Where ASL Lives: Language, Place, and Deaf Community Identity

Brenda Schertz, Teaching Professor of Linguistics and coordinator of Cornell University's ASL/Deaf Studies Program, will speak on "Where ASL Lives: Language, Place, and Deaf Community Identity". Community lecture, part of the Language, memory, future: Celebrating 250 years of language in our region event series. For generations of Deaf people, American Sign Language has been deeply connected to place, community, history, and identity. Schools for the deaf have historically served not only as educational institutions but also as important sites where Deaf children encounter other Deaf people, a