Prof Lorraine Leeson MTCD MRISLI

Professor in Deaf Studies, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland

Citations

1355

PhDs supervised to completion

6

Languages

English, Irish Sign Language, International Sign, American Sign Language, British Sign Language

Research Focus

I centre deaf communities and sign language users at the heart of my work. I am a linguist and an interpreter by training and my work has focused on 3 key areas: 1) linguistics & applied linguistics of sign languages (SLs), (2) interpreting studies (IS), & (3) trans-disciplinary work that impacts on deaf studies topics.

Research Groups

Working on the SignOn project as part of the Science Foundation Ireland funded ADAPT Centre. See: https://www.adaptcentre.ie

Projects

Justisigns 2 - supporting victims of gender based violence. European Commission funded. See: https://justisigns2.com

Positions

Professor in Deaf Studies

Global goals

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Target 4.5

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Target 5.1
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Target 10.3
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Professional Organisations

Member of the Register of Irish Sign Language Interpreters
Member of the Council of Irish Sign Language Interpreters
Member of the European Forum of Sign Language Interpreters

Countries

Ireland

Find me online

Academia.edu https://tcd.academia.edu/LorraineLeeson

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