Hometown

• DMV
• Currently resides outside of Austin, Texas  

Current Employment

• Accessibility Resource Specialist, National Deaf Center on Postsecondary Outcomes 

Education

• M.A. in Vocational Rehabilitation Counseling, University of Texas at Austin, 2013
• B.A. in Early Childhood Education, Gallaudet University, 2008
• B.A. in Spanish, Gallaudet University, 2008

Research Interests

• Deafness/Disabilities & Accessibility
• Equity, diversity, inclusion, intersectional, advocacy, and social justice
• Policy change/ADA

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 

Recent Non-Peer Reviewed Publications

• N/A

Recent Presentations

• Dixon, L. K. & Ballentine, P. M. (2023, March). Beliefs and attitudes about deaf interpreters. DSDE Mini Research Conference, Beaumont, Texas.  

Dissertation Area

• ADA: The underlying disparities within the deaf community 
• Lack of accessibility and the impact on Deaf populations