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Deaf Studies Incubator awarded $1.5 million…
Deaf Studies Incubator awarded $1.5 million Mellon Foundation grant
Dec 13, 2023
By Victoria Hallett
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Gallaudet’s campus is already known as the place for deaf experts from different fields to connect. So it is the ideal home for the new Deaf Studies Incubator, which will focus on promoting interdisciplinary, intersectional work. The project just received a $1.5 million grant from the Mellon Foundation.
“The School of Arts & Humanities (SAH) is excited that the Mellon Foundation recognizes and supports the importance of diversifying the Deaf Studies Department through the Deaf Studies Incubator. We look forward to expanding intersectional perspectives in the pipeline of Deaf/deaf/DeafBlind scholarship and teaching here at Gallaudet University and beyond,” says Dr. Teresa Blankmeyer Burke, Director of SAH and Co-Principal Investigator on the grant along with Dr. Erin Moriarty, an Associate Professor of Deaf Studies. The PI is Gallaudet’s Provost, Dr. [...]