The Exploration of Signed Language Interpreters’ Practices and Commitments with a Social Justice Lens

This paper uses a mixed methods approach to investigate through a social justice lens the relationships between signed language interpreters’ practices and their commitments toward those practices. Leadership drives practices, and by applying social justice theory to their roles, interpreters may be able to develop the necessary transformational leadership skills to effectively negotiate practices within a new Third Space where involved participants may better understand each other despite disparate languages and cultures. Possession of transformational leadership traits leads interpreters to redirect their course in the Third Space, permitting Deaf members to guide professionals’ roles, thus promoting social justice.

Name thesis:degree_name

EdD

Level thesis:degree_level

doctoral

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Education, Criminal Justice, and Human Services: Urban Educational Leadership

Grantor dc:publisher

University of Cincinnati

Year dc:date

2012

Author dc:creator

• Coyne, Dave

Contributors dc:contributor

• Koschoreck, James

• Educational Leadership
• transformational leadership
• Deaf
• interpreters
• social justice

Statement dc:rights

• unrestricted
• This thesis or dissertation is protected by copyright: all rights reserved. It may not be copied or redistributed beyond the terms of applicable copyright laws.

Language dc:language

English

Repository record dc:identifier

http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1354296564

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:etd.ohiolink.edu:ucin1354296564