Todd Czubek

Senior Lecturer

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Dr. Todd Czubek is a senior lecturer in the Deaf Studies program at Boston University Wheelock College of Education & Human Development. His interests include studying discourse proficiencies in American Sign Language and their implications for academic success and second-language development. He is also exploring how the modality of ASL and ASL Literacy can contribute to rethinking texts, composition, genre, and academic programming for Deaf children.

Certification

  • Certified Interpreter, NAD Level 4
  • Permanent Teacher’s Certifications:
    • Pennsylvania
    • New Mexico
    • Massachusetts

Professional and Community Affiliation

  • Texas School for the Deaf
  • Rocky Mountain School for the Deaf, Denver, CO
  • The Learning Center for Deaf Children, Framingham, MA
  • Governor Baxter School for the Deaf, Falmouth, Maine
  • Center for Research and Training, Framingham, MA.

Professional and Community Affiliation

  • Bilingual Education Committee for the American College Educators of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing

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Education

PhD, Boston University

PhD coursework, Pennsylvania State University

MEd, Boston University

BS, Boston University, magna cum laude

Research

 Todd is involved in multiple projects designed to improve ASL/English teaching strategies, and student outcomes especially as it relates to the role of ASL in Deaf children’s academic programming. His work explores how the modality and affordances of ASL, as well as ASL literacy, can contribute to rethinking texts, composition, genre, and instruction for Deaf children.

Todd's scholarship has several strands including curriculum development, rethinking the design of texts and textuality, training pre- and in-service teachers, and finally creating meaningful roles for ASL in programming for children from pre-K through high school. This work is all geared toward establishing quality ASL/English bilingual education and improving student outcomes.

The scope of Todd's work has been national as well as international. He is currently partnering with Dr. Kristin DiPerri on an intensive curriculum development project in a partnership with the Jamaican Ministry of Education, USAID, and the Jamaican Association for the Deaf. Additionally, he is a core-team member of the Genesis Project (associated with the Motion and Light Lab at Gallaudet University) working to develop and disseminate patterned, visual texts for Deaf children. He is also studying how referring expressions are deployed in ASL texts and how that information can enhance our ideas about composition, accessibility, and better ASL-based materials.

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Selected Publications

Czubek, T. American Sign Language Instructional Guide, in press.

Czubek, T., The Long Way Home. Dawn Sign Press, in press.

Czubek, T., Blue Listerine, Parochialism and ASL Literacy. Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education, January, 2006.

Understanding Harry Potter: Parallels to the Deaf World, Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf  Education, September, 2005.

Selected Presentations

Czubek, T., 2010 Visiting Lecturer at Gallaudet University Seminar on Teaching ASL as a first Language, Washington, D.C.

Czubek, T., 2009 Visiting Lecturer at Gallaudet University Seminar on Teaching ASL as a first Language, Washington,D.C.

Czubek, T., 2009 Keynote Presenter at California Deaf Educators Conference; Connecting, Collaborating and Celebrating ASL & English, San Diego, CA

Czubek, T., 2008 Keynote Presenter at the ASL Roundtable Conference on ASL Instruction, Philadelphia, PA

Czubek, T. Rethinking Composition. Featured Presenter at Gallaudet University’s Deaf Studies Think Tank, Washington D.C.

Kuntze, L. Hoffmeister, R., Czubek, T. Fish, S. & Caldwell-­‐Harris, K. The Road Less Traveled. Symposium at the 2008 American College Educators for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Children. Monterey, CA.

Czubek, T. Bilingual Education and Deaf Children. Featured Presenter at The Learning Center for Deaf Children Training Seminar, Framingham, MA, September, 2007.

Czubek, T. Rethinking the Role of ASL. Massachusetts Department of Education Sponsored Seminar at Framingham, MA, July, 2007.

Czubek, T., 2006 Keynote Presenter at Rocky Mountain School for the Deaf Conference on Deaf Education, Denver, CO.

Czubek, T. and DiPerri, K. “It’s About Time: Teaching Tense”. Presentation at the National Technical Institute for the Deaf as part of Literacy in the English Classroom and Beyond. 2005.

Czubek, T. Rethinking Literacy Instruction. 2005 Presentation at California State University at Northridge, Northridge, California.

Czubek, T., Greenwald, J., Deaf Literature & the DEAF-­‐WORLD, Presentations at Boston University, June 4 & June 5, 2004.

Czubek, T., Bilingual Programming for Deaf Children, Presentation to the Hellenic Ministry of Education in Athens, Greece. Fall, 2003.

Czubek, T., Hoffmeister, R., Greenwald, J., Czubek, T, Di Perri, K. Dual Language Programming in a Residential School for the Deaf, Presentation at the National Symposium on Childhood Deafness, CSD, Sioux Falls, South Dakota, 2002.

Greenwald, J., Hoffmeister, R., Spicer, G., Forschner, J., Czubek, T., The ASL Models Program at the Scranton State School for the Deaf, Presentation at the National Symposium on Childhood Deafness, CSD, Sioux Falls, South Dakota, 2002.

Czubek, T., Greenwald, J., Understanding Harry Potter: Parallels to the DEAF-­‐WORLD, Plenary Presentation at the National Symposium on Childhood Deafness, CSD, Sioux Falls, South Dakota, 2002.

Hoffmeister, R., Greenwald, J., Czubek, T, Di Perri, K. American Sign Language and English Assessments, Presentation at the National Symposium on Childhood Deafness, CSD, Sioux Falls, South Dakota, 2002.

Czubek, T, and Greenwald, J., Understanding Harry Potter: Parallels to the Deaf World. Paper presented at the 2002 Deaf Studies Conference, Orlando, Florida.

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