Not been able to say this yet but this school year, I've somehow managed to have many moments in which I have witnessed the magic of a light bulb turning on in my students realizing the many things they can do with their second language, and trying it to have fun while learning.

Done. 1 year ago, and thanks to Marco Munoz and JCPS, I started the Aspiring Leaders program at Spalding University to become a principal. After so much work, and some tough moments (thanks to my wife and kiddos for their patience, encouragement, and support, love you), it is done.

@kschonstrom @IngelaHolmstrom 's paper on L2M1 and L2M2 acquisition of sign lexicon: the impact of multimodality on the sign second language acquisition has been published in Frontiers - Psychology recently. frontiersin.org/articles/10.33…

1. Howdy folks! I'm pleased to announce the "digital premiere" of my newest #deafed video. [ASL, with English subs and image descriptions.] #deafpedagogy "The Pragmatics of Visual Tool Design A How to and Why do Guide for Practitioners of Deaf Pedagogy" youtu.be/AtiA6z_EMCA

Getting a sense of what #SignLanguage datasets are out there is hard. So we started the Sign Language Dataset Compendium! 76 languages, 41 corpora and 71 lexical resources, 27 data collection tasks used by multiple datasets, and more to come: sign-lang.uni-hamburg.de/lr/compendium/

V.proud to have contributed to the Handbook of Sign Language Translation & Interpreting (Eds @drcastone Robert Adam Ronice Quadros Christian Rathmann) - Interpreting in police settings coauthored w. Eloísa Monteoliva García. Enjoyed the process of co-writing & learning from my LINCS Heriot-Watt colleague

Does anyone know of a translation of the Communist Manifesto rendered into a signed language? ASL? Russian Sign Language? International Sign?

🚀 Getting ready for my first talk ever at efsli conference in Manchester! . Let's unfold the taboo of not understanding IS 😱 . #efsli2022 efsli #awkward #internationalsign #sl1nt

Congratulations to Dr. Ceil Lucas! She is one of most influential figures in sociolinguistics of sign languages (with a special focus on sociolinguistic variation of ASL). She published and edited several books on sociolinguistics of SLs.

That's lovely - and I am pretty sure that students in interpreting and translation studies will appreciate that paper! #1ntSL

The presentation "Sign language interpreting: a quick fix for inclusion?" @hildemh and I gave for SLIANZ is now available to watch online - in International Sign (with English captions and voice over - thanks to SLIANZ to provide this). youtu.be/Z615GBz2lgo

Conversations around AI’s place in BSL interpreting are continuing to develop, sparking questions around ethics, interpreter numbers and sustainability. Liam O’Dell investigates what role – if at all – AI could play in the future of interpreting. limpingchicken.com/2022/09/28/a-b…

Excited to introduce the Balinese homesign corpus here at #TISLR14

New paper with Joseph Murray! Supporting deaf learners in Nepal via Sustainable Development Goal 4: Inclusive and equitable quality education in sign languages /1 tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

Very excited and honored to have been awarded an NSF GRFP as a first year PhD student Georgia Tech! #GRFP

Today's #shoutout to #womenInSTEM goes to Carli Roush who was just awarded a #graduate research #fellowship by U.S. National Science Foundation for her research on #bacteriophage Georgia Tech! #Phage on til your dreams come true! #AMR #superbugs #ThePerfectPredator