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AAS, Interpreting, Portland Community College, Portland, OR
BS, Physics, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI
BS, Philosophy, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
| Certificate of Interpretation | Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf | Awarded 1993 |
| Certificate of Transliteration | Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf | Awarded 1992 |
| SCPI Rating: | Superior | Awarded 1992 |
2008
"Deaf people's attitudes towards indigenous signs." 1 hr, Rochester (NY) School for the Deaf.
"Creating and learning from Jewish websites." 1 hr, 15 min, Jewish Deaf Congress, Princeton, NJ.
Interpreting and working with people who are Deaf-Blind. 7 hrs, The Community Interpreter Grant, Buffalo, NY.
Interpreting for religious settings: Preparation, music, and sign negotiation. 7 hrs, The Community Interpreter Grant, Syracuse, NY.
2007
Interpreting for religious topics: Judaism, Islam, Buddhism, Hinduism. 5 hrs, National RID convention, San Francisco.
Interpreting for technical topics: Sign negotiation, classifiers, biology and anatomy. 6 hrs, The Community Interpreter Grant, Rochester, NY.
2006
Interpreter discourse: English to ASL expansion and ASL to English compression. 1.5 hrs, BOCES 1, Rochester, NY.
Interpreter discourse: English to ASL expansion and ASL to English compression. 5 hrs, Oswego County BOCES, Fulton, NY.
Interpreting for Jewish settings: Concepts, vocabulary and music & Interpreting for other religions of the world: Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism. 7 hrs, Georgia Perimeter College, Atlanta, Georgia.
Interpreting for Jewish settings: Concepts, vocabulary and music & Interpreting for other religions of the world: Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism. 4 hrs, The Methodist Church for the Deaf and the Archdiocese of Baltimore, MD.
Cumulative Trauma Disorder: Medical and physical concerns for the educational interpreter. 4.5 hrs, Erie I BOCES, Amherst, NY.
Interpreting for technical topics: Sign negotiation, classifiers, biology and anatomy. 7 hrs, William Rainey Harper College, Schaumburg, IL.
2005
Interpreting for technical topics: Sign negotiation, classifiers, physics, and anatomy. 6 hrs, Jefferson County School System, Louisville, KY.
Interpreting for technical topics: Sign negotiation, classifiers, physics, and chemistry. 6 hrs, Eastern Kentucky University, Richmond, KY.
Multicultural interpreting. 3 hrs, Wisconsin Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf, 2005 Fall Conference, La Crosse, Wisconsin.
The sound of your voice: Interpreting from ASL to English. 6 hrs, William Rainey Harper College, Schaumburg, IL.
2004
Prosody for interpreting from ASL to English & Receptive and expressive fingerspelling, 5 hrs, BOCES, Verona, NY.
Introduction to interpreting for technical and specialized topics: Preparation and content learning, Pennsylvania Training and Technical Assistance Network, Pennsylvania Department of Education, Pittsburgh. 5 hrs, teleconference to 13 sites across Pennsylvania. Co-presented with Lynne Eighinger.
Sign negotiation and preparation for technical topics, 11 hrs, Northcentral Technical College, Wausau, WI.
Content knowledge, preparation, and sign negotiation in technical settings, 6 hrs, John A. Logan College, Carterville, IL.
2003
"How can I interpret it when I don't know what it means? - Calculus", 2 hrs. A Treasury of Ideas for Educational Interpreters, The Maryland State Department of Education.
Interpreting religious texts - Song, scriptures, and sermons, 5 hrs. RID National Conference, Chicago, IL.
Sign negotiation and content knowledge in technical settings, 5 hrs. RID National Conference, Chicago, IL.
Preparation for Technical Topics in K-12 Settings, 12 hrs, Preparation of Educational Interpreters, NY State Education Department Grant Project.
"Ethics for K-12 interpreters", 1 hr discussion, Educational Support Service Personnel Conference (Fayetteville, NY).
Non manual signals in ASL, 6 hrs. Preparation of Educational Interpreters, NY State Education Department Grant Project.
2002
General ethics for educational (K-12) interpreters, 4 hrs. Preparation of Educational Interpreters, NY State Education Department Grant Project.
Interpreting children's stories, 8 hrs. Preparation of Educational Interpreters, NY State Education Department Grant Project.
ASL Grammar (Part 1), 5 hrs, Preparation of Educational Interpreters, NY State Education Department Grant Project.
2001
Interpreting children's stories, 8 hrs, Preparation of Educational Interpreters, NY State Education Department Grant Project.
Modes, models and miscues (The processing models of Colonomos, Cokely, and Gish), 12 hrs, Preparation of Educational Interpreters, NY State Education Department Grant Project.
1998
"Deaf Israeli culture", 1 hr, National Technical Institute for the Deaf (NTID).
1997
Interpreting with the whole body: Eyebrows, eyegaze, nose, mouth, neck, shoulders, and torso, 5 hrs, Seattle Central Community College.
1996
"Working with classifiers in math and science", 2 hrs, Region V RID Convention.
Religious interpreting: Scriptures, songs, and sermons, 5 hrs, WSRID (Washington State).
1994
"Interpreting for religious settings", 3 hrs, Western Maryland College (WMC).
"Interpreting for technical topics", 3 hrs, WMC.
"Religious interpreting", 3 hrs, WMC.
"Deafblind interpreting", 3 hrs, WMC.
"Interpreting for Spanish language courses", 3 hrs, Board of Cooperative Educational Services (BOCES).
"Negotiating technical signs and indigenous signs for foreign countries", 2 hrs, BOCES.
1993
"Diagnostic feedback." 1 hr, NTID.
Basic concepts in science and math (20 hr in-service training), NTID.
1992
"Professional development strategies", 1 hr, NTID.
Basic concepts in science and math (40 hr Summer Institute Training), NTID.
"Teaching math in ASL", 1 hr, NTID.
"Developing and negotiating technical signs", 2 hrs, NTID.
1991
"Strategies for skill development", 1 hr, NTID.
Interpreting with the whole body: eyebrows, eyegaze, nose, mouth, neck, shoulders, and torso (40 hr Summer Institute Training), NTID,
1990
"Religious interpreting", 4 hrs, NTID.
1989
"Israeli Sign Language and Deaf culture in Israel", 1 hr, NTID.
Independent contract work interpreter, Rochester, New York area. 1997-date.
Interpreter, National Technical Institute for the Deaf at Rochester Institute of Technology. 1987-1999.
2008
Camp Seabeck Deaf-Blind Retreat, Seabeck, Washington.
Jewish Deaf Congress, Princeton, NJ.
2004
Camp Seabeck Deaf-Blind Retreat, Seattle, Washington.
2003
AADB convention: San Diego, California.
1998
AADB convention: New Britain, Connecticut.
1997
Weekly Deaf-Blind interpreting in Seattle, Washington.
1996
Weekly Deaf-Blind interpreting in Seattle, Washington.
AADB convention: Tulsa, Oklahoma.
1995
Weekly Deaf-Blind interpreting in Seattle, Washington.
1994
AADB convention: Greensboro, North Carolina.
1992
Introduction to social work, RIT course (9 weeks).
1990
AADB convention: Williamsburg, Virginia.
1989
AADB convention: Colorado Springs, Colorado.
1988
AADB convention: Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
"Appendix G - Technical/Specialized Communication: Resources and strategies for the ASL interpreter", pp 32-46 in Technical Signs 1 & 2: Project overview and Reading Technical Signs diagrams. (Rochester, NY: National Technical Institute for the Deaf, 1993)
How can I interpret it when I don't know what it means?! Calculus. (1) A lecture is given in English about the number line, graphs, derivatives, and integrals. (2) Signs, classifiers, and negotiated signs are discussed. (3) The participant then interprets the same lecture as in step 1. (4) The author models how to interpret this same lecture. To order.
How can I interpret it when I don't know what it means?! Chemical reactions. Three lectures are given in English about (a) elements and compounds, (b) molecules and reactions, and (c) stoichiometry. For each part there are three other sections: (1) Signs, classifiers, and negotiated signs are discussed. (2) The participant then interprets the same lecture as in step 1. (3) The author models how to interpret this same lecture. To order.
How can I interpret it when I don't know what it means?! Classifiers and wave dynamics. General applications of classifiers in technical topics are discussed and wave dynamics and fluid mechanics are used as specific applications for classifiers: (1) An English lecture is given on the first wave dynamics and later fluid dynamics. (2) Signs, classifiers, and negotiated signs are discussed. (3) The student then interprets the same lecture as in step 1. (4) The author models how to interpret this same lecture. To order. e=1&act=viewCat&catId=2">To order.
Negotiating technical topics. This WWWorkshop addresses strategies for approaching technical vocabulary when the exact sign item is not known. Eleven principles are promulgated and twelve caveats (warnings) are given. Strategies for preparation are also discussed. To order.
Technical & specialized vocabulary resource dictionary. Over 15,000 entries. This dictionary offers a way to deal with a wide spectrum of topic areas that interpreters are faced with everyday. Rather than offer these in alphabetical order, like most dictionaries, hypermedia allows interpreters to learn vocabulary in the order they are needed, according to what challenges their assignments give them. Few people would think of a dictionary as a professional development vehicle, but by selecting assignments, learning through the classroom and doing selective homework, the interpreter can build understanding and vocabulary simultaneously.
The dictionary is set up in major categories and further subdivided into categories making navigation as simple as point and click and each entry shows David as the sign model signing the term.
THE HUMANITIES (CD1)
Leisure - Acting; Arts and entertainment; Culinary arts; Sports and recreation.
Language - Affixes; Deaf studies; Deaf-Blind; English; Interpreting; Linguistics.
Spirituality - Buddhism; Cross-denominational terms; Eastern Orthodoxy; Evangelical; Hinduism; Islam; Jehovah's Witness; Judaism; Kwanzaa; LDS (Mormon); Lutheranism; Miscellaneous terms; Native American spirituality; Religions and denominations; Roman Catholicism and Episcopalianism; Wicca; Worldwide Church of God.
Society - Countries and cities; Criminal justice and legal; Gay, Lesbian, Bi, and Trans; History, political science, and warfare; Social work and vocational rehabilitation; Sociology and anthropology.
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (CD2)
The hard sciences - Astronomy and space travel; Biology; Chemistry; Earth sciences and meteorology; Greek symbols; Oceanography; Physics.
The applied sciences - Agriculture; Automotive; Business, finance, and economics; Engineering, construction, and architecture; Heating, ventilation, and air conditioning; Media and communication.
Mind and body - Drug use and addiction; Health sciences; Physical therapy; Psychology; Sexuality
Systematic thinking - Accounting; Information science (Computers); Mathematics; Philosophy; Statistics and research; Units.
