Corner
SASL Executive C ouncil
2015 – 2017
President
Samuel J. Supalla
University of Arizona
[email protected]
Vice President
B y A ndrew P. J. B yrne
Welcome to the first SASL newsletter!
If someone asks me why I joined SASL as a professional
organization, I would refer them to these two quotes by Laurent Clerc,
a deaf co-founder of the first permanent school for the deaf in North
America.
Jody H. Cripps
Towson University
[email protected]
“[Language] has always been my weapon to fight evil, my vessel to
fill minds thirsting for knowledge, my lure to solicit relief” (Harlan Lane,
When the Mind Hears: A History of the Deaf, 1984, p. 4).
Recording Secretary /
Newsletter Editor
“Every decent man...ought to apply himself, above all things, to the
study of his native language, so as to express his ideas with ease and
gracefulness” (https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Laurent_Clerc).
Andrew P. J. Byrne
Framingham State University
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Treasurer
Harvey Nathanson
Austin Community College
[email protected]
Membership Director
Ron Fenicle
Towson University
[email protected]
I perceive SASL as an organization that encompasses the
following:
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Address (or fight) errors, ignorance, and misconceptions about
ASL
Study and disseminate new and high-quality knowledge and
research related to the linguistics and aesthetics of ASL
Validate and expand linguistic accessibility
Preserve ASL as a naturally evolved and accessible signed
language
If you concur with the above, why don’t you join SASL and become a
member? Go to page 11 for details on membership including benefits.
You will not be disappointed!
SASL Journal Editor
Russell Rosen
CUNY – Staten Island
[email protected]
Members-at-Large
Patrick Boudreault
Gallaudet University
[email protected]
Deirdre Schlehofer
Rochester Institute of Technology
[email protected]
Gabriel Arellano
Georgetown University
[email protected]
The Power of ASL
From left to right: Harvey Nathanson (Treasurer), Russell Rosen (Journal
Editor), Patrick Boudreault (Member-at-Large), Deirdre Schlehofer
(Member-at-Large), Andrew Byrne (Recording Secretary / Newsletter
Editor), Sam Supalla (President), Jody Cripps (Vice President), Gabriel
Arellano (Member-at-Large), Ron Fenicle (Membership Director)
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Spring 2016 – Issue 1