Pauline Ballentine
Email: pballentine@lamar.edu
Hometown
- Raynham, Massachusetts.
- Currently resides in Evans, Colorado
Current Employment
- Senior Lecturer, American Sign Language Interpreting Studies Department at University of Northern Colorado
Education
- M.A. in Organizational Leadership Studies, Regent University, 2005
- B.A. in Deaf Pastoral Studies, North Central University, 1999
- Certification of Attendance (18 months) in Deaf Interpreting, Road to Deaf Interpreting, 2011
Research Interests
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Deaf Interpreters
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Sign Language Studies
Recent Peer-Reviewed Publications
- Buchanan, B., Pirone, J.S., Pudans-Smith, K.K., Leffler, B., Cohen, B., Simmons, P., Ballentine, P.M., Venable, T., Soza, K. (2023). American Sign Language level 1 assessment: What is out there? Foreign Language Annals. http://doi.org/10.1111/flan.12717
Recent Non-Peer-Reviewed Publications
- Leffler, B. W., Willman, E. C., Cohen, B. S., Metcalf, H.V., Ballentine, P. M., & Greene, A. N. (2022). Unfreezing literature: Spinning the lenses. Journal of American Sign Language and Literature. https://journalofasl.com/unfreezing-literature/
Recent Presentations
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Metcalf, H. V., Ballentine, P., Greene, A., & Clark, M. D. (2023, February). Do as we say, not as we do: A language policy analysis in deaf education. Presented at the Association of College Educators - Deaf and Hard of Hearing Annual Conference, San Antonio, TX.
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Ballentine, P. M., & Ballentine, C. (2022, October). Structuring Space and Message Coherence.[Conference Presentation] Colorado Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf, Golden, CO.
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Ballentine, P. M., & Harrer, K. (2022, October). Colorado wants YOU to be a Deaf Interpreter! Deaf Interpreter Forum. [Conference Presentation] Colorado Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf, Golden, CO.
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Ballentine, P. M., & Garrett, B. D. (2022, September). Pay equity in interpreter and ASL education.[Conference Presentation]. Conference of the Interpreter Trainers, King of Prussia, PA.
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Ballentine, P. M., Garrett, B. D., Faltinson, S, & Stricklen, M. (2022, September). Enhancing language proficiency in today's interpreting student: A model of collaboration between a traditional two-year ITP and a four-year bachelor's degree interpreting program. [Conference Presentation] Conference of the Interpreter Trainers, King of Prussia, PA.
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Colomonos, B., & Ballentine, P. (2021, March & November). Deaf Foundations Training I. [Online Seminar] Bilingual Mediation Center.
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Colomonos, B., & Ballentine, P. (2019, October). Deaf Foundations Training I and II. [Workshop] Bilingual Mediation Center. Windsor, Ontario.
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Ballentine, P. (2019, July). Enhance Educational Materials in Canvas. [Conference presentation] ASLTA National Professional Development Conference, San Diego, CA.
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Colomonos, B., & Ballentine, P. (2018, November). Deaf Foundations Training I and II. [Workshop] Bilingual Mediation Center. Fremont, CA.
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Nelson, T. & Ballentine, P. (2017, July). Interpreting Techniques: Achieving Semantic and Dynamic Equivalence [Conference Presentation] National RID conference, Salt Lake City, Utah.
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Ballentine, P. (2016, October). God’s Puzzle. [presentation] 27th Deaf Women Retreat Weekend, Waupaca, Wisconsin.
Dissertation Area
- Deaf Interpreters