Sarah E. Compton Doctoral Candidate

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1 Sarah E. Compton Doctoral Candidate University of Jyväskylä Department of Languages P.O. Box Jyväskylä, Finland Phone: EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas College of Education and Human Development M.A., Teaching English as a Second Language, 2010 Omicron Delta Kappa Thesis: Implementing language policy for deaf students from Spanish-speaking homes: The case of agents in a Texas school district Francis M. Hult [chair]; Juliet Langman, Peter Sayer [committee members] Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas College of Liberal Arts B.A., Political Science, 2001 San Antonio College, San Antonio, Texas Department of American Sign Language and Interpreting A.A.S., Interpreting for the Deaf, 1999 PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Peripheral Multilingualism Project, Finnish Academy, Jyväskylä, Finland 2011 Present Junior Research Fellow Investigate the conditions and consequences of multilingualism in indigenous and minority language communities through ethnographic and discourse analytic studies Developed and currently manage the Discourse Hub website, an interactive space to share and develop new ideas, on-going research and best practices related to critical discourse studies, multilingualism and minority languages Developed and led the Sign Language Interpreter Professional Development Workshop Series (2014) for interpreters in central Finland University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas Visiting Research Fellow Conducted a study in collaboration with Francis M. Hult that investigates how deafness is framed in US and Swedish education policy texts Developed conceptual orientations for ways in which sign languages can be classified as heritage languages Sorenson Communications, Austin and San Antonio, Texas Trilingual (American Sign Language, English, Spanish) Video Relay Interpreter Provided interpreting services for deaf and hearing individuals from various cultural and linguistic backgrounds using industry-leading video technology

2 Served as one of the personal interpreters for the Chief Executive Officer and senior management at national conferences and local community events Southern Region District Manager Developed and implemented 18-month mentorship program for 16 trilingual interpreters in four field offices within the continental U.S. and Puerto Rico Managed interoffice projects within four interpreting centers housing 110 interpreters in Texas and Puerto Rico; hired and trained three center managers Video Relay Service Center Manager and Trainer Recruited, hired and trained 10 ASL interpreters; measured interpreter performance via quarterly evaluations for 35 interpreters Designed a mentorship program for ASL interpreters; hired program participants; piloted curriculum and training; program implemented in 10 offices nationwide Texas Trilingual Interpreter Training Institute, Big Spring, Texas 2007, 2008 Instructor Developed and implemented a pioneering week-long training course on trilingual interpreting for 60 interpreters from the United States, Canada, and Costa Rica San Antonio College, San Antonio, Texas 2007 Adjunct Instructor Created and co-taught a specialized course on trilingual interpreting to the first cohort of interpreters to pursue the Advanced Certificate in Trilingual Interpreting Freelance Work, Austin, College Station, and San Antonio, Texas , American Sign Language Interpreter Provided interpreting services for multiple institutions including the Social Security Administration; Texas A&M University; University of Texas-Austin COMMUNITY OUTREACH Language Instruction, San Antonio, Texas American Sign Language Teacher Provided sign language instruction to a family with a child with hearing loss Catholic Charities, San Antonio, Texas English as a Second Language Teacher Taught weekly English conversation classes for recently arrived refugees from Africa, Asia and the Middle East Texas School for the Deaf Family Signs Program, Austin, Texas American Sign Language Teacher Provided weekly sign language classes via video conferencing to a Spanish-speaking mother of deaf children Austin Community College, Austin, Texas 2006 Sign Language Interpreting Mentor Supervised a weekly interpreting assignment for an intern; conducted weekly feedback sessions to discuss interpretation accuracy The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Viña del Mar, Chile Missionary Taught religious lessons; created a six-week English course taught by 100 missionaries in two regions in Chile and on a television station in Valparaíso 2

3 PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES Sociolinguistics Symposium Social Media Manager Created and managed the conference s official Facebook and Twitter accounts Referee Activities Ad Hoc Reviewer Language Policy Sign Language Studies 2011-Present University of Texas-San Antonio 2009 Honors Alliance Committee Member Conducted student surveys regarding a proposed university honors code San Antonio College Advisory Board Member Provided feedback to the Department of American Sign Language and Interpreter Training on academic changes and community projects Texas Society of Interpreters for the Deaf 2002 Communications Committee Chair Served as editor of organization s quarterly publication: solicited articles; edited submissions; designed layout; decreased printing costs INTERPRETER AND LANGUAGE CERTIFICATIONS Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf, NIC Certified 2011 Texas Board for Evaluation of Interpreters, Level V 2006 Berlitz Spanish Oral Proficiency Exam, C AWARDS AND DISTINCTIONS Finnish Ministry of Education, Langnet School, Doctoral Fellowship University of Jyväskylä, Faculty of Humanities, New Student Scholarship 2011 University of Texas-San Antonio, Graduate Student Research Competition, 1 st place 2010 University of Texas-San Antonio, College of Education & Human Development Research Competition, 2 nd place 2010 University of Texas-San Antonio, Honors Alliance, Honors Committee Member 2009 Texas A&M Public Policy Internship Program Scholarship 2001 San Antonio College Academic Honors Scholarship 1998 Texas Early High School Graduate Scholarship 1997 PUBLICATIONS Compton, S.E. (2014). American Sign Language as a heritage language. In T. Wiley, J. Peyton, D. Christian, S. Moore, & N. Liu (Eds.), Handbook of heritage and community languages in the United States (pp ). New York, NY: Routledge. Compton, S.E., & Hult, F.M. (2014). Applications of language policy and planning to deaf education. Language Policy Research Network Brief. Retrieved from Compton, S.E. (2013). Implementing language policy for deaf students in a Texas school district. International Multilingual Research Journal, 7(2),

4 Hult, F.M., & Compton, S.E. (2012). Deaf education policy as language policy: A comparative analysis of Sweden and the United States. Sign Language Studies, 12(4), Compton, S.E. (2011). Review of Language policy and planning for sign languages by T. Reagan. Language Policy, 10(3), Compton, S.E. (2010). Response to TESOL s position statement on the linguistic rights of deaf students. TexTESOL II Newsletter, 29(2), 3-4. Razuri, J., & Compton, S.E. (2007). Big things spring from Big Spring training. The InterpreTexan. Winter issue. INVITED LECTURES AND SEMINARS Compton, S.E. (March 31, 2014). Prestige and discourse planning for sign languages and sign language users. Invited lecture given at the Language Council of Norway, Oslo, Norway. Compton, S.E., & Seilola, I. (October 31, 2013). Invisible multimodal-multilingualism in homes, communities, and public domains: The case of Finnish Sign Language. Lecture given at the Invisible multilingualism: an open seminar on changing faces of multilingualism in the 21st century, Jyväskylä, Finland. Compton, S.E. (October 23, 2012). Implementing U.S. national sign language-in-education policy for deaf students in local schools: Parents as decision-makers. Lecture given at the Centre for Languages and Literature, Lund University, Sweden. Compton, S.E. (December 8, 2011). Moving through policy layers: US special education policy as de facto sign language policy. Lecture given at the Jyväskylä Discourse Research Hub, Department of Languages, University of Jyväskylä, Finland. Compton, S.E. (December 8, 2011). Family language policy and practice as an onion: Investigating the innermost layer. Seminar given at the Jyväskylä Discourse Research Hub, Department of Languages, University of Jyväskylä, Finland. REFEREED PRESENTATIONS Compton, S.E. (June, 2014). Let s meet in the conference room : Developing language-in-education plans for deaf students from multilingual homes. Paper presented at the Sociolinguistics Symposium 20, Jyväskylä, Finland. Hult, F.M., & Compton, S.E. (June, 2014). Nexus Analysis: Background and Prospects. Paper presented at the Sociolinguistics Symposium 20, Jyväskylä, Finland. Compton, S.E. (March 22, 2014). American Sign Language as a heritage language: Pathways into sign language communities. Paper presented at the American Association for Applied Linguistics, Portland, OR. Compton, S.E. (November 14, 2013). Negotiating language-in-education policy for multilingual deaf students through interpreters: The case of a Spanish-speaking mother and two ASL signing educators. Paper presented at the Autumn Symposium of the Finnish Association of Applied Linguistics (AFinLA), Turku, Finland. Compton, S.E. (June 18, 2013). Creating sign language-in-education plans for multilingual deaf students: Interpreted interactions. Paper presented at the AILA-Europe Junior Researcher Conference, Dublin, Ireland. 4

5 Compton, S.E. (August 23, 2012). Negotiating sign language-in-education policies: Determining educational contexts for deaf students in the United States. Paper presented at the Sociolinguistics Symposium 19, Berlin, Germany. Compton, S.E. (June 4, 2012). Agency in negotiating sign language-in-education policy in the United States: Parent participation. Paper presented at the Applied Linguistics Summer School, Jyväskylä, Finland. Compton, S.E. (March 25, 2012). Language planning for deaf students in the United States: The role of parents in creating individualized language education plans. Paper presented at the American Association for Applied Linguistics, Boston, MA. Hult, F.M., & Compton, S.E. (June 16, 2011). Bilingualism or disability? Deaf education policy in the United States and Sweden. Paper presented at the International Symposium on Bilingualism 8, Oslo, Norway. Compton, S.E. (April 15, 2011). Implementing language policy for deaf students: Gaps in the pipeline. Paper presented as part of an invited colloquium at the Texas Foreign Language Education Conference, Austin, TX. Compton, S.E. (November 12, 2010). Deaf students and English Language Learners: Shared language learning experiences. Texas Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages Conference, San Antonio, TX. Compton, S.E. (March 7, 2010). Implementing language policy for deaf students through educational services in a Texas school district. Paper presented at the American Association for Applied Linguistics Conference, Atlanta, GA. Compton, S.E. (February 26, 2010). Stakeholders experiences implementing language policy for deaf students in a Texas middle school. Paper presented at the 31 st Annual Ethnography in Education Research Forum, Philadelphia, PA. Compton, S.E. (October 3, 2009). American Sign Language and English language learners who are deaf. Paper presented at the Texas Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages II Conference, San Antonio, TX. Compton, S.E., & Fragoso, L. (October 6, 2007). The impact of Video Relay Service on trilingual interpreting. Paper presented at the National Council of Hispano Deaf and Hard of Hearing Conference, Washington, DC. MEDIA APPEARANCES Press release interview. Sorenson Communications and San Antonio College (SAC) Partner to Address Demand for Highly-Skilled, Trilingual Interpreters for the Deaf. Businesswire.com (August 8, 2007). Television interview. News segment on video relay services for the deaf. Univision Channel 41, San Antonio, TX (July 18, 2007). Television interview. News segment on trilingual (ASL, Spanish, English) interpreters. Telemundo, San Antonio, TX (June 21, 2007). Television interview. News segment on trilingual (ASL, Spanish, English) interpreters. Univision Channel 41, San Antonio, TX (June 19, 2007). 5