11th DEAF HISTORY INTERNATIONAL

C o n f e r e n c e  

Committees

ORGANIZING COMMITTEE

Secretary and Public Communication

CROATIA TEAM

SLOVENIA TEAM

SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE

 DHI ADVISORS

dr. BRIAN GREENWALD 

President DHI

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United States of America

dr. JORDAN EICKMAN

Secretary - Treasurer DHI

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United States of America

Brian H. Greenwald, Ph.D., is a professor of History and Director of the Center for Deaf Documentary Studies at Gallaudet University. Dr. Greenwald received his doctorate in history from The George Washington University in 2005. He has been conducting research in Deaf history. He is co-editor of A Fair Chance in the Race of Life: the Role of Gallaudet University in Deaf History. He has also published chapters in Genetics, Disability, and Deafness and Deaf History Reader.

Dr. Greenwald is co-editor of In Our Own Hands: Essays in Deaf History, 1780-1970, published in 2016. He resides in Annapolis, Maryland with his wife Rebecca and two children.

Jordan Eickman is a Professor of Deaf Studies at California State University, Northridge. One of the classes he teaches is—you guessed it—Deaf History! He earned a PhD in Deaf Studies from the University of Bristol, England and a BA in Cultural Geography from Arizona State University.

His research interests include Deaf cultural geography, Deaf sport/Deaflympics history and Deaf religious history. He has constructed various historical/geographic maps of the Deaf community, focusing on various Deaf spaces (including schools for deaf children, Deaf clubs, and Deaf sport clubs).

DHI BUREAU

Deaf History International

Association of Deaf Teachers in Slovenia   

  Association "Theater, Audiovisual Arts and Deaf Culture - DLAN"