Quinto-Pozos Signed Language Laboratory

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Lab Director:

Collaborators in other Departments and Universities:

Dr. Jenny Singleton
Associate Professor
Department of Educational Psychology
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
You can write to me at my email address.
My website can be found here.

My current program of research focuses on deaf children's language development, both American Sign Language and English, especially within the school context. Teachers often become the primary linguistic model for deaf preschool aged children. In one of my current projects, I am investigating the ways that deaf teachers transmit cultural and linguistic information to deaf children in the preschool classroom, shaping deaf children's identity development. Other recent projects include: technologies for ASL and English literacy development; development of ASL proficiency assessments; English written language assessment for school aged deaf children; Atypical Sign Language Development. I have a continuing program of service and outreach, focusing on breast cancer awareness in the Deaf community, hearing children of deaf adults, and UIUC campus accessibility for students, faculty, and staff with disabilities. I am also a Commissioner on the Illinois Deaf and Hard of Hearing Commission.

Dr. Kearsy Cormier
Senior Researcher
Deafness, Cognition and Language (DCAL) Centre
University College London (UCL)
You can write to me at my email address.

Dr. Amanda Holzrichter
Profesora Investigadora
Departamento de Lenguas
Universidad de las Americas Puebla

Wanette Reynolds
Laboratory Technician, Sign Language Research Center
University of Rochester

My research interests and participation include register in ASL, homesign systems, and Deaf teach talk in a bilingual and bicultural educational setting. In addition to research, I also interpret in the community and am a member of RID and CODA. I received my B.A. in ASL with a minor in Linguistics at the University of Rochester and my M.A. in Educational Psychology from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. You can write to me at my email address.

Graduate Students in the Quinto-Pozos and Singleton Labs:

Peter Crume

I'm a 3rd year doctoral student in Educational Pyschology with an interest in researching the social and language development of deaf children. I'm a CODA originally from Washington, DC. I received my BA and MA from East Carolina University (NC), have worked as a sign language interpreter for over a decade, and served for two-years in the Peace Corps in Kenya. You can write to me at my email address.

Anjali Forber-Pratt

I am a first year graduate student in speech-language pathology. Having completed my undergraduate work at the University of Illinois, my primary continuing research interest is about atypical sign language development and its characteristics. Other past research projects have included studying educational approaches for fostering literacy skills for children who are deaf. You can write to me at my email address.
Christina Gifford

I am originally from the Chicago suburbs and did my undergraduate work at Purdue. I double majored in Speech Pathology and Spanish. I am currently attending U of I under the TBI fellowship. I am interested in working with hearing impaired and bilingual populations after graduate school. You can write to me at my email address.
Jeffrey Goetz

I am in my first year at the University of Illinois, pursuing research interests in educational psychology dealing with Deaf and gifted students. I received my B.A. in psychology from Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut. I hope to meld my extra-curricular interest, namely theater, with my research. You can write to me at my email address.
Sarika Mehta

My name is Sarika and I'm in Educational Policy Studies. My research includes issues related to "special-needs" populations in Bilingual Ed and Deaf Ed. Currently I'm working for Urbana Adult Ed. as a teacher, parent educator and home visitor. I'm also writing my thesis this year regarding the South Asian Deaf experience in Chicago. You can write to me at my email address.
Amelia Zeringue

I am a first year graduate student in Speech-Language Pathology, and I received my bachelor's degree from the University of Texas at Austin. My areas of interest include traumatic brain injury and aphasia within hearing and Deaf, adult populations. I was born and raised in Austin (Texas), and I don’t know how I’ll ever get used to the cold weather! You can write to me at my email address.

Undergraduate Students in the Quinto-Pozos lab:

Michelina Hassell
Marcia Walsh
I'm a Senior in Speech and Hearing Science at the U of I. I started learning ASL my sophomore year, through the sign language club on campus, Society of Signers. It is a student registered organization that makes it fun and easy to practice ASL outside of the classrooms and involves all levels of sign language ability. I have been very involved with this group and am currently the President. I have also taken or been involved with the first foriegn language ASL classes I-III. I am applying to graduate school programs, for next year, where I can recieve a masters in Speech-Language Pathology and have an emphasis, or an oppurtunity to work with, the Deaf and incorporate ASL in therapy. You can write to me at my email address.

Instructors in the American Sign Language program within the Department of Speech and Hearing Science:

Amy Blough


I am Deaf and was mainstreamed until the 8th grade when I told my parents that I wanted to attend Illinois School for the Deaf (ISD). I finally attended my last two years of high school at ISD after a struggle between the school district and my parents, which also involved City Hall in my hometown. I feel that my two years at ISD was worth every battle that my parents went through! In addition to teaching ASL at UIUC, I also teach students who major in Deaf Education at Illinois State University (ISU) in Normal. This is my 4th year at ISU. I'm also on the Illinois Deaf and Hard of Hearing Commission (IDHHC). Currently, I'm in the process of obtaining a work permit and visa in order work in Jamaica for 1-2 years. John “J3” Brand III
Susan Dramin-Weiss