In honor of Interpreter Appreciation Day, FRID has invited Dr. Mark Halley of University of North Florida (UNF) and Dr. Keith Cagle of the National Technical Institute for the Deaf (NTID) at Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) to present a workshop regarding allyship and the interpreter role in social movement studies free to our members!
With this workshop, Dr. Halley and Dr. Cagle contextualize the so-called ally model of interpreting. To do so, they will provide an overview of social movement studies, contentious politics, and role-space theory, applying these frameworks to signed language interpreters who work in protest settings. Specifically, they use the 1988 Deaf President Now protest as a case study, while also making parallels to contemporary social movements. At the conclusion of the webinar, workshop participants will be able to: articulate key concepts in social movement studies, apply role-space theory to analyzing the work of interpreters, critique conceptual models of interpreter role, and discuss interpreting in contentious political settings.
Mark Halley, PhD, NIC, is an Assistant Professor of ASL/English Interpreting in the Department of Exceptional, Deaf, and Interpreter Education at UNF. Dr. Halley conducted his dissertation research in the Department of Interpretation and Translation at Gallaudet University in Washington, DC, where he studied the role of interpreters in the 1988 Deaf President Now protest. He has been a certified interpreter in private practice since 2011 and works in community and video relay service settings. In his free time, he enjoys going to the gym (but not on leg day), traveling the world, and being a technophile.
Keith Cagle, PhD, is the chair of the ASL and Interpreting Education Department at NTID/RID. He was Department of Interpretation and Translation chair and the BA program coordinator for Interpretation at Gallaudet University, as well as the Interpreting Education program chair at Central Piedmont Community College. He earned his PhD in Educational Linguistics from the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque, MA in Educational Administration from California State University in Northridge (CSUN), and BS in Social Work from NTID/RIT. He served as ASL Teachers Association (ASLTA) Evaluation chair for fifteen years and continues to serve as an evaluator. He also served on the board of Center on Assessment of Sign Language Interpretation (CASLI). He has three children and one grandson.
This Professional Studies program offers 0.3 CEUs at the SOME KNOWLEDGE content level. "Becoming Allies: Analyzing Interpreter Role Through the Lens of Social Movement Studies" is presented in ASL with English voice interpretation sponsored by FRID.
When: July 22, 2021, 7:00pm -10:00pm EDT / 6:00pm - 9:00pm CDT
Location: Online via Zoom
CEUs Offered: 0.3 CEUs (PS)
Cost: Free to FRID members; $45 for non-members. Take advantage of the perks of FRID membership by visiting our membership page and filling out an application!
