the Negro Deaf in Talladega and was in the first integrated class in 1968 at the Alabama School for the Deaf. She received her MA degree in Counseling with the Deaf, BA in Psychology and Ph.D in Administration and Supervision from Gallaudet University. She is currently an Associate Professor in the ASL & Deaf Studies Department at Gallaudet University since 1996. Carolyn has conducted numerous seminars and workshops related to Black Deaf people.