American River College Deaf Culture & ASL Studies

Hello! Hello! My name is Jill Birchall. I work here at American River College as a Department Chair for the Deaf Culture & ASL Studies program.

We are excited to announce that we are continuing our Deaf Self Advocacy Training, DSAT! The training is provided for our Deaf students taking classes at ARC. DSAT is critical and important because Deaf students can learn how to advocate for their rights as students.

For communication access, interpreting services, working with your professors, if you need accommodations for your classes and your professors do not understand your needs and you want better accommodations, how can you express yourself effectively? And how you can advocate for yourself to communicate with your professors explaining your needs?

There are many different situations that DSAT will be beneficial. YES! If you are interested, please grab the opportunity to join us! We will have three workshops, you must come to all workshops as they are connected and will build on information. The first one will be on Friday, Oct 27th from 1pm to 4pm. The second one will be on Friday, Nov 3 from 1pm to 4pm then, the third one will be on Friday, Nov 10 from 1pm to 4pm.

If you show up to and complete all three workshops, you will become a student ambassador next semester. This means you would be included on several projects, working here and more will be shared when you attend all three workshops. If you are interested, please contact me at [email protected]. I look forward to meeting you all at the workshops! Thank you!

Deaf Self Advocacy Training at ARC for Deaf Students! Hello! Hello! My name is Jill Birchall. I work here at American River College as a Department Chair for the Deaf Culture & ASL Studies program. We are excite...

We are so beyond proud of our students and their accomplishments at ARC. Congratulations to our 2015-2017 cohort completing the Interpreter Preparation Program and to all those who received their Deaf Culture & ASL Studies degree!

Always remember: There’s no limit to what you can do if you keep believing in yourself. 💙❤️

Sharing this again, please spread the word to our Deaf students at ARC about this pertinent workshop! The first one will be next Friday, March 24th from 1pm to 4pm.

Deaf Self Advocacy Training at American River College Hello hello! My name is Jill Birchall, I am the department chair at American River College for Deaf Culture and ASL Studies. Are you familiar with DSAT, Deaf...

DSAT Hello! I'm Jill Birchall, Dept. Chair and Professor of Deaf Culture and ASL Studies at ARC. I would like to share some exciting news with you all! We will have Deaf Self Advocacy Training for Deaf students at ARC. The workshop will be beneficial by learning how to advocate for your own rights, equal...

For all Deaf adults age 18 - 30!

On Monday, May 9; from 11:00 to 1:00; Todd Lamarr from UC Davis will be visiting us to do some research to study how people learn, process and produce sign language. Their current project explores how people store signs in their short-term memory. The test only takes about 15-20 minutes, and to thank you, they will offer you a $10 Gift Card. A flier is attached.

To sign up, please contact Todd at [email protected] or show up to the DSPS Conference Room at ARC on Monday between 11:00 and 1:00.

Hello everyone!!!

Sign That Club Event is on Thursday, April 21, 2016 at 5-7p.m. at American River College

Let's bring the potluck to share with everyone.

We will have two games: Hangman and Know your ABCs! We are gonna practice expressive and receptive skills.

We will have a session of Understanding Deaf Culture and ASL.

Deaf students and Deaf people are more than welcome to come to the event! We want to develop the partnership between our Deaf community and ASL students.

The parking is $2.

We will love to have you guys come over and have FUN!

Please check out one of our professors, Erica West Oyedele's presentation, "Missing Narratives in Interpreting and Interpreter Education" at StreetLeverage - X | RID Conference 2015! HANDS WAVE!

Missing Narratives in Interpreting and Interpreter Education | Street Leverage Erica West Oyedele explores the lack of diversity in the predominantly White, female field of sign language interpreting & provides a call to action for potential allies.

Congratulations to our 2014-2015 cohort completing the Interpreter Preparation Program and to all those who received their Sign Language Studies degree!

Interested in applying for the American River College Interpreter Preparation Program? Application deadline is Friday, April 10, 2015! Review the checklist and FAQs, prepare, and apply at: http://www.arc.losrios.edu/Programs_of_Study/Humanities/Sign_Language_Studies/Interpreter_Preparation_Program_.htm

American River College The Sign Language Studies Interpreting program provides an integrated series of coursework in American Sign Language (ASL) and ASL/English interpretation to prepare students for entry-level positions. A foundation in ASL discourse and interpretation is established through theoretical models. The emp…