- Summer Crider - Alumni - Gallaudet University

Department
ASL and Deaf Studies

Email Address
summer dot crider @gallaudet.edu

Summer Crider - Alumni

Cultural Studies

SHORT BIOGRAPHY

Summer Crider was raised in a family of folk musicians who learned sign language after they discovered she had the Deaf "gain". Her education background consists of both public and residential schools. Summer has created a 30-minute documentary film at the age of 17 about her experience growing up with a cochlear implant and being in "two worlds". Summer graduated from Gallaudet University with a self-directed "Psychology and the Expressive Arts" BA degree and worked for a year as a college recruiter. After getting her MA, she hopes to teach Deaf Studies and continue creating documentary films.

SPECIALIZATIONS

Research interests include: Philosophy of Sign Languages, emerging sign language communities, controversial issues within the Deaf World (ie. oral vs. manual people, cochlear implants and Deaf people), biodiversity, use of sign language in films, culture studies documentaries, and bilingualism.