Abstract

Papers created by deaf linguist and educator Dr. Barbara M. Kannapell while at Gallaudet University. Includes correspondence, dissertation, papers and articles, surveys, course materials, notes, manuscripts, and more.

Scope and Contents From the Series: During the early 1980s, Gallaudet’s deaf faculty and staff became dissatisfied with the orientation program used teach new employees how to understand and interact with the deaf. In 1982, the Deafness-Related Concerns Council (DRCC), later known as the President’s Council on Deafness, sent a report to the university president, Dr. Edward C. Merrill. In this report, they laid out their criticisms of the orientation and their ideas for improvement. A new orientation curriculum was devised,...

Scope and Contents From the Series: The Communication Evaluation and Remediation Task Force was established by Dr. David Tweedie, then dean of Gallaudet’s School of Communication, with the goal of evaluating the communication skills of incoming Gallaudet students and determining the need for a Communication Center that would help improve those skills. Dr. Kannapell was brought on to the task force as a specialist in linguistics, program development, and evaluation.Included in this series are minutes from the task...

Scope and Contents During the early 1980s, Gallaudet’s deaf faculty and staff became dissatisfied with the orientation program used teach new employees how to understand and interact with the deaf. In 1982, the Deafness-Related Concerns Council (DRCC), later known as the President’s Council on Deafness, sent a report to the university president, Dr. Edward C. Merrill. In this report, they laid out their criticisms of the orientation and their ideas for improvement. A new orientation curriculum was devised,...

Scope and Contents The Communication Evaluation and Remediation Task Force was established by Dr. David Tweedie, then dean of Gallaudet’s School of Communication, with the goal of evaluating the communication skills of incoming Gallaudet students and determining the need for a Communication Center that would help improve those skills. Dr. Kannapell was brought on to the task force as a specialist in linguistics, program development, and evaluation.Included in this series are minutes from the task...