Joseph C. Hill, Ph.D

Sociolinguist in American Sign Language, Deaf Studies, and Interpreting

Dr. Joseph C. Hill is Professor of Deaf Studies and Linguistics and Director of the Center for Black Deaf Studies at Gallaudet University. His research interests include socio-historical and -linguistic aspects of African-American variety of American Sign Language and attitudes and ideologies about signing varieties in the American Deaf community. His contributions include The Hidden Treasure of Black ASL: Its History and Structure (2011) which he co-authored with Carolyn McCaskill, Ceil Lucas, and Robert Bayley and Language Attitudes in the American Deaf Community (2012).  


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Email: joseph (dot) hill at gallaudet (dot) edu

Twitter: @jaceyhill