Black ASL: The Socio-historical foundation

1. Sociolinguistics Symposium 17, April 4, 2008, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
   

1. Eastern Regional Conference (ERC) of the National Black Deaf Advocates, April 26, 2008, Gallaudet University, Washington, DC
   

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3. VL2 Lecture Series,  October 22, 2008, Gallaudet University, Washington, DC (video of our presentation)
   

1. New Ways of Analyzing Variation (NWAV 37), November 7, 2008,  Houston, TX
   

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3. Black Expo, November 22, 2008, Gallaudet University, Washington, DC
   

1. National Conference on Race & Ethnicity in American Higher Education, May 29 2009,       San Diego, CA
   

1. Universita degli Studi di Roma La Sapienza, November 2009, Rome, Italy
   

 

 

Variation in ASL: two hands or one, high or low?

1. American Dialect Society, Jan. 9, 2009, San Francisco, CA
   

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3. Culture and Language Lecture Series,  March 25, 2009, Gallaudet University, Washington, DC
   

1. Universita di Venezia Ca Foscari, November 2009, Venice, Italy
   

 

Black ASL: a historical and linguistic overview

1. Black Deaf Advocates, National July 2009 Phoenix, AZ
   

2. Deaf People of Color, May 2010 Portland, OR
   

Signing Outside the Box: the size of signing space in Black ASL

1. New Ways of Analyzing Variation (NWAV 38), October 22, 2009,  Ottawa, Canada
   

2. American Dialect Society, January 9, 2010, Baltimore, MD
   

A Presence Ignored: The Case of the Black Deaf Community in the U.S.

1. Presenza: segni, sguadri, voci da mondi inascoltati, December 5, 2009, Siena School for Liberal Arts, Siena, Italy
   

Deaf Culture and Race

1. National Conference on Race & Ethnicity in American Higher Education, June 4, 2010,       Washington, DC
   

Black and White Signing Space: A case of convergence

1. Theoretical Issues in Sign Language Research (TISLR 10), September 30, 2010, West Lafayette, IN
   

2. New Ways of Analyzing Variation (NWAV 39), November 6, 2010, San Antonio, TX
   

3. American Dialect Society, January 8, 2011, Pittsburgh, PA
   

The Intersection of African American English and Black ASL

1. African American Language Conference (AAL 2), November 2, 2010, San Antonio, TX
   

2. International Symposium on Bilingualism 8, June 2011, Oslo, Norway
   

The History and Structure of Black ASL in the American South

1. Universita di Venezia Ca Foscari, November 2009, Venice, Italy
   

The Hidden Treasure of Black ASL: Its History and Structure:

    powerpoint presentation

1. The National Museum of Language, May 2011, College Park, MD
   

1. Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Library, September 2011, Washington, DC
   

1. Georgia State University, September 29-30, 2011
   

1. Georgia Perimeter College, September 29-30, 2011
   

1. Linguistics Department of Gallaudet University, 30th year celebration, October 21, 2011
   

1. Gallaudet University Homecoming: Alumni of Color, October 22, 2011
   

1. NWAV 40, Georgetown University, October 28, 2011
   

1. Teacher’s College Columbia University,  New York City, February 3, 2012
   

1. Benjamin Branch Library, Greensboro NC, February 16, 2012
   

1. Deaf Studies Today Utah Valley University: Orem, Utah  April 12-14, 2012
   

1. North Carolina RID Conference, Wilmington NC, June 23, 2012
   

1. North Carolina ASLTA Conference, Whiteville NC, November 2, 2012
   

1. New Mexico School for the Deaf, Santa Fe New Mexico, January 18, 2013
   

1. Rochester Institute of Technology/National Technical Institute for Deaf, Rochester NY, February 7, 2013
   

1. Madonna University, Livonia Michigan, February 22 & 23, 2013
   

1. Union County College, Cranfield Nee Jersey, February 23, 2013
   

1. University of Pennsylvania, February 28, 2013
   

1. Swarthmore College, March 1, 2013
   

1. Columbia College, Chicago Illinois, April 12, 2013
   

Full showing of the Black ASL DVD:

1. National Alliance of Black Interpreters (NAOBI), April 2011, Gallaudet University, Washington, DC
   

1. Gallaudet University campus community, December 2010, April 2011, Washington, DC
   

1. Northeastern University, Boston University, October 2011, Boston MA