Links of Interest
ASL as a Foreign Language
- Proposal for U.Va. to Accept ASL as a Foreign Language (approved by Arts and Sciences faculty, spring 1998)
- Sherman Wilcox's Fact Sheet on ASL
- Universities that Accept ASL in Fulfillment of Foreign Language Requirements
- States that Recognize ASL as a Foreign Language
- "Language Requirement of a Lesser God" (Inside Higher Ed article, Jan. 2005)
Articles
- "Sign of the Times" (A&S Online article about U.Va. ASL Program, March 2003)
- "Flying Words Project to Land at U.Va." (U.Va. Today story on Flying Words Project and the ASL/Deaf Culture Lecture Series, March 2010)
- Deaf Way II: Celebration of the Deaf Way of Life (article on international Deaf conference and festival)
Articles on ASL Students and Alumni
- "Seeing Voices" (Virginia magazine articles by Julianna Smith '10 and Jasmine Saleh '10, fall 2009)
- "U.Va. Graduate Tyler Spencer Receives Rhode Scholarship" (U.Va. Today article on Tyler Spencer '08, fall 2009)
- "Listening to Her Calling" (A&S Online article by Cailtin Vogus '07, spring 2009)
- "Finding Cultural Identity in Deafness and Teaching" (U.Va. Today article about Becca Smith '02, spring 2002)
- "Lawson Lives Richly" (U.Va. Today article about Elienne Lawson '01, spring 2001)
Libraries / Databases /Reference Materials
- Alderman Library ASL Subject Research Guide
- Deaf Studies databases
- Gallaudet University Video Library
- The Deaf Resource Library
- American Sign Language Linguistics Research Project