Julia Weisenberg is a sociolinguist who researches the use of American Sign Language (ASL). She has investigated the use of phonetic mouthing by hearing bilingual bimodals and English loanword adaptation in the deaf community. She is also interested in audience design (how people tailor communication for particular partners), the influence of communication technology on spoken and written English and ASL, the integration of gesture and speech in human language, and the use of mouth gestures by native deaf signers. Julia is a TESOL instructor and a Lecturer of linguistics at Stony Brook University. She is a nationally certified sign language interpreter and has been teaching ASL for the last ten years. She is a regular member and organizer of the Gesture Focus Group of Stony Brook.
Announcement
I will be presenting at the International Society for Gesture Studies (ISGS) conference from July 25-30 in Frankfurt/Oder Germany, with new research entitled "Mouthing in Foreign-to-Foreign Deaf Communication: Russian Sign Language (РЖЯ) American Sign Language (ASL)." You can explore the ISGS conference agenda at http://www.isgs2010.de/