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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)

DEAF

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

  • G-Book Committee Member.

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

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