Deaf Studies and Deaf Education

Faculty Mentors

M. Diane Clark, Ph.D.

Department: Deaf Studies and Deaf Education

Email: diane.clark@lamar.edu

Faculty Webpage

Research interests:

  • Deaf indentity
  • Reading
  • Deaf epistemology

Appropriate majors:

  • Deaf Studies
  • Deaf Education

Millicent M. Musyoka, Ph.D

Email: mmusyoka@lamar.edu

Faculty Webpage

Research interests:

  • Play, early language, and literacy development of deaf children
  • Deaf with multiple disabilities
  • Multicultural education and deaf students
  • Teacher education
  • Distance education/Online learning and teaching

Appropriate majors:

  • Research Methods
  • Education
  • Deaf Education

Zanthia Smith, Ph.D

Email: zanthia.smith@lamar.edu

Faculty Webpage

Research interests:

  • Reading and African American Deaf children
  • African American parents with Deaf children
  • Diversity in Sign Language Interpretation

Appropriate majors:

  • Research Methods
  • Education
  • Deaf Education