Brian A. Cheslik

Doctoral Student

Email: bcheslik@lamar.edu 

Hometown

  • Columbus and Youngstown, Ohio

Current Employment

  • Performing Arts Program Coordinator, Texas School for the Deaf, Austin, TX
  • Theatre Immersion Program Director, National Theatre of the Deaf, Hartford, CT

Education

  • M.S. in Deaf Studies & Deaf Education, Lamar University, 2016
  • B.A. in English Lit, Gallaudet University, 2014

Research Interests

  • Theatre Arts
  • Theatre Education within Deaf Education
  • Human Sexuality
  • Deaf Studies

Recent Peer-Reviewed Publications

Recent Non Peer-Reviewed Publications

  • Cheslik, B. (2019, July). Addressing LGBTQ Bullying In Your School. Retrieved from https://teachmag.com/archives/11051 

Recent Presentations

  • Cheslik, B. (2020, July). Shining a spotlight on theatre programming in Deaf education within the United States. National Deaf Education Conference (NDEC), Virtual Conference.
  • Cheslik, B. (2020, March). Working Together: Developing Tools for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Performer Inclusion. Workshop hosted by Austin Creative Alliance, Austin, TX.
  • Cheslik, B., & Pritzker-Ridley, P. (2019, October). Deaf Education and the Arts: The Administrators Perspective. Co-Presenter at VSA: Arts & Special Education Conference (VSA): Deaf Education Pre-Conference, Irvine, CA.
  • Cheslik, B. (2019, October). Making Theatre Class Accessible to Deaf and Hard of Hearing Students. Presenter at VSA: Arts & Special Education Conference (VSA), Irvine, CA.
  • Cheslik, B. (2019, March). Deaf Theatre Action Planning Session (Invited Participant). Symposium hosted by HowlRound Theatre Commons at Emerson College, Boston, MA.
  • Cheslik, B., & Wright, S. J. (2019, February). Gay GSN Apps and their Impact on Dating in the Deaf Community. Poster presentation at Ethnographic & Qualitative Research Conference (EQRC), Las Vegas, NV.
  • Cheslik, B. (2019, March). Theatrical Adaptation for Deaf & Hard of Hearing Students. Presenter at VSA: Arts & Special Education Conference (VSA), New Orleans, LA.

Recent Webinars

  • Cheslik, B. (2020, January). Making Theatre Class Accessible to Deaf and Hard of Hearing Students. The John F. Kennedy Center for the Arts, Washington, D.C.

Dissertation Focus

  •  Performance Interpreting: Developing a KSA Model and Certification Method for Specializing in Performance Interpreting