Deaf studies

Deaf studies are academic disciplines concerned with the study of the deaf social life of human groups and individuals including anthropology, economics, geography, history, political science, psychology, social studies, and sociology. The Deaf studies comprise the scientific study of the deaf-related aspects of the world.^[1] Studying the lives of those who are Deaf include learning about their culture, sign language, history and their human rights. Those who participate and join this field of study are involved with promoting the change of views and perspectives of the larger society regarding Deaf people.^[2]

Deaf studies includes the study of:

• Deaf culture
• Deaf people
• Sign language
• Deaf history

University-based deaf studies centers

• United States
  • Masters offered
    • Gallaudet University, Washington, D.C.
    • Lamar University, Beaumont, Texas (offers hybrid M.S. and Ed.D. in Deaf Education/Deaf Studies)
    • California State University, Northridge, Northridge, California
  • Bachelors offered
    • Boston University, Boston, MA
    • California State University, Northridge, Northridge, California
    • California State University, Sacramento, Sacramento, California
    • Columbia College Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
    • Gallaudet University, Washington, D.C.
    • Lamar University, Beaumont, Texas
    • Towson University, Towson, Maryland
    • Utah Valley University, Orem, Utah
  • State Certifications
    • Texas Woman's University, Denton, Texas (offers Masters in Deaf Education)
  • Associate in Arts offered
    • College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, MA
    • Ohlone College, Fremont, CA
    • Utah Valley University, Orem, Utah
• United Kingdom
  • University of Central Lancashire, Lancashire, England
  • Centre for Deaf Studies, Bristol, University of Bristol, Bristol
  • University of Wolverhampton, Wolverhampton, England ^[3]
• New Zealand
  • Victoria University of Wellington
• Germany
  • Humboldt University, Berlin ^[4]
• Hong Kong
  • Centre for Sign Linguistics and Deaf Studies, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
• India
  • National Institute of Speech and Hearing, Kerala, India (offers Degree in Deaf Education)
• The Netherlands
  • Visual Language, Signs and Gestures, Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics, Nijmegen

National and transnational Deaf studies centers

• New Zealand
  • Kelston Deaf Education Centre
• Philippines
  • School of Deaf Education and Applied Studies, De La Salle–College of Saint Benilde

Deaf studies associations

• United States
  • CSUN Deaf Studies Association, Northridge, California
• United Kingdom
  • The British Association of Teachers of the Deaf

Deaf-related major projects

• India
  • Deafchild India

See also

• American Annals of the Deaf
• Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education
• Deaf Bibliography for a categorised list of publications in the field since 1984
• Deaf history
• Deafhood
• Sign Language Studies

References