Caitlin Barry-King is a hearing student at Mount Holyoke College. Growing up with a Deaf sister inspired her curiosity about subcultures within the United States and abroad, and their relationship with the political world. Caitlin feels inspired by diversity in identity and is eager to meet and connect with people who exist in the world in ways that are unfamiliar to her.
Katie Tyler
Caitlin Barry-King
Julia Kersten
Googie Daniels is a hearing student in her final semester of college. For her Division III thesis, Googie is analyzing media representations of d/Deafness and its affect on hearing and d/Deaf communities. In 2013 and 2014, Googie worked as Assistant Program Director of the AJC Decatur Book Festival and discovered her love of event planning. Her time at the festival and passion for ASL and Deaf Studies is what inspired Hampshire's first ever Deaf Studies Conference: DEAFinitions
Googie Daniels
UMass-Amherst
Mount Holyoke College
Hampshire College
STUDENT ORGANIZERS
Katie Tyler is a hearing student in her junior year at Mount Holyoke College. She is in her fourth semester of ASL which she started learning to have better communication with her Deaf aunt. She has continued her studies of ASL because of her love for the beauty of the language and her desire to learn more about Deaf Culture.
Pictured from left to right: Julia Kersten, Caitlin Barry-King, Katie Tyler, Googie Daniels, and Susannah Wright
Susannah Wright
Susannah Wright is a hearing student, majoring in Deaf Studies at Umass Amherst. Her volunteer work at a school for the Deaf triggered her initial interest in Deaf Culture. She continues to explore her interests through work with the Deaf community of Stavros Center for Independent Living in Springfield. Susannah is excited for future interactions that will help her to further her exploration of this culture.
Julia Kersten is a hearing student concentrating in psycholinguistics at Hampshire College. Learning American Sign Language has been Julia's primary influence in investigating the difference between the human brain's processing of a visual language vs an auditory language. Julia is incredibly grateful to be part of an event that shares and celebrates Deaf culture and is devoted to making this conference a tradition to the Five College Consortium.
Lead Organizer, Budget Manager, Hampshire College Department Contact
Amherst College Contact, Hampshire College Student Group Contact, and Local Presenter Contact
Smith College and National Presenter Contact, Volunteer Coordinator
Mt. Holyoke College and Off Campus Contact, Publicity Manager
UMass-Amherst Contact, Interpreter and Remote Captioning Coordinator