American Sign Language Program
Watch an interview with Linda Harlow and Brenda Brueggemann
Harlow and Brueggemann discuss the process of developing the ASL program.
(6 minutes 34 seconds, captioned)
A committee made up of many people interested in starting an American Sign Language program from three different colleges were brought together by Linda Harlow, who was then the Associate Dean of the College of Humanities. It started to develop at the same time as the Disability Studies minor. It was a difficult process to get the department of Speech and Hearing Sciences (in the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences), the College of Education, and the department of English (in the College of Humanities) to collaborate and agree on a shared program that would be able to count as GEC language credit. When the program was launched in 2002 it was decided that the first two courses were offered by the Humanities and from there the students could continue the program in either the College or Social and Behavioral Sciences within the Speech and Hearing Sciences department or the College of Education within the department of Education.
Related History:
Brenda Brueggemann
Linda Harlow, Associate Provost for University Honors and Scholars
History of the American Sign Language Club
Page last updated August 23, 2006
