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Adam Schembri (ˈʃɛmbɹi/ˈʃkɛmbri) @adamcschembri.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

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If you'd like to attend the Sign Language Contact Variation and Change conference on Thursday 21 and Friday 22 August (this week!) make sure you have registered here! The Zoom link (including interpretation into English) will be sent to those who have registered. sites.google.com/view/slcvc-w...

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SLCVC2025 Conference - Registration

Registration The 'Sign Language Contact, Variation, and Change' Conference is free to attend, but we would like everyone who is coming to register please. We would like EVERYONE to register - both pr...

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Sharing my article regarding my use of AI: "To be or NOT to be dependent on interpreters?" - available in ASL & written English. Inspired by my experience at TISLR15, surrounded by the scholars I respect so much - had to tag @linasigns.bsky.social @jaceyhill.bsky.social and @d7play.bsky.social

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Oh gosh lol. "I deaf if" should be "I read it". 😖 Silly keyboard!

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I really do appreciate your team sharing your statement. I deaf if and immediately shared with a few members of our team at University of Tennessee - Deaf Studies. I found it to be & I especially appreciated the framing of it - not punitive or oppressive in tone. THANK YOU ALL for this.

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@Shayterp @drhilltx.bsky.social · 20/06/2025

I've used VideoAsk. Worked great!

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Wait. Are you watching me? How did you know?🤦🏾Lol!

Nancy Rourke @nancyrourke.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

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A new book has been released. Book cover with my painting “Like a River.” More info at: brill.com and books.google.com/books?id=gKF... #nancyrourke

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@Shayterp @drhilltx.bsky.social · 07/04/2025

Oh, you scared me for a bit! Lol! No worries. February and March took a toll on all of us. But we are surviving!

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@Shayterp @drhilltx.bsky.social · 06/04/2025

So... is the conference canceled?

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@Shayterp @drhilltx.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

Thanks TISLR15 for sending us pictures today! Downloaded a few that I didn't have. Gotta love these facial expressions!

S. Hill signing the concept "CLEAR" (I think!).

THE Ms. Evon asking a question. S. Hill looking on with a joyful face.

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Gallaudet University Press @gallaudetpress.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

The winter 2025 issue of Sign Language Studies is now available! The table of contents is below. Check it out on @projectmuse.bsky.social or subscribe here: gupress.gallaudet.edu/Journals/Sig...

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@Shayterp @drhilltx.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

My first US dissertation defense as a committee member is today. Oh my! I remember how much my US Southern culture impacted my own viva. I was just the most respectful little thing. Had no idea until the END that they wanted me to stand in what I believe. Little did they know, ha!

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Adam Schembri (ˈʃɛmbɹi/ˈʃkɛmbri) @adamcschembri.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

Deadlines for abstracts for the first ever Sign Language Contact, Variation and Change conference at @unibirmingham.bsky.social is 30 March! sites.google.com/view/slcvc-w...

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SLCVC2025 Conference

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@Shayterp @drhilltx.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

This is exciting, for sure!

Diane Lillo-Martin @dclm.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

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Pleased to share that the 2nd, revised edition of Sign Languages: Structures and Contexts will be available April 30, 2025! Lovely working with @jaceyhill.bsky.social and Sandra Wood on the revised version. www.routledge.com/Sign-Languag...

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Sign Languages: Structures and Contexts

Sign Languages: Structures and Contexts provides a succinct summary of major findings in the linguistic study of natural sign languages. Focusing on American Sign Language (ASL), this book offers a co...

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@Shayterp @drhilltx.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

Wait, this conference is in Nashville? 😁 I'm in Knoxville...hmmm.

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@Shayterp @drhilltx.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

At literally the exact same moment we were typing a reply. Nice stance.

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@Shayterp @drhilltx.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

If I might add to this statement, the concept of "speaking English" is not an option for deaf Americans. Including signed languages as part of the multilingualism of the country and the world should be part of the conversation also.

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Maartje De Meulder @mdemeulder.bsky.social · 02/03/2025

If you are working in Deaf Studies and want a fully funded paid year as a researcher at Gallaudet University, this Deaf Studies incubator fellowship is open for applications deafincubator.com/apply/?fbcli...

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Apply – Deaf Studies Incubator

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@Shayterp @drhilltx.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

I reference this in my dissertation. From 1918. Ain't nothing new under the sun.

JeminaNapier.bsky.social @jeminanapier.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

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New publication with @robertskinner.bsky.social from previous Justisigns project on investigative interviews with deaf suspects - analysing a case study with authentic data trans-int.org/index.php/tr...

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He said ‘I will ask you questions’: A case study of interpreter impact on rapport building in an authentic sign language interpreter-mediated police-suspect interview | Translation & Interpr...

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@Shayterp @drhilltx.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

I'm confused, DOE. I read the letter. So America wasn't built on systemic racism? Or, to be or more specific, on the backs of and from the blood of American Indians and enslaved Africans (and subsequent generations of their offspring)?

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a woman with curly hair is making a funny face and asking , oh really ?

Alt: a Black woman with curly hair is making a face that reads, "get outta here with that!". Caption states "oh really?"

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@Shayterp @drhilltx.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

For so many reasons, this post really hit home for me today in my journey. Thank you @jessgrieser.bsky.social for being so transparently honest about the academic experience. Appreciate ya!

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National Deaf Center on Postsecondary Outcomes @nationaldeafcenter.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

Did you know there are over 20 Black deaf scholars with PhDs in the U.S.? Want to know who they are? Check them out at blackdeafphd.com!

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Home | Black Deaf Ph.D. Project

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@Shayterp @drhilltx.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

Got a chance to meet the talented Trent Harper, the first coordinator of ASL & Deaf Studies program at the University of Memphis. Meet him & learn about his program here: youtube.com/shorts/O6VJ7...

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University of Memphis BA in ASL and Deaf Studies

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@Shayterp @drhilltx.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

Staying grounded by attending events like this - Maryville College hosted a Panel of deaf community leaders to discuss their experiences with obtaining and working with interpreters. They were honest and engaging, providing valuable lessons to all. Among them, the famous storyteller Peter Cook!!

Collage of pictures from Panel event at Maryville College Sat, Feb 1st

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@Shayterp @drhilltx.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

Thank you Rooted East Knoxville Collective for educating me last Sunday. The movie premiere taught me about the impact of "urban renewal" on Black Knoxvillians living in the East side. It has led to food apartheid in the area. To learn more, visit knoxgardenalliance.org/member/roote...

Picture of the panelists after the premiere of "Roots of Resilience"

Picture of the panelists before the premiere of "Roots of Resilience"

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@Shayterp @drhilltx.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

H-town! Countdown begins.

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@Shayterp @drhilltx.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

Thus, the edited bluesky profile picture. It might look like I'm resting or that I'm inactive, but I'm not. I'm reserving & conserving my energy for when it's my time to ROAR.

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@Shayterp @drhilltx.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

I cannot be tethered to the news. The news doesn't shape my focus or deter me from my path. I'm not choosing to be oblivious; I'm choosing to be singularly focused. I need my mental & emotional state to stay balanced so that I can stay on my path. I hope you can find ways to stay on yours.

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@Shayterp @drhilltx.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

It's on! Yasssss! Let's do this NWAV.

@Shayterp @drhilltx.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

I love this, Marta! Thank you for sharing. My first TISLR was in Hamburg and I too pondered over the differences.

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Wait wait wait, I have more pictures to share. Can't forget to share Erin's pictures!! #TISLR15

Erin tells it like it is - honest description

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THX to the deaf research faculty that were brave enough to stand up & share their struggles & triumphs in academia at ##TISLR15. They were honest & unapologetic in explaining the inequities they face in academia & by interpreters. Wish there could be an entire Symposium dedicated to this topic.

Photo of 4 deaf linguists that pioneered the way

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I thoroughly enjoyed yesterday's #TISLR15 panel discussion - Sign Language Research for legal recognition: A Call to Action. I learned so much from the panelists. Kudos to my friends Margaret Odhiambo and Simphiwe Mkhize!

Panelist discussion SA sign language recognition

Panelist discussion Kenyan sign language recognition

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