M. Diane Clark

Department Chair and Professor
Office: Communication Building, Room 1078-A
Phone: 409-880-1848
VideoPhone: 409-299-4689
Email: mclark22@lamar.edu

Education

  • Ph.D. in  Developmental Psychology, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, 1985
  • M.A. in Experimental Psychology, Marshall University, 1977
  • B.A. in Psychology, Shippensburg State College, Shippensburg, 1975

Courses Taught

  • Psycholinguistics
  • Cognition
  • Ethics and Academic Duties
  • Statistics
  • Research, Design, and Statistics
  • ASL/English Bilingual Assessment
  • Proposal Writing
  • Research Seminar

Research Interests

  • Assessment issues  

  • Bimodal Bilingual Approaches for Early Interventions  

  • Cognition  

  • Dating Scripts  

  • Deaf Education—creating fault tolerant systems  

  • Deaf Epistemology  

  • Language Acquisition  

  • Language Planning  

  • Life Scripts and Life Stories  

  • Mentoring  

  • Phonology is not necessary to become a skilled Deaf reader  

  • Resiliency  

  • Sex Roles  

  • STEM Interpreting 

Recent Publications

2023

  • 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  
  • Wolsey, J. L. A., Neild, N. R., & Clark, M. D. (2023). Finding the keystone for Deaf doctoral students’ success: Does mentoring matter?. Mentoring & Tutoring: Partnership in Learning, 1-22. https://doi.org/10.1080/12311267.2023.2178711  
  • 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  
     

2021

  • Clark, M. D., Greene-Woods, A., Alofi, A., Sides, M., Buchanan, B., Hauschildt, S., Alford, A., Courson, F. & Venable T. (2021) The Spoken Language Checklist: A user-friendly normed language acquisition checklist. Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education, 26(2), 1-12. https://doi.org/10.1093/deafed/enaa043 
  • Marchut, A. E., Pudans-Smith, K. K., Gietz, M. R., Andrews, J. F., & Clark, M. D. (2021). A case study of mentoring deaf academics: The PAH! (success) academic writing retreat. Creative Education, 12, 176-192. https://doi.org/10.4236/ce.2021.121013 
  • Knight, T., Hauschildt, S., Buchanan, B., Greene, A., & Clark, M. D. (2021). It requires a village to raise a deaf adult. Open Journal of Social Sciences, 9(3), 77-95. https://doi.org/10.4236/jss.2021.93006
2020
  • Clark, M. D., Cue, K. R., Delgado, N. J., Greene-Woods, A. N., & Wolsey, J. A. (2020). Early Intervention Protocols:  Proposing a Default Bimodal Bilingual Approach for Deaf Children.  Maternal and Child Health Journal, Published Online. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10995-020-03005-2 
  • Gietz, M. R., Andrews, J. F., & Clark, M. D. (2020). ASL stories with handshape rhyme: An exploratory intervention to support English Vocabulary with signing readers. Archives of Psychology, (4), 1-24. http://www.archivesofpsychology.org/
  • Hamilton, B. & Clark, M. D. (2020). The Deaf Mentor Program: Benefits to Families. Psychology11, 713-736. doi: 10.4236/psych.2020.115049 
  • Pudans-Smith, K. K., Cue, K. R., Wolsey, J. A., & Clark, M. D. (2020). To Deaf or not to deaf: That is the question. Psychology, 10, 2091-2114. https://doi.org/10.4236/psych.2019.1015135
  • Vesel, J., Clark, M. D., & Robillard, T. (2020). Use of a signing bioscience dictionary in increasing student interpreters’ American Sign Language life science vocabulary. International Journal of Interpreter Education, 12, 19-35. https://doi.org/10.1558/cam .v9i1.37

 2019

  • Alofi, A. S., Clark, M. D., Marchut, A. E. (2019). Life stories of Saudi deaf individuals. Psychology, 10, 1506-1525. https://www.doi.org/10.4236/psych.2019.1011099
  • Cue, K. R., Pudans-Smith, K. K., Wolsey, J. L. A., Wright, S. J., & Clark, M. D. (2019). The Odyssey of Deaf Epistemology: A Search for Meaning-Making. American Annals of the Deaf, 164(3), 395-422. https://www.doi.org/10.1353/aad.2019.0017
  • Marchut, A. E., Musyoka, M. M., & Clark, M. D. (2019). It’s More than Just Interpreting: Educational Interpreting Interns’ Experiences in Rural Settings. Psychology, 10(07), 1003.
  • Landa, R. L., & Clark, M. D. (2019). L2/Ln sign language tests and assessments procedures and evaluation. Psychology, 10, 181-198. https://doi.org/10.4236/psych.2019.102015
2018
  • Trahan, J. M., Wolsey, J. A. & Clark, M. D. (2018). Locations of L2/Ln sign language pedagogy. Creative Education, 9, 2037-2058. https://doi.org/10.4236/ce.2018.913148
  • Clark, M. D., & Lee, C. M. (2018). Culture in L2/Ln sign language pedagogy. Creative Education, 9, 1897-1909. https://doi.org/10.4236/ce.2018.913139
  • Landa, R. L., & Clark, M. D. (2018). Effective assessments for interpreter education programs to increase pass rates for certification. Psychology, 9, 340-347. https://www.doi.org/10.4236/psych.2018.93021
  • Wolsey, J. A., Clark, M. D., & Andrews, J. F. (2018). ASL/English shared book reading: An exploratory intervention for signing deaf children. Bilingual Research Journal. https://doi.org/10.1080/15235882.2018.1481893
  • Trahan, A. K., Wolsey, J. A., & Clark, M. D. (2018). Experiences of culturally and linguistically diverse parents with deaf children during the individualized educational plan process. Psychology, 9(3), 427-459.doi:10.4236/psych.2018.93027
  • Zalewski, C. K., Ackley, R. S., McCaslin, D. L., Clark, M. D., & Brewer, C. C. (2018). Examination of utricular response using oVEMP and unilateral centrifugation rotation testing. Ear and hearing, 39(5), 910-921. https://doi.org/10.1097/AUD.0000000000000552

2017

  • Hoffman, D.L., Wolsey, J.A., Andrews, J.F., & Clark, M.D. (2017). Translanguaging Supports Reading with Deaf Adult Bilinguals: A Qualitative Approach. The Qualitative Report, 22, 1925-1944.
  • Braun, D. C., Gormally, C. L., & Clark, M. D. (2017). The Deaf Mentoring Survey: A Community Cultural Wealth framework for measuring mentoring effectiveness with underrepresented students. CBE-Life Sciences Education16(1), 1-14. https://doi.org/10.1187/cbe.15-07-0155
  • Wolsey, J. A., Misener Dunn, K., Gentzke, S. W., Joharchi, H. A., & Clark, M. D. (2017). Deaf/hearing research partnerships. American Annals of the Deaf, 161(5), 571-582. https://www.jstor.org/stable/26235308

Recent Presentations

  • Metcalf, H., 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.  
  • Hwang, Y., Buchanan, B., Clark, M. D., Gentzke, S., Greene, A., & Reynolds, M. (2023, February). Views of gender within the field of deaf education. Poster presentation at the Association of College Educators - Deaf and Hard of Hearing Annual Conference, San Antonio, TX.   
  • Bugen, C., MacGlaughlin, H., & Clark, M. D. (2023, February). Collaboration between Teacher Education Program and Deaf Education Schools, Presented at the Association of College Educators - Deaf and Hard of Hearing Annual Conference, San Antonio, TX  
  • Greene, A., Delgado, N., & Clark, M. D. (2022, June). Early language milestones of young deaf children. Poster presentation at the International Conference on Sign Language Acquisition.   
  • Eberwein, A. A., Horn-Marsh, P., Clark, M. D., & Greene, A. (2022, June). Development of an American Sign Language curriculum (ASL-CIA) with a focus on viewing visual text and gaining knowledge of visual phonology. Poster presentation at International Conference on Sign Language Acquisition.   
  • Greene, A., Clark, M. D., & Buchanan, B. (2022, July). The future is now: Supporting deaf children’s language development using the Spoken Language Checklist. Presentation at the Statewide Conference on Education of the Deaf/Hard of Hearing. 
  • Greene, A., Delgado, N., & Clark, M. D. (2022, July). Removing the binary: Evaluating the development of ASL and spoken English in young DHH children. Presentation at the Statewide Conference on Education of the Deaf/Hard of Hearing. 
  • Clark, M. D., Cue, K. R., Delgado, N. J., Greene, A. N., Wolsey, J-L. A. (2022, February). Transforming EDHI in the 21st century: Linking research and practice in preparing future professionals to work within the system to imagine positive possibilities for DHHDB children. Poster presentation at ACE-DHH.
  • Greene-Woods, A. N., & Clark, M. D. (2021, April). Measuring the spoken language development of deaf children using the SLC. Poster presentation virtually at the Early Hearing Detection and Intervention Conference.
  • Clark, M. D., Cue, K. R., Delgado, N. J., Greene, A. N., & Wolsey, J-L. A. (2021, March). From options to opportunities: Proposing a default bimodal bilingual approach in early intervention. Poster presented virtually at the Early Hearing Detection and Intervention Conference.
  • Brooks, R., Clark, M. D., & Tindall, N. (February, 2020). The use of Signed Exact English in Urban Texas Public Schools.  Presented at the annual meeting of the Association of College Educators; Deaf and Hard of Hearing, Atlanta, GA.
  • Greene-Woods, A., Lawyer, G., Allman, T., Smith, C., & Clark, M. D. (2019, February). Framework for teaching assessment to educators of students who are Deaf using 21stcentury learning principles. Poster presented at The Associate of College Educators -Deaf and Hard of Hearing, Chicago, IL.
  • Clark, M. D. (2019, February). The neurodiversity of deaf children. Presentation at the 5th Annual Deaf Education Summit, Baton Rouge, LA.
  • Hamilton, B. M. & Clark, M. D. (2018, March). Visual Communication and Sign LanguageChecklist, Online Version (VCSL:O) Training. Workshop at the 17th annual meeting of the Early Hearing Detection and Intervention (EHDI), Denver, CO.
  • Ackerman, J. M., Wolsey, J. A., & Clark, M. D. (2018, March). Your deaf child’s intelligence is not fixed. Poster presentation at the 17th annual meeting of the Early Hearing Detection and Intervention (EHDI), Denver, CO.
  • Wolsey, J. A., & Clark, M. D. (2018, February). The importance of mentoring to support deaf doctoral scholars and researchers to be successful in publishing. Poster presented at the 44th Annual International Association of College Educators-Deaf and Hard of Hearing (ACE-DHH) Conference, Tucson, AZ.
  • Braun, D. C., Gormally, C. L., & Clark, M. D. (June, 2017). Applications of a Deaf Community Cultural Wealth mentoring survey to medical education. Eighth Biennial Conference of the Association of Medical Professionals with Hearing Loss, Rochester, NY.

Name of Research Lab

Biography

Dr. M. Diane Clark, is a full professor and chair of the Department of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education at Lamar University. Prior to coming to Lamar, she was a full professor at Gallaudet University and Program Director for their Ph.D. program in the Critical Studies in the Education of Deaf Learners. She has a background in the cognitive development of deaf individuals. She earned her Ph.D. from the Department of Psychology at the University of North Carolina Greensboro in 1985 under her advisor, Marc Marschark. She was a founding member of the NSF funded Science of Learning Center on Visual Language and Visual Learning. Her current publications have included the development of the Visual Communication and Sign Language Checklist, the Beliefs and Attitudes about Deaf Education Questionnaire as well as projects that investigate successful deaf readers. She is also working with DSDE faculty on developing a parallel checklist for Spoken Language Development so that young deaf infants and children's language development between zero and five can be monitored in either ASL or English. Dr. Clark's research lab at Lamar University, Cognition in Context (C'nC), includes Lamar doctoral students as well as undergraduate students.