Dr. Oscar L. Ocuto
Doctoral Graduate – July 2019
Email: oscar.ocuto@gallaudet.edu
Hometown
- Austin, Texas
Current Employment
- Assistant Professor, Department of Education at Gallaudet University (Since August 2020)
Education
- M.A. in Deaf Education, Gallaudet University, 2003
- B.A. in Secondary Education and English, Gallaudet University, 2002
Research Interests
- Critical thinking skill development in Deaf children of hearing families
- The Home Language Environment (HLE) of a Deaf child
- Parent perspectives on raising a Deaf child
Recent Peer-Reviewed Publications
- Ocuto, O. (2015). A review in retrospect: American Sign Language Instructional Guide by Todd Czubek (review). American Annals of the Deaf, 160(4), 427-429. doi:1353/aad.2015.0032
- Cawthon, S. W., Caemmerer, J. M., Dickson, D. M., Ocuto, O. L., Ge, J. & Bond, M. P. (2015). Social skills as a predictor of post school outcomes for individuals who are deaf. Applied Developmental Science, 19, 19-30. doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10888691.2014.948157
Recent Non Peer-Reviewed Publications
- N/A
Recent Presentations
- Ocuto, O. (2017, April). The importance of research lab mentorship and collaboration for deaf doctoral scholars. Lead panel facilitator for
panel discussion at the biennial pre-conference meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD), Austin, TX. - Ocuto, O. (2017, February). Chasing the why: Understanding the deaf child’s home language environment (HLE). Poster presentation at the annual meeting of the Association for College Educators-Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing (ACE-DHH), San Antonio, TX.
Dissertation
- Ocuto, O. (2019). Chasing the why: Understanding the deaf child's home language environment (Publication No. 22618296) [Doctoral dissertation, Lamar University]. ProQuest Dissertation Publishing.