Heidi M. MacGlaughlin

Assistant Professor
Office: Communication Building, Room 102
Video Phone: 409-242-6521
Email: hmacglaughli@lamar.edu   

Education

  • Ed.D. in Deaf Studies and Deaf Education, Lamar University, 2018
  • Ed.S. in Education, Gallaudet University, 2010
  • M.S. in Deaf Education, Western Maryland College, 1996
  • B.S. in Communication Arts, Gallaudet University, 1994

Courses Taught

  • American Sign Language I
  • Managing Early Childhood Classroom Environment
  • Secondary Methodology and Classroom Management
  • Student Teaching Special

Research Interests

  • Early childhood education
  • Early literacy and language
  • Elementary education
  • ASL/English bilingual education
  • Fingerspelling
  • Linguistics of ASL
  • Social justice

Recent Publications

  • Wolsey, J. A., Pudans-Smith, K., and the Lamar University Cognition in Context (CnC) Team. (2016, March 7). Language production and perception: What every parent of a deaf child should know about language. ADVANCE for Speech and Hearing.

Recent Presentations

  • MacGlaughlin, H., & Greene, A. (2022, February). Thinking outside the box: How do we assess the language of young deaf/hard of hearing children? Invited presentation at the EHDI-Mississippi 2022 Virtual Conference.
  • MacGaughlin, H. (2021, August). The role of fingerspelling with young D/HH children. Presentation with University of Vermont and Gallaudet University at Language First and ASLTA Conference
  • Pudans, K., Buchanan, B., Pirone, J., Hauschildt, S., & MacGaughlin, H. (2021, July). Assessing the Effectiveness of Can-Do Statements for ASL. Presentation at the ASLTA National Conference, Columbus, OH.
  • MacGlaughlin H. (2021, June). ASL literacy at Home: HOW? Presented virtually at the Family Week Retreat for Professionals and Students, Austin, TX.
  • MacGlaughlin, H., & Greene, A. (2021, March). Thinking outside the box: Assessing language of young deaf and hard of hearing children. Presented virtually at the Early Hearing Detection and Intervention Conference. 
  • MacGlaughlin, H. (2020, October). Maximizing differentiated instruction for the Deaf and hard of hearing children. Presented at the Click or Treat Conference, Baton Rouge, LA.
  • MacGlaughlin, H. M., & Greene-Woods, A. (2019, October). Does fingerspelling have a role in bilingual education? Presented at the Click or Treat Conference, Baton Rouge, LA.
  • MacGlaughlin, H. M. (2018, March).  The role of fingerspelling in the early communication, language, and literacy acquisition with deaf children.  Stage  presentation at the 17th annual meeting of the Early Hearing Detection and Intervention (EHDI), Denver, CO.
  • Wolsey, J. A., MacGlaughlin, H. M., & Meek, D. R. (2017, February). Deaf identity in a nutshell. Stage presentation at the annual meeting of the Early Hearing Detection and Intervention (EHDI), Atlanta, GA.
  • Wolsey, J. A., MacGlaughlin, H. M., & Meek, D. R. (2017, February). The importance of developing a strong and positive deaf identity in deaf children. Poster presentation at the annual meeting of the Association for College Educators-Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing (ACE-DHH), San Antonio, TX.
  • MacGlaughlin, H. M. (2016, March). To fingerspell or not to fingerspell? That may be a highly debated question. Stage presentation at the annual meeting of the Early Hearing Detection and Intervention (EHDI), San Diego, CA.
  • Hamilton, B. M., & MacGlaughlin, H. M. (2016, March). Early access to natural language, the launchpad for successful language acquisition. Stage presentation at the annual meeting of the Early Hearing Detection and Intervention (EHDI), San Diego, CA.