University of Washington Deaf Studies Course

Recommended Deaf Culture Research Topics

Arts:

1. Bernard Bragg

http://www.bernardbragg.com ___________________________________

2. Deaf Performing Artists Network (DPAN)

http://www.d-pan.com ___________________________________

3. Deaf View Image Art (De’VIA )

http://www.deafart.org ___________________________________

4. National Theatre of the Deaf

http://www.ntd.org ___________________________________

5. Other: ___________________________________

6. Other: ___________________________________

Biography:

1. I. King Jordan ___________________________________

2. Laurent Clerc ___________________________________

3. Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet ___________________________________

4. Bob Davila ___________________________________

5. Other: ___________________________________

6. Other: ___________________________________

7. Other: ___________________________________

8. Other: ___________________________________

9. Other: ___________________________________

Culture:

1. Deafhood. ___________________________________

2. Audism. ___________________________________

3. Sign Language Linguicism ___________________________________

4. Deaf culture in other countries: ___________________________________

5. CODA (Children of Deaf Adults) ___________________________________

6. Other: ___________________________________

Controversial Issues:

1. Cochlear Implants and Deaf Culture ___________________________________

2. Oralism versus Manualism ___________________________________

3. Genetic Research on Deafness ___________________________________

4. Deaf Eugenics ___________________________________

5. Residential School versus Mainstreaming. _________________________________

6. Other: ___________________________________

Deaf Education:

1. America School for the Deaf

http://www.asd-1817.org/ ___________________________________

2. California State University at Northridge Deaf Education

http://www.csun.edu/deafed/ ___________________________________

3. Deaf Bilingual Coalition:

http://www.dbcusa.org ___________________________________

4. Gallaudet University

http://www.gallaudet.edu ___________________________________

5. Laurent Clerc National Deaf Education Center

http://www.clerccenter.gallaudet.edu ___________________________________

6. National Technical Institute for the Deaf

http://www.ntid.rit.edu ___________________________________

7. Pepnet:
http://www.pepnet.org/ ___________________________________

8. Other: ___________________________________

History:

1. Deaf President Now, 1988 ___________________________________

2. Unity for Gallaudet, 2006 ___________________________________

3. International Congress of Educators for the Deaf Conference in Milian Italy, 1880.

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4. Deaf Way, 1989, 2002: ___________________________________

5. Other: ___________________________________

Language:

1. Sign Language Linguistics topics __________________________________

2. Sign Writing

http://www.signwriting.org __________________________________

Organizations and Service Providers in Washington:

1. Abused Deaf Women’s Advocacy Services

http://www.adwas.org ___________________________________

2. Advancing Deaf and Hard of Hearing in Computing
   http://www.washington.edu/accesscomputing/dhh/ ______________________
   
   
3. Deaf-Blind Service Center
   http://www.seattledbsc.org/ ___________________________________
   
   
4. Gallaudet University Alumni Association, Washington State Chapter
   http://www.waguaa.org/ ___________________________________

5. Hearing, Speech, and Deafness Center
   http://www.hsdc.org/ ___________________________________

6. Lighthouse for the Blind, Deaf-Blind Program
   http://www.deafblindlh.org/ ___________________________________
   
   
7. Office of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing for Washington State
   http://www1.dshs.wa.gov/hrsa/odhh/ ___________________________________

8. Northwest Rainbow Alliance of the Deaf

http://www.nwrad.org ___________________________________

9. TADA! Theatres, Allies, and Deaf Audiences
   http://www.tadanw.org/ ___________________________________

10. Washington State Association of the Deaf
    http://www.wsad.org/ ___________________________________

11. Washington State Deaf-Blind Citizens
    http://www.wsdbc.org/ ___________________________________

12. Washington State Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf
    http://www.wsrid.com/ ___________________________________

13. Washington State School for the Deaf
    http://www.wsd.wa.gov/index1.aspx ___________________________________

14. Other: ___________________________________

15. Other: ___________________________________
    
    

National and International Organizations and Service Providers:

1. ASL Teacher Association

http://www.aslta.org ___________________________________

2. Deaflympics

http://www.deaflympics.com ___________________________________

3. Deaf Women United

http://dwu.org ___________________________________

4. National Association of the Deaf

http://www.nad.org ___________________________________

5. National Black Deaf Advocates

http://www.nbda.or ___________________________________

6. National Captioning Institute

http://www.ncicap.org ___________________________________

7. Telecommunications for the Deaf, Inc.
http://www.tdi-online.org/ ___________________________________

8. World Federation of the Deaf

http://www.wfdeaf.org ___________________________________

9. USA Deaf Sports Federation

http://www.usdeafsports.org ___________________________________

10. Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf:
http://www.rid.org/ __________________________________

11. Other: ___________________________________

Technology:

1. Videophones ___________________________________

2. VRS and VRI ___________________________________

3. Vlogs ___________________________________

4. Pagers ___________________________________

5. TTYs ___________________________________

6. Captioning ___________________________________