Naomi Caselli, PhD
Associate Professor, Wheelock College; Director, AI & Education Initiative; Co-Director, Deaf Center
Naomi Caselli is an Associate Professor in the Wheelock College of Education & Human Development at Boston University, Director of the AI & Education Initiative and Co-Director of the Deaf Center. She is hearing, and her first languages are American Sign Language (ASL) and English. She leads a research team that works to make research on language—across education, computer science, linguistics, psychology, and medicine—inclusive of sign languages, and to ensure all deaf children have access to language. Her research is centered on three questions:
- How does early language experience shape how deaf children learn language?
- How is the sign language lexicon structured, learned, and processed?
- How can we responsibly use AI to make the world more accessible to sign language users?
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