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

  • Language deprivation
  • Language and cogitation
  • Reading and writing
  • Deaf students with overlooked additional disabilities, DeafBlind

Recent Peer-Reviewed Publications

  • N/A

Recent Non Peer-Reviewed Publications

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

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.

  • 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

  • Authoenthography on the journey identifying as a DeafBlind person