Family
Hearing or Deaf ?
Educational
Background
Comes from a long line of Deaf relatives
- Maternal Grandparents
- Parents and Brother.
- Four children who are Deaf or HoH
- Grandson
- FIVE-GENERATION Deaf Family. (Cite p4)
Ph.D. in Curriculum and Instruction from University of Rochester (1990)
Bachelor’s degree in Psychology from Gallaudet University (1980)
Time At Gallaudet
Freshman Year - 1977
- Pro-Temproe in Student Assembly
Sophomore Year - 1978
- Pledged Kappa Gamma Fraternity
- Starred as Wint Selbey in AH! WILDERNESS
Junior Year - 1979
Master’s degree in Career and Human Resources Development from Rochester Institute of Technology (1984)
- Received the Foxx award in the Kappa Gamma Fraternity.
- Was Mentioned in the Who's Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges.
- Was Class Head.
- Student Director for News Review.
- Starred as Alfred Bassick in a production of Sherlock Holmes
Senior Year - 1980
- Was a Community Assistant
- member of the Inter-Fraternity Council.
- Grand Rajah of Kappa Gamma
Publications
Closer look
Holcomb, T. (2013). Introduction to American Deaf Culture. New York: Oxford University Press
Books
- (1994/2011) Deaf Culture, Our Way: Anecdotes from the Deaf Community (3rd/4th Edition)
- (2006) Reading between the signs: Intercultural communication for sign language interpreters
- (2013) Introduction to American Deaf Culture.
Book Chapters
- (1984) Funny things that happened to me on the way to... In I. B. Pittle & R. Rosen (Eds.) Another Handful of Stories.
- (1990) Hearing impaired students: A student-teacher-class partnership. In N. Jones (Ed.) Special Educational Needs Review.
- (1992) Student development. In S. Foster & G. Walter (Eds.) Deaf Students in Postsecondary Education. (pp. 147-162)
- (1996) Social assimilation of deaf high school students: the role of school environment. In I. Parasnis (Ed.) Cultural and language diversity: Reflections on the Deaf experience. (pp. 181-200)
- (1998) Issues and practices in the recruitment and retention of deaf and hard of hearing teachers. In R. Anderson, C. Keller & J. Karp (Eds.) Enhancing Diversity: Educators with Disabilities. (pp. 239-250).
- (2012) Deaf epistemology: Paving the way for reform in deaf education. In D. Moores & P. Peters (Eds.) Deaf Epistemology.
DVD/Workbook Sets
- (2004) See What I Mean: Differences Between Deaf and Hearing Cultures.
- (2009) A Sign of Respect: Strategies for Effective Deaf/Hearing Interactions.
- Aims to Provide an academic perspective on the lives of Deaf people, their culture, and the community they live in.
Topics Discussed
- Disability vs. Culture
- ASL
- Deaf Art/Literature
- Deaf Experiences
- Deaf Community
Where is Holcomb Now ?
Thomas Holcomb
Professor of Deaf Studies at Ohlone College in Fremont, California.
Born: 1959
Country: United States of America
State: California
References
- Holcomb, T. (2013). Introduction to American Deaf Culture. New York: Oxford University Press
- Gallaudet Yearbook, Tower Clock. (1977-1980)
- Holcomb, T. (2014) Curriculum Vitae. retrieved from: http://www.americandeafculture.com/uploads/8/2/8/8/8288371/holcomb_cv_2014-2015.pdf
- Holcomb, T. Publications. Retrieved from: http://www.americandeafculture.com/publications.html
Thomas K. Holcomb
DST101.01 / Spring 2015 / Ethan Zimmerman