Thursday, February 3, 2022
3:00 – 4:30 pm
Zoom Webinar
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Intersections of Ableism
Tracy Robinson-Wood, a member of the WGSS Executive committee, will be part of a panel of Northeastern alumni and colleagues discussing misconceptions of Deafness and disability in society as well as efforts to address these misconceptions, unpacking concepts of ableism and audism from an intersectional lens.
ASL interpreting services will be provided.
FEATURED PANELISTS
Sari Altschuler
Associate Professor of English
Joseph Murray (BA, Political Science `95)
Professor of American Sign Language and Deaf Studies, Gallaudet University, and President of the World Federation of the Deaf
Tracy Robinson-Wood
Professor of Counseling Psychology, Bouvé College of Health Sciences
Opeoluwa Sotonwa (DLP `18)
Commissioner, Massachusetts Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
MODERATOR
Lori Whynot
Director, American Sign Language and Interpreting Program