User:Wugapodes/Ceil Lucas
Ceil Lucas is an American linguist and Professor Emerita of Linguistics at Gallaudet University. She received her Ph.D. from Georgetown University in 1980 and began teaching at Gallaudet in 1982.[1][2] From 1995 to 2010 she edited the Sociolinguistics and Deaf Communities series, and currently edits the Journal of Sign Language Studies.[3] She was chair of the Gallaudet Department of linguistics in 2008 and retired from Gallaudet in Spring 2013.[4][1] She has written and edited a number of books on the sociolinguistics of sign languages including What's Your Sign for PIZZA? An Introduction to Variation in ASL and the Sociolinguistics in Deaf Communities series.[5] She was a member of the Black ASL project which described the linguistic features of Black American Sign Language.[6]
References
- ^ a b "Dr. Ceil Lucas". Gallaudet University. Retrieved 6 January 2016.
- ^ "Ceil Lucas, Gallaudet University: What variation tells us about the structure of sign languages". Georgetown University. 7 March 2014. Retrieved 6 January 2016.
- ^ "SLS Editorial Board". Gallaudet University. Retrieved 6 January 2016.
- ^ Rennen, Elizabeth (5 May 2008). "Studying (Sign) Languages Abroad". Inside Higher Ed. Retrieved 6 January 2016.
- ^ "The Sociolinguistics in Deaf Communities series". Gallaudet University. Retrieved 3 March 2016.
- ^ "About the Project". The Black ASL project. Gallaudet University.