Megan Wimberly

Megan Wimberly

Doctoral Student
Email: mbourliea@lamar.edu 

Hometown

  • Baton Rouge, La.

Current Employment

  • Teacher for the Deaf at Louisiana School for the Deaf

Education

  • M.S. in Deaf Education, Lamar University 
  • B.A. in Psychology with minor in Sociology, Louisiana State University

Research Interests

  • DeafBlind 
  • DeafDisabled 
  • Reading and Writing 
  • Language Access 
  • Children of Deaf Adults/ Children of DeafBlind Adults 
  • Ecosystem 
  • Community Cultural Wealth 

Recent Peer-Reviewed Publications

  • 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 
  • 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 

Recent Non Peer-Reviewed Publications

  • Alford, A., Courson, F., Hill, J.,  (2020). A Virtual Visual Pedagogy: 3-D becomes 2-D. ReDEAFfining Academic Collaboration. 1(1), 18-25.

Recent Presentations

  • Wimberly, M. B. & Musyoka, M.M. (2023, February). The missing gap to a Deaf learner’s literacy success: ASL literature. Presented at the Association of College Educators - Deaf and Hard of Hearing Annual Conference, San Antonio, Texas.  

  • 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.

  • Wimberly. M. B. (2021, June). Behind the Deaf Disabled Student’s Academic Struggle. Presented at Mini Conference about Deaf Disabled Students hosted by Language First. Online. 

  • Wimberly, M. B. (2021, March). Living and Learning with Usher Syndrome. Presented at the Family Workshop Series hosted by the Outreach Department of Louisiana School for the Deaf. Online

  • Wimberly, M. B. (2020, November). Reading with your Deaf or Hard of Hearing Child. Presented at the Family Workshop Series hosted by the Outreach Department of Louisiana School for the Deaf. Online.
  • Wimberly, M. B. (2020, October). The Deafness Exceptionality: Is There More?. Presented at the Click or Treat 2 Conference hosted by the Louisiana Special School District. Online.

Dissertation Focus

  • Autoethnography on the journey identifying as a DeafBlind person