A Fair Chance in the Race of Life: The Role of Gallaudet University in Deaf History

Contributors

Contributors Benjamin Bahan Ben Bahan is professor of Deaf Studies at Gallaudet University. He has published dozens of articles related to the field of Deaf Studies and ASL linguistics and coauthored such books as Journey into the DEAF-WORLD and The Syntax of American Sign Language. He prefers to be known as an ASL storyteller and has produced and appeared in several videos. Hansel Bauman Hansel Bauman is a San Francisco–based architect and planner currently leading the Deaf Space Project at Gallaudet University. Bauman is teaching a course in Deaf space and architecture at the university while also developing the Gallaudet Deaf Campus Design Guide. He received his master’s degree in architecture from the Southern California Institute of Architecture in Los Angles, where he later served as a design studio instructor. Over the past twenty years his work has explored the interrelationship between cultural-identity architecture through work in the United States, Europe, and Asia. David de Lorenzo From 1980 to 1988, David de Lorenzo was University archivist and head of special collections at Gallaudet University. From 1988 to 1997, he held the position of curator of manuscripts and archives at Harvard Law School until his appointment as the France-Merrick Library director at the Maryland Historical Society (1997–2001). Since 2001, he has been associate director and head of technical services, the Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley, and holds the academic rank of librarian with distinguished status. He is also an adjunct professor at San Jose State University’s School of Library and Information Science, where he teaches courses on archives and records management. 189 190 Contributors Noah D. Drezner Noah D. Drezner is assistant professor of Higher Education in the Department of Education Leadership, Higher Education, and International Education at the University of Maryland, College Park. He holds a B.A. from the University of Rochester, an M.A. from the University of Pennsylvania , a graduate certificate in nonprofit leadership from Roberts Wesleyan College, and a Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania. Drezner’s research interests include philanthropy and fund raising as it pertains to higher education. He is an associate editor of the forthcoming book, Philanthropy, Fundraising, and Volunteerism in Higher Education. Brian H. Greenwald Brian H. Greenwald is associate professor of history at Gallaudet University . He was the chairperson for the conference “150 Years on Kendall Green: Celebrating Deaf History and Gallaudet,” from which these articles are drawn. Greenwald’s B.A. is from Gallaudet, and he was one of the first two President’s Fellows at Gallaudet University. He received his Ph.D. in history from the George Washington University in 2006. His articles have appeared in The Deaf History Reader and Genetics, Disability, and Deafness. I. King Jordan I. King Jordan served as president of Gallaudet University from 1988 until his retirement in 2006. The university’s first deaf president, he earned a B.A. in psychology from Gallaudet in 1970. The following year he earned an M.A., and in 1973 a Ph.D., both in psychology and both from the University of Tennessee. A former professor of psychology and dean of the School of Arts and Sciences at Gallaudet, Jordan also has been a research fellow at Donaldson’s School for the Deaf in Edinburgh, Scotland; an exchange scholar at Jagiellonian University in Krakow, Poland ; and a visiting scholar and lecturer at schools in Paris, Toulouse, and Marseille, France. He holds eleven honorary degrees and is the recipient of numerous awards, including the Presidential Citizen’s Medal, the Washingtonian of the Year Award, the James L. Fisher Award from the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE), the Larry Stewart Award from the American Psychological Association, and the Distinguished Leadership Award from the National Association for Community Leadership. Jordan is president emeritus of Gallaudet University . Contributors 191 Sandra Jowers-Barber Sandra Jowers-Barber is assistant professor of history at the University of the District of Columbia in Washington, D.C. She teaches courses in United States history, African American history, and women’s history and directs the Oral History Center. A native of Atlantic City, New Jersey , she holds a doctorate in United States history from Howard University . Her research interest is disability history with a focus on the African American deaf community. She is a member of the American Historical Association, the National Black Deaf Advocates, the Association for the Study of African American...