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Progress made by deaf scholars in recent years ‘fragile’ in current climate, according to researcher appointed UK’s first deaf professor in deaf studies
Annelies Kusters, who has dedicated nearly two decades to studying deaf communities worldwide, has now taken up her prestigious role at Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh. She has been promoted from an associate professor to a professor in sociolinguistics within the department of languages and intercultural studies.
Until the appointment of Annelies Kusters, UK had only hearing people as full professors in the field
Prof Annelies Kusters' promotion at Heriot-Watt University makes her a top academic in the field.
Deaf Studies program faculty members Joseph Murray, Erin Moriarty Harrelson, and Octavian Robinson led an international conference for aspiring deaf