Dr. Danielle Hunt presents her dissertation research titled: Professional Identity Development of Interpreters. Gallaudet's Department of Interpretation, Center for Advancement of Interpretation and Translation Research (CAITR), & Regional Interpreter Education Center (GURIEC) partner to host the Colloquium Lecture Series.
Gallaudet's Department of Interpretation, Center for Advancement of Interpretation and Translation Research (CAITR), & Regional Interpreter Education Center (GURIEC) partner to host the Colloquium Lecture Series. Under the direction of Dr. Brenda Nicodemus, this series expands access to exemplary scholarship in our field, showcases academic ASL, and provides students and professionals more experience with the norms of graduate level academic discourse.
April 17, 2015
Danielle J. Hunt
Description:
In the dissertation guiding this presentation, Hunt extends previous studies on language and identity (Gordon, 2013), language-induced identity shifts in second language learners (Johnson, 2007), experiences of hearing, regular education students who have taken ASL courses (Brown, 2013), and the experiences of Korean-English interpreters/translators (Bahk-Halberg, 2007) to a specific group of bilinguals - ASL-English interpreters. Hunt examined the lived experiences of American Sign Language-English interpreters beginning with a questionnaire, followed by autophotography and photo-elicitation interviews, and finally semi-structured interviews for further data collection. Grounded in a hermeneutic phenomenological methodology, Hunt will address two primary research questions: How does a group of ASL-English interpreters experience the development of a sense of self and professional identity? and What are a group of ASL-English interpreters' perceptions of how others react to their presentation of self and professional identity?
Lecturer bio:
Danielle I. J. Hunt is currently a faculty member in the Department of Interpretation at Gallaudet University. She has worked professionally as an interpreter since 2000 and specializes in healthcare, post-secondary, and performing arts interpreting. Hunt is a doctoral candidate in the Gallaudet University PhD program in Interpretation. Her research interests include translation, equivalency in interpreting, expertise in signed language interpreting, gatekeeping, professional practice, and ASL-English interpreter identity. Her publications include the co-authored works "Deaf Interpreter/Hearing interpreting teams" (National Consortium of Interpreter Education Centers, 2013), "Research studies in interpretation from Gallaudet's doctoral students" (International Journal of Interpreter Education, 2013), and "Gatekeeping in ASL-English interpreter education programs: Assessing the suitability of students for professional practice" (CIT Conference Proceedings, 2014). Hunt has presented her research at numerous regional and national conferences.
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