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Description: Image Description: Jackie Roth, a petite adult woman wearing a black jacket and white shirt with neat, short hair, on a blue couch at a NYC wine bar. She is using American Sign Language. Narrator Jane Bempong at the beginning and end of the video is a black young adult woman against a gray backdrop. She is wearing a green tee shirt and has wavy brown, shoulder-length hair. Note: The "uppercase D" Deaf is used to describe a particular group of deaf people who share a language (American Sign Language) and a culture. The "lowercase d" deaf refers to the audiological condition of not hearing. Notes on Roth's mentions in the video: Jane Norman, PhD. Director of DPN Public Relations (PR) Nancy Connors DPN PR who oversaw print media and radio Four student leaders of the 1988 Deaf President Now Movement Greg Hlibok Tim Rarus Jerry Covell Bridgetta Bourne Dr. Roberta “Bobbi” Cardano became the 11 th president of Gallaudet University on January 1, 2016. She is the first Deaf woman and first openly LGBTQIA person to be elected as Gallaudet University President. For more information, contact PI Deirdre Schlehofer, EdD at dxsnss.rit.edu
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Description: Image Description: Most of the video is Bridgetta Bourne-Firl, an adult woman wearing a blue cardigan, signing behind a table against a wall painted to look like the ocean. Narrator Jane Bempong at the beginning and end of the video is a black young adult woman against a gray backdrop. She is wearing a green tee shirt and has wavy brown, shoulder-length hair. Note: The 'uppercase D" Deaf is used to describe a particular group of deaf people who share a language (American Sign Language) an a culture. The "lowercase d" deaf refers to the audiological condition of not hearing. Notes on Bourne-Firl's mentions in the video: In 1982, the Rowley Case involved a ten-year old deaf girl named Amy Rowley and her right to have a sign language interpreter for academic classes. The Board of Education v. Rowley focused on the definition of “free and appropriate education,” the underlying tenet of the Education for All Handicapped Children Act of 1975. Jane Norman, PhD Director of DPN Public Relations Jackie Roth Coordinator of Student Leaders Public Relations Nancy Connors DPN Public Relations on print media and radio Student Leaders of the 1988 DPN Movement Bridgetta Bourne-Firl Greg Hlibok Tim Rarus Jerry Covell Deaf Women Role Models Known for human rights advocacy, Mary C. Malzkuhn, PhD (1928-2016) was Government and History Professor at Gallaudet University. She was regarded as the “Mother of DPN” who supported the four student leaders of the Deaf President Now movement in 1988. They took her classes. Bette Hicks – an educator and coach at the Maryland School for the Deaf (MSD) who later became MSD High School Principal. She was the Director of Artistic Sign Language at the Kennedy Center among the plays “A Streetcar Named Desire.” Roslyn “Roz” Rosen, PhD is a well-known Deaf leader at the local, national and international levels. She was the first female Deaf Dean of the College for Continuing Education (1981-1993) and first Deaf female provost at Gallaudet University. NAD President (1990 to 1993), board member of the World Federation of the Deaf (1995-2003), and Director of National Center on Deafness (NCOD) at California State University at Northridge (CSUN). Marie Jean Philip (1953-1977) was a tireless advocate for sign language rights and was the Bilingual-Bicultural Coordinator at The Learning Center for the Deaf in Framingham, Massachusetts. Gertrude “Gertie” Scott Galloway, PhD (1930-2014) was the first woman to be elected president of the National Association of the Deaf (NAD) during 1980-1982 as well as the first deaf superintendent of the Marie H. Katzenbach School for the Deaf (MKSD) in Trenton, N.J. among other first time appointments. The “Ducks” were an all-male group of Gallaudet University alumni behind the DPN movement as follows: Dwight Benedict, Stephen Hlibok, Mike O’Donnell, Jeff Rosen, Paul Singleton, Jamie Tucker, and Fred Weiner. They played a key role in pushing the DPN student leaders to achieve the goal for a Deaf president at Gallaudet. For more information, contact PI Deirdre Schlehofer, EdD at dxsnss.rit.edu
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Description: Image Description: Carol Padden is interviewed via video chat for most of the duration of the video. She has shoulder-length brown hair and wears a green shirt. Behind her is some pale furniture. Narrator Jane Bempong at the beginning and end of the video is a black young adult woman against a gray backdrop. She is wearing a green tee shirt and has wavy brown, shoulder-length hair. Note: The "uppercase D" Deaf is used to describe a particular group of deaf people who share a language (American Sign Language) and a culture. The "lowercase d" deaf refers to the audiological condition of not hearing Notes on Padden's mentions in the video: A well-known scholar, William “Bill” C. Stokoe, Jr. (1919-2000) recognized American Sign Language (ASL) as a human language by having published Sign Language Structure in 1960 and Dictionary of ASL on Linguistic Principles in 1965. He established the Linguistic Research Laboratory (LRL) at Gallaudet in 1971. Terrence James “T.J.” O’Rourke (1932-1992) was a Deaf Rights advocate and activist. From 1967 to 1978, T.J. served as the National Director of the National Association of the Deaf (NAD) Communication Skills Program known as CSP. He founded T.J. Publishers in 1978 to publish ASL and Deaf culture books. Jane Norman, PhD Director of DPN Public Relations “Ole Jim”- Fondly referred to as the first gymnasium with an indoor pool, basketball, court, and bowling alley, which was built in 1881 on the Gallaudet campus. Being renovated in 2005, Peikoff Alumni House is the home of the Gallaudet University Alumni Association Headquarters and the Office of Alumni Relations at Gallaudet University. Dr. Elisabeth Zinser was named president of Gallaudet University on March6, 1988. This appointment created a protest as she was hearing who lacked the skills and knowledge to lead Gallaudet University over two Deaf candidates. Jane Bassett Spilman served as Gallaudet University’s Board of Trustees chairperson during the DPN protest. TTY stands for Text Telephone. Sometimes called a TDD (Telecommunication Device for the Deaf). It requires at both ends of the conversation in order to communicate as long as it had landlines. Today, videophones have replaced TTYs. The “Unity for Gallaudet” of 2006 was a protest movement started by students, faculty and alumni of Gallaudet University over the nomination of Dr. Jane Fernandes as president of the University with outgoing President I. King Jordan who became the first Deaf President of Gallaudet University. For more information, contact PI Deirdre Schlehofer, EdD at dxsnss@rit.edu
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