Department of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education

College of Fine Arts and Communication

Danielle Goyette

Danielled Goyette

Doctoral Student
Email: dgoyette@lamar.edu 

Hometown

  • Oklahoma City, OK.

Current Employment

  • Educational Psychology faculty at the University of Oklahoma

Education

  • M.A. in Deaf Education, Gallaudet University
  • B.A. in General Education, Gallaudet University 
  • B.A. in English--Creative Writing, California State University, Northridge

Research Interests

  • Deaf Studies: ASL instruction, is it cultural, language, or educational tool for hearing college students?
  • Deaf Education: How to train Deaf Ed. Teachers
  • Deaf Education: How to utilize deaf and hard of hearing students’ success in reading and writing
  • Deaf Education: Deaf and hard of hearing children and families and their language backgrounds
  • Deaf Education: Which teacher preparation programs and curriculums are the best for teacher retention?
  • Deaf Studies: Deaf and hard of hearing employees in hearing-dominant workplaces 

Recent Peer-Reviewed Publications

  • Greene, A. N., Goyette. D., Metcalf, H. V., Dixon, L. K., Eberwein, A. A., & Clark, M. D. (2024). Language is caught not taught: Parents’ use of bimodal bilingualism with their deaf children. International Journal of Bilingualism, online first. https://doi.org/10.1177/13670069241287693 

  • Greene, A., Clark, D., Ramos, G., Koo, C. K., Wimberly, M. B., & Goyette, D. (2023). Deaf adults’ view of having speech language therapy in early schooling. JADARA, 55(2), 1-15. Retrieved from https://nsuworks.nova.edu/jadara/vol55/iss2/1 

  • Clark, M. D., Wimberly, M. B., Goyette, D., Metcalf, H. V., Willman, E. C., Greene, A., & Norman, N. J. (2023). How well are young deaf children in early intervention doing on their language acquisition? An assessment view. Advances in Social Sciences Research Journal, 10(3), 105-117. https://doi.org/10.14738/assrj.103.14090 

Recent Non-Peer-Reviewed Publications

  • N/A

Recent Presentations

  • Goyette, D., & Wimberly, M. B. (2021, October). Literacy Development for Deaf Children. Presented at the Click or Treat 3 conference hosted by Louisiana AEM. Online.

Dissertation Focus

  • Deaf Education: Which teacher preparation programs and curriculums include the requirement of ASL? What impact does it have on teacher retention in the field of Deaf Education?