Jessica Guevara

Doctoral Student
Email: jguevara3@lamar.edu 

Hometown

• Sugar Land, Texas

Current Employment

• ASL teacher at Ridge Point School at Fort Bend ISD

Education

• M.A. in Special Education: Deaf and Hard of Hearing at Texas Tech University, May 2021
• B.A. in Communication Sciences & Disorder at Texas Women's University, May 2012

Research Interests

• American Sign Language
• Deaf-Gain
• Deaf Mental Health
• Deaf Identity

Recent Publications

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Recent Presentations

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Dissertation Focus

• Understanding Deaf-Gain at later age
• Importance of Teaching family about Deaf-Gain not Hearing Loss
• ASL first, SEE later
• Importance of Mental health for deaf/hard of hearing individuals