Travis Haigler
American Sign Language and Psychology Combined Major, BS
Spanish Minor
Film Production Minor
Human Services Minor
2022
Travis Haigler (he/him, they/them) chose Northeastern University because it was one of the few East Coast colleges that offered an American Sign Language program, while still giving him opportunities to explore other interests. Travis is an American Sign Language and Psychology combined major and holds three minors in Spanish, Film Production, and Human Services. Since their sister graduated from Northeastern in 2010, they were familiar with the university and knew it would support their interdisciplinary academic interests.
In Fall 2018, Travis organized and facilitated a collaborative workshop between the Northeastern Black Student Association and Latinx American Student Organization, to discuss Afro-Latinx identity.
Travis' first co-op experience was made up of two part-time jobs as a Program Assistant at the Center for Intercultural Engagement and as a Research Assistant at the Phonology & Reading Lab.
In Spring 2019, Travis was Campaign Coordinator of Students Advancing Intersectional Dreams (SAID) where they worked to make a more equitable system within the university community.
Travis studied abroad their third year in Costa Rica and Greece, then did an exchange program in Washington, D.C. at Gallaudet University, which is specifically for the deaf and hard of hearing community.
In Fall 2020, Travis took The Nonprofit Sector, Philanthropy, and Social Change with Professor Rebecca Riccio, where he engaged in tough conversations on social change.
Travis took Global Social Enterprise with Professor Dennis Shaughnessy In Spring 2021. They delved into different case studies and were encouraged to question our current social systems.
Travis is the Public Relations Chair for the Interpreting Club where they manage their social media accounts and ensure all awareness posts are captioned and have image descriptions for accessibility.
Travis hopes to pursue a graduate education that will solidify a long-lasting career in the non-profit world, specifically doing work in and around social justice.
“Northeastern connected me with very cool like-minded, but different-interested people. What I mean by that is having people who want to change the world in some way and who have perfected their craft and their area in which they want to do. So having lunch with computer science people, international relations people, and students studying economics was really cool—meeting people who are passionate about their craft that I never would’ve met otherwise.”
