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Carolyn Ball
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Carolyn
Ball
Director of the American Sign Language & Interpreting Program
Associate Professor of Interpreting
cball@williamwoods.edu
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Areas of Expertise::
- ASL Interpreting
- American Sign Language
- English Interpretation
- Adult Education
- Management
- Conference Planning
- Organizational Management
- Culture & Oppression
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Education:
- Ph.D.in Adult Education,Capella University,2007
- M.A., Administration, Brigham Young University, Provo Utah, 1991
- B.S., Recreational Management, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, 1990
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Certifications:
- Nationally Certified Interpreter for the Deaf: RID CI/CT
- Utah State Certification III (1987)
- Texas State Certification III (1987)
- MICS 5/5 (1998)
- Certified Ed-Net Instructor (1994)
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Affiliations:
- Conference of Interpreter Trainers - President (2000 - present)
- Conference of Interpreter Trainers - Treasurer (1998 - 2000)
- Board Member of the National Council on Interpreting
- Joint partner with Johnson County Community College to run federal grant on training for sign language interpreters.
- Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf (1993-present)
- National Round Table on Distance Education for Interpreters (2001)
- National Association of the Deaf (1982-present)
- American Sign Language Teachers Association (1982-present)
- St. Louis Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf (1998-present)
- Utah Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf (1990-1998)
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Publications:
- "The Lack of Qualified Interpreter Trainers: A Crisis Approaching"
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Research:
- American Sign Language as a Foreign Language
- The Theory of Cognitive Orientation in the American Sign Language Interpreting Process
- The Organizational Metaphor of the Conference of Interpreter Trainers
- Finding a Haven Through Change
- Social Change in the American Sign Language Interpreting Profession
- Civility in America Today
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Presentations:
- Presented, "Who is CIT," National Registry of Interpreters Convention (2001)
- Presented, "Voicing Strategies," Johnson County Community College
- Presented, "The Lack of Qualified Interpreter Trainers: A Crisis Approaching" - Registry of Interpreters Convention 2003.
- Conducted Two Week Educational Interpreter Training in Boise Idaho in conjunction with the Idaho School for the Deaf and Blind. (July 5 - 20, 2003)
- Presented, "Interpreting Higher Register", at Johnson County Community College Interpreter Training, August 8, 2003.
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