A Purdue professor has been honored as a fellow of the Linguistic Society of America (LSA) for her more than five decades of service to language communities. One of the world’s leading figures in sign ...

Two years after the program’s inception, this semester marks the first time that students have been able to fulfill the University’s language requirement using the American Sign Language (ASL) ...

(Washington, DC) - A new study of the educational needs of students who are native users of American Sign Language (ASL) shows glaring disparities in their treatment by the U.S Department of Education ...

In any community, language is the most important method for communicating with others. However, for a deaf person like me, it is difficult to connect with many people and speak in the same ways. This ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, IN — Ronnie Wilbur, a professor in Purdue’s Department of Linguistics in the School of Interdisciplinary Studies, College of Liberal Arts, has been named a fellow of the Linguistic ...

The College launched an American Sign Language (ASL) and Deaf studies minor program this spring. Spearheaded by professors David Reinhart and Matt Andersen, the minor is housed within the Department ...

I am writing to offer a unique perspective on the issue of American Sign Language not counting for College of Arts and Sciences Foreign Language requirement, rightfully raised by Rowan Armor’s letter ...