Heidi M. MacGlaughlin

Doctoral Graduate - April 2018
Email: hmacglaughli@lamar.edu

Hometown

  • Austin, Texas

Current Employment

  • Instructor in Supervision, Lamar University

Education

  • Ed.D. in Deaf Studies and Deaf Education, Lamar University, 2018
  • Ed.S. in Education, Gallaudet University, 2010
  • M.S. in Deaf Education, Western Maryland College, 1996
  • B.S. in Communication Arts, Gallaudet University, 1994

Research Interests

  • Early childhood education
  • Early literacy and language
  • Elementary education
  • ASL/English bilingual education
  • Fingerspelling
  • Linguistics of ASL
  • Social justice

Recent Peer-Reviewed Publications

  • N/A

Recent Non Peer-Reviewed Publications

  • Wolsey, J. A., Pudans-Smith, K., and the Lamar University Cognition in Context (CnC) Team. (2016, March 7). Language production and perception: What every parent of a deaf child should know about language. ADVANCE for Speech and Hearing.

Recent Presentations

  • MacGlaughlin, H. M. (2018, March). The role of fingerspelling in the early communication, language, and literacy acquisition with deaf children. Stage presentation at the annual meeting of the Early Hearing Detection and Intervention (EHDI), Denver, CO.

  • Wolsey, J. A., MacGlaughlin, H. M., & Meek, D. R. (2017, February). Deaf identity in a nutshell. Stage presentation at the annual meeting of the Early Hearing Detection and Intervention (EHDI), Atlanta, GA.

  • Wolsey, J. A., MacGlaughlin, H. M., & Meek, D. R. (2017, February). The importance of developing a strong and positive deaf identity in deaf children. Poster presentation at the annual meeting of the Association for College Educators-Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing (ACE-DHH), San Antonio, TX.

  • MacGlaughlin, H. M. (2016, March). To fingerspell or not to fingerspell? That may be a highly debated question. Stage presentation at the annual meeting of the Early Hearing Detection and Intervention (EHDI), San Diego, CA.
  • Hamilton, B. M., & MacGlaughlin, H. M. (2016, March). Early access to natural language, the launchpad for successful language acquisition. Stage presentation at the annual meeting of the Early Hearing Detection and Intervention (EHDI), San Diego, CA. 

Dissertation Focus

  • The Role of Fingerspelling in the Early Communication, Language, and Literacy Acquisition with Deaf Children