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This is a guest blog post written by Ana Guadalupe Vielma, one of Dr. Stephanie Cawthon’s mentees. She is a second-year doctoral student in the Human Development, Culture, and Learning Sciences program in the Department of Educational Psychology at The University of Texas at Austin, where she investigates psychological assessments…

Stephanie W. Cawthon, PhD, is the keynote speaker at the Michigan Statewide Conference on Transition for Students with Disabilities on February 26, 2021. Her keynote address, Transition to Adulthood: Beyond the Checklist to a Design for Life, calls on educators of deaf, deafblind, blind and low vision, and disabled students to…

In an important “first” for The University of Texas College of Education, Dr. Stephanie Cawthon delivered a commencement address in American Sign Language (ASL) at the fall 2020 graduation ceremony. Watch Dr. Cawthon’s commencement address. Her address, which was interpreted by Amanda Katz, advised graduates to prioritize people over projects,…

For the approximately 466 million people globally who are deaf or hard of hearing, the COVID-19 pandemic has literally added an additional layer to already-difficult communication in the form of traditional cloth face masks. But companies like Apple and institutions like the University of Texas at Austin have realized the…

Stephanie W. Cawthon, PhD, wrote a guest blog post for NWEA on her ongoing research that debunks myths about the reading and literacy levels of deaf people. She writes: “I often hear the phrase ‘deaf people read at a fourth-grade level,’ a belief that has long dogged the field of…

The University of Texas at Austin College of Education announced on October 26 that Stephanie W. Cawthon, PhD, was appointed the first deaf editor of Perspectives on Deafness, an Oxford University Press international book series on the leading research and practices with deaf people. Cawthon is a full professor in the…

Stephanie W. Cawthon, PhD, and two colleagues will present a webinar, Learning Growth Patterns of Deaf and Hard of Hearing Students, that will dispel common misconceptions and share important study findings. UPDATE: WATCH THE WEBINARThe one-hour online webinar on October 28, 2020, is organized by NWEA in collaboration with the University…