Intersecting Identities: Insights from Deaf Faculty Across Diverse Backgrounds

As part of National Deaf LGBTQ Awareness Week, join us for a dynamic panel discussion featuring Deaf Studies faculty members. Panelists will explore the complexities of navigating academia, through an intersectional focus, as Deaf individuals with diverse cultural, racial, and gender experiences. Attendees will have the opportunity to engage in dialogue on dismantling ableism, fostering accessibility, and advancing social justice within institutional frameworks. The presentation will be in both ASL and spoken English with interpreting provided.

Featuring Faculty from Wheelock College of Education & Human Development:

• Andrew R. Bottoms, Deaf Studies Program Director and Senior Lecturer

• Emily Glenn-Smith, Instructor

• Franklin Jones, Jr., Lecturer, Deaf Studies

• Anna Lim, Lecturer, Deaf Studies

Open to all BU faculty, staff, and students.

Sponsored by Deaf Studies, the Wheelock College of Education & Human Development, the LGBTQIA+ Center for Faculty & Staff, and the LGBTQIA+ Student Resource Center

When 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm on 7 April 2026
Building Zoom