Gallaudet University

In 1988, students at Gallaudet University came together to formed a single "voice" that was heard, but more profoundly seen, by the world. Now known as "DPN" ("Deaf President Now"), these deaf students formed a community with a cause. They affected pedagogy: abandoning classes, closing the gates to the school, refusing to budge until their demands were met. They altered the power structure and strengthened their own community: rejecting the newly appointed president and having many of the faculty

to come together. The Deaf President Now movement opened hearing peoples’ eyes, brought the deaf community closer together, and made Gallaudet University very well known. The Deaf President Now movement was a student uprising that happened because a hearing person, Elisabeth Zinser, was chosen as the

The Deaf President Now movement at Gallaudet University is essentially a call for action or change from the barbaric ways of how the school was run. The school is credited with being the first and only university for the deaf in if not just the country, then the world. Gallaudet offers those who cannot hear or for better terms, hard of hearing, a chance to gain an education in an environment which caters to their specific needs. The students in the university attend classes with other deaf students

Wiesbaden, Germany and became deaf at the age of four due to spinal meningitis. His family assumed that he was slow and it wasn’t until he was ten years old that they finally realized he was deaf. When Bob turned eighteen, he attended Gallaudet University. While attending Gallaudet he learned American Sign Language, which would eventually lead him to become a confident and successful signer. Bob grew up in a family of classical musicians and this shaped his love for music. Despite being deaf he has become

in 1990 and again in 1993. Currently Jordan lives in Maryland with his wife.   Works Cited "ABILITY Magazine | I. King Jordan Interview." ABILITY Magazine | I. King Jordan Interview. N.p., n.d. Web. 21 July 2016. "Gallaudet University Students Protest for a Deaf University President (Deaf President Now), 1988." Global Nonviolent Action Database. N.p., n.d. Web. 25 July 2016. "Irving King Jordan." Deaf Is. N.p., n.d. Web. 23 July 2016. "Speeches and Remarks." Dr. I. King Jordan. N.p., n

of people would seem futile. For the students of Gallaudet University, the barrier between the hearing world and the Deaf world could not have stopped them. "On March 6, the decision of the university's Broad of Trustees to name Elisabeth Ann Ziner, a hearing women with no previous knowledge of the deaf community, the university's seventh president." (Van Cleve p.170) Brought

Chloe Ziff Professor Gary Rosenblatt April 13, 2017 American Sign Language II Seeing Voices By Oliver Sacks Seeing Voices is a profound novel that was written by famous neurologist, Oliver Sacks in 1989. Seeing Voices is a book that delves into the history of Sign Language and expresses a genuine meaning behind what language truly is.  Oliver Sacks is an engaging and fascinating writer. Being able to explore outside what he is used to, he can expand his knowledge about language. Being knowledgeable

United States is a country that has stated that citizens’ have the right to stand up for what you believe in as long as it does not break the law. That was what the protesters were doing. The protestors wanted someone as their president at Gallaudet University that had an understanding of the student’s needs. The protestors moved the busses, so no one could in because this was their way to try express how they felt and to get their point across. It was the right of the protester to protest what

Ethnic Minorities in America In the United States the term "minority" often infers membership within an ethnic or cultural minority group. However, this term also encompasses other groups that lack equality, such as women, homosexuals and people with disabilities. By definition, the hearing majority classifies Deaf people as minorities because of their inability to hear. Yet linguists and social scientists argue that the basis of Deaf people's status as a minority group is not one of disability

averages. After high school graduating Penncrest High School in 1962, he joined the United States Navy. He served a four year term in the Navy before continuing his education. He got his bachelor's degree in Gallaudet University in 1970 . His Master's degree in Psychology at University of Tennessee in 1971. He also got his PHD in Psychology