Edited by Annelies Kusters, Postdoctoral Researcher, Max Planck Institute for the Study of Religious and Ethnic Diversity in Gvttingen, Edited by Maartje De Meulder, Researcher, University of Jyvdskyld (Finland), and Edited by Dai OBrien, Lecturer in BSL and Deaf Studies, York St John University

Annelies Kusters has held positions at institutions in Belgium, the United Kingdom, and Germany; since 2004, she has engaged in ethnographic research on deaf lives in South America, Asia, and Africa. From 2017 through 2022, she will head the MobileDeaf project, undertaken by a deaf research group focusing on international deaf mobilities.

Maartje De Meulder has done advocacy work for the Flemish Deaf Association for five years. Her PhD focuses on the development of sign language recognition legislation in both Finland and Scotland. Her upcoming research project will focus on the vitality of sign languages.

Dai O'Brien completed his PhD in 2012, using visual methods to explore the transitional experiences of deaf young people from mainstream schools. He is currently a Lecturer in BSL and Deaf Studies at York St. John University.

Maartje De Meulder
Department of Languages
University of Jyväskylä
Jyväskylä, Finland

Michele Friedner
School of Health Technology and Management
Stony Brook University
New York, NY

Hilde Haualand
Institute of Sign Language and Interpreter Education
Department of Language and Literature
Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Trondheim, Norway

Lynn Y-S Hou
Department of Linguistics
The University of Texas at Austin
Austin, TX

Tom Humphries
Department of Education Studies
Department of Communication
University of California, San Diego
La Jolla, CA

Annelies Kusters
Deparatment of Socio-Cultural Diversity
Max Planck Institute for the Study of Religious and Ethnic Diversity
Göttingen, Germany

Marieke Kusters
Federation of Flemish Deaf Organisations (Fevlado)
Ghent, Belgium

Paddy Ladd
Bristol, England, UK

Hannah Lewis
Church of England
Diocese of Liverpool
Liverpool, England, UK

Rachel Mazique
Department of Liberal Studies
Rochester Institute of Technology
Rochester, NY

Rezenet Moges
Department of Linguistics
California State University, Long Beach
Long Beach, CA

Erin Moriarty Harrelson
Department of Anthropology
American University
Washington, D.C.

Joseph Murray
Department of ASL and Deaf Studies
Gallaudet University
Washington, D.C.

Dai O'Brien
School of Lanugages and Linguistics
York St John University
York, England, UK

Noel O'Connell
Research and Graduate School - Mary Immaculate College
University of Limerick
Limerick, Ireland

Carol Padden
Department of Communication
University of California, San Diego
La Jolla, CA

Rebecca Sanchez
Department of English
Fordham University
Bronx, NY

Kirk VanGilder
Department of History, Philosophy, Religion, and Sociology
Gallaudet University
Washington, D.C.