Emily Jo Noschese (hf7809)

University information

Title: Assistant Professor
Unit: Teacher Education
Department: College of Education

Contact information


College of Education

Degrees and Certifications:

P.h.D., Linguistics, University of Hawai'i at Māona

M.A., Linguistics, Gallaudet University

B.A., American Sign Language, Gallaudet University 

Responsibilities:
  • Develop curriculum and program for American Sign Language
Title: Assistant Professor of Bilingual and Bicultural Education for American Sign Language
Office Hours:

Office Hours: email to make an appointment

Office Location:

231 Education Bldg.

Area of Expertise:
  •  American Sign Language
  • Sign Language linguistics 
Research Interests:
  •  American Sign Language (ASL) Linguistics
  • ASL bilingual curriculum
  • Sign Language documentation 
  • ASL word order
  • ASL Literature 
  • ASL acquisition for L1 and L2
Awards:
  • Outstanding Alumni Award, Western Pennsylvania School for the Deaf 2022
  • Bilinski Dissertation Fellowship, University of Hawai’i at Mānoa 2020-2021
  • Bilinski Summer Fellowship, University of Hawai’i at Mānoa 2019
  • Graduate Assistantships, University of Hawai’i at Mānoa 2018-2020
  • Lecturer of the Year Award, Kapi’olani Community College 2017-2018
Community Engagement Activities:
  •  Lead-K Hawai’i 
Presentations:
  •  “The Importance of Linguistics in Sign Language: Understanding the Usage and Context” - First National Seminar: Linguistics for all without accessibility; Mexico. April 30, 2022
  • “Sign Languages of Laos” - University of Hawai’i at Mānoa September 17, 2019
  • “Classifiers: What is it and how to use it”- Hawai’i School for the Deaf and Blind; Honolulu HI June 10, 2017
  • “A Bilingual Approach to Teaching Grammar” - Convention of American Instructors of the Deaf; Louisville, KY June 29, 2016 and National Deaf Education Conference; Phoenix, AZ July 6, 2016
Publications:

 Noschese, E. (2021). Younger Deaf People’s Attitudes Toward American Sign Language Structure. [Doctoral dissertation, University of Hawai’i at Mānoa]. ProQuest Dissertations Publishing.

Laszakovits, Sabine, Quadros, Ronice Müller de, Noschese, Emily Jo & Lillo-Martin, Diane (to appear, 2022). Object shift in ASL and Libras. In Sabine Laszakovits & Zheng Shen (Eds.), The Size of Things II: Movement, Features, and Interpretation. Berlin: Language Science Press. 

Emily Jo Noschese

Courses taught by Emily Jo Noschese

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